Embarrassment

My family is in Finland; I am 16 years old, and my brother is 13. It is the middle of the summer, and my brother follows me everywhere. Not sure what exactly led to this, but I yelled at him. Almost immediately after that, my mom went shopping and took my brother with her. I was alone on the couch, deeply embarrassed by myself. I promised myself never to yell at him again.

In spite of this, we have had many problems between us since then, separated by oceans, politics, and the past.