La vida

Two years have passed. Not a single word from my daughter since then—she’s erased me from her life.

“Is your daughter screaming again?!” spat the woman who called herself a grandmother. “Why is your daughter

**Diary Entry – 15th March** I used to think padlocks on fridges were a joke—just another internet meme.

“Is your daughter screaming again?!” – and this came from a woman who calls *herself* a grandmother.

When I finally found a love life, my daughter called me crazy and forbade me from seeing my granddaughter.

**Diary Entry – October 12th** It’s been over a year, and I might as well be living alone. On paper

**The Scruffy Saviour** The rhythmic clatter of the train wheels and the blur of trees outside the window

I once thought fridge locks were a joke—just some silly meme from the internet. Then I saw one in person

My daughter called me mad and forbade me from seeing my granddaughter the moment I finally found a personal life.

Two years had passed. Not a single word from my daughter since then—she had erased me from her life.