I guess this is what is called an identity crisis. I don't belong with my country anymore, but I have nobody to connect to in a new country as well. I have no idea how to celebrate Christmas, but I only want to listen to listen to the same new year songs from USSR, just because they remind me of my careless childhood and deliver a sliver of that happiness.

As a child, I didn't have a lot of music, so our new year playlist consistet mostly of ABBA and the Beatles + soviet songs, and it just felt right. Every time I hear these I am brought back to that cozy past where everything was perfect.

I would like to become a new person, but I have no idea how. Now I can only mourn the life I had to leave behind, see how my family is enjoying the new year parties, exchanging presents and singing those songs together.

I am not alone, and I know it. I have a wonderful person next to me. And we both have made this decision. It doesn't make it hurt less though.