Grooming For Greatness

I never intended to tell my parents what's really been on my mind lately. Not that they wouldn't understand, but I just didn't want them knowing how I'm not as strong as they think I am. If they knew I was struggling down here and having my doubts already, well, I couldn't imagine that going over well. My parents are not the strict and judging type and I can usually be open with them, but they're always telling me how proud they are of me and the expectations have been set so high. They expect greatness from me and I didn't want to let them down by telling them how my new life hasn't been too great thus far.

I spoke to my mom on the phone today, and I think she could tell something was upsetting me, so she kept digging until I told her everything. My dad called me later and we chatted about it too. They were both very empathetic, and now I feel stupid for hiding it from them in the first place. One thing that they both said which really stuck with me was, "we'll be proud of you, no matter what you do."

Maybe we'll be just fine.