The day that turned my whole life upside down was Wednesday July 13th, 2021. Actually, my dad went to work in Germany but my mom and me stayed in Croatia. But you need to know that my dad and me, as mom always says, have a "special connection". I'm a real daddy's girl, so him leaving was extremely sad for me. And on top of that, that same year in autumn I started first grade in the elementary school of Nikola Tesla in Rijeka. Imagine, I'm starting first grade and my dad isn't here to walk me to school. Most kids had both parents waiting outside but only my mum was waiting for me. She tries her best to not make me feel sad about my dad's absence.
Mom and dad's plan for me was to join my dad in Germany after a while. I even enrolled myself in german lessons to help me fit in better in the new school. I was supposed to go after we moved. But life isn't what we imagine it to be. Because of my mom's health issues that plan is currently on hold. So I'm already without my dad's hug for five years, instead of one year as it was supposed to be. When I ask my dad why he went so far away to work, he says that he wants the best for mom and me. Now I have my mom and everything I could want in life (but my mom doesn't let my dad spoil me too much) but I don't have my dad's hug whenever I want. That is my biggest wish. Every day we talk via video call - we talk about school, how my day was, did I get any grades and etc. I promised him that I will be good, listen to my mother, that I will be good at school and I've been able to hold on to my promise so far. You know it's hard because it7s simply the years when our hormones run wild, and some changes occur in our bodies. Even if I wrote that my dad is absent already for five years, he visits us whenever he gets the chance. I love summer and winter breaks the most because my dad is then on vacation so he can spend a few weeks with us. That is how it was this Christmas. We could barely wait for him to come. My mom and I really went all out on our dessert. We baked together. He always comes home late after midnight but it isn't really hard waiting for him. But after he arrives, that's when my best school holidays actually begin. I didn't even open my school bag, I don't even remeber if I had any homework nor a book report. We simply just relax, hang out, travel everywhere, visit family and we don't think about any problems. But that also passes fast and it's back to harsh reality. That needs to go back to Germany, mom to work and me, I have to finally open my school bag. My family is wonderful. Everyone is trying really hard for me. I have the best grandparents in the whole world. I also have a lot of uncles and aunts and they're all amazing. My favourite uncle works on a boat so he is also often absent. But I also miss him a lot. But when he comes home, he takes me on cool roadtrips to new places. We visit national parks, zoos, other countries and etc.
I'm really happy that they are a part of my family. But at the end is just my mom and me who's always with me in everyone of my sickness and who explains every subject to me so that I can understand it. She really tries her best and I'm very grateful. My parents are the best parents a kid could ask for and I'm really good at school because they deserve it. I actually think my dad's absence made me act like this because I'm very serious for my age even though I'm only eleven. I can barely wait for summer because that's when my dad comes home.