Mom brought me back an apron with Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on it from Liberia. The Nobel Peace Prize winning president. I now have four aprons. My collection of grandmother accessories just keeps on growing.
It feels weird, having mom around all the time. It feels very safe, but at the same time. It’s like I’m not my own person yet. I’m still a child and I behave like a teenager.
I kind of think I won’t really feel grown up and independent until I move out of mom’s apartment. And, that won’t happen for another year. I almost feel younger now than I felt when I was 21 and traveling around Bolivia on my own.
Katja Malmborg 