I love crafting and usually make a lot of my Christmas gifts. Sometimes I buy gifts too, but for my grandma I only ever do handmade gifts because she prefers it. However, this year has been chaotic and stressful (health problems, school, etc.) and I’m currently unmedicated, so I just didn’t have the energy to make a lot of gifts. I had a whole list of Christmas projects that I wanted to make, and I only finished one of them.

I completely forgot about my grandma’s gift until after Christmas when my mom said that grandma was asking if I decided not to do gifts this year, since she didn’t get one from me 😭 I feel so bad!! I texted her and apologized and said that I’m working on her gift now. But at this rate it’ll be done around Valentine’s Day 😅 My parents are giving me a hard time and calling me a terrible granddaughter, and I feel so awful. I told them how overwhelmed I’ve been and they basically said that I’m lazy and should have tried harder.

They never really believed I had ADHD as a kid and refused to get me evaluated (I did that on my own when I was 23), but I thought they had become more understanding. It’s frustrating to know that they still view me as someone who is lazy and doesn’t work hard enough. :(