In loving memory|| En cariñoso recuerdo [W117 E1]

I am the youngest of twelve siblings. Not from the same father or the same mother. It's just that my father had eight children before he married my mother, with whom he had four children. So I have three siblings from the same parents, and eight on my dad's side. In situations like that, we occasionally find out that sibling relationships don't work out. In the case of the first of my father's daughters this was not the case. Please allow me to tell you a little about her.

I was born many years after my older sister, so someone could easily see us and believe that she was my mother. My earliest memories of her are at her place of work, a mechanic shop, where we would sometimes go (I don't know what for, I was just a kid). And that is a constant through the years that we continue to treat each other.

But what I remember most about her is how she treated me. Think about it. Some children (not all) often see their father's second relationship as an intruder, including any children that arise from there. They have difficulty seeing them as siblings. But that was not the case with her. She was always friendly, cordial, helpful, attentive. Obviously we didn't have many interests in common then, but I felt her sincere affection for us.

I liked very much to go to her apartment, where she lived with her husband and two daughters. It was a spacious place, with many things that aroused my curiosity. In the living room alone there were many things to browse. From a piano to centerpieces - how my fingertips itched to play the piano! But I never remember ever trying to quench my natural curiosity in a crude or disrespectful way.

Once we moved away, every time we came back and had a chance to see her she wanted to take good care of us, chat and toast something tasty. I treasure the years when my mother took care of us alone, she was one of the family members who was willing to help us, with clothes, school supplies, medical care, among other things.

These are just a few of the things she did for me. My other three siblings also have fond memories of her individually. There is a reason why she appears in our wedding photos, except for mine, which due to force majeure she could not travel. In this picture I am dancing with her on one of those occasions. By the way, some people used to say that she and I were the ones who most resembled our father physically. I don't know if that is true.

It has been some years since she died. A serious illness progressed until it took her life. We did not travel for her funeral. But one of her daughters threw her ashes in the mountains of the Venezuelan Andes. Fortunately we have those moments on video.

I don't know why, but I harbor only positive memories of her, laughing, for example, whether influenced by alcohol or not. Chatting happily about various topics, cooking and eating tasty things, going for walks, singing trying to imitate famous artists... and working. I have few pictures of them, but how bad was she at posing in front of the camera! Well, we can't be good at everything.

Thinking about all she did for me (at least the ones I remember) I sometimes wonder why she could treat me so well if I had nothing to give. But I shouldn't be surprised, because love doesn't need reasons to show it; we give it because we do. Thank you Norma.

Soy el menor de doce hermanos. No del mismo papá ni de la misma mamá. Es que mi padre tuvo ocho hijos antes de casarse con mi madre, con la que tuvo cuatro hijos. Así que tengo tres hermanos de mismos padres, y ocho por parte de mi papá. En situaciones así, ocasionalmente nos enteramos de que no funcionan las relaciones entre los hermanos. En el caso de la primera de las hijas de mi padre no fue así. Por favor, permite que te hable un poco de ella.

Yo nací muchos años después que mi hermana mayor, así que fácilmente alguien podría vernos y creer de que era mi madre. Mis primeros recuerdos de ella son en su lugar de trabajo, un taller mecánico, donde en ocasiones íbamos (no sé a qué, yo era sólo un niño). Y eso es una constante a través de los años en los que seguimos tratándonos.

Pero lo que más recuerdo de ella es cómo me trataba. Piénsalo. Algunos hijos (no todos) suelen ver a la segunda relación de su padre como un intruso, incluidos los hijos que surjan de allí. Tienen dificultades en verlos como hermanos. Pero no fue así en el caso de ella. Siempre fue un trato amable, cordial, servicial, atento. Obviamente no teníamos muchos intereses en común en ése entonces, pero yo sentía su cariño sincero por nosotros.

Me gustaba mucho ir a su apartamento, donde vivía con su esposo y dos hijas. Era un lugar amplio, con muchas cosas que despertaban mi curiosidad. Sólo en la sala había muchas cosas para curiosear. Desde un piano hasta centros de mesa. ¡Cómo me picaban las puntas de los dedos para poder tocar el piano! Pero nunca recuerdo que haya intentado apagar mi natural curiosidad de forma tosca o irrespetuosa.

Una vez que nos mudamos lejos, cada vez que volvíamos y teníamos oportunidad de verla quería atendernos bien, conversar y brindar algo sabroso. Valoro mucho los años en los que mi madre nos atendió sola, ella fuera una de los familiares que estuvo dispuesta a ayudarnos, con ropa, útiles escolares, atención médica, entre otras cosas.

Éstas son apenas algunas cosas de las que hizo por mi. Mis otros tres hermanos también tienen buenos recuerdos de ella de manera individual. Por algo aparece en las fotos de nuestras bodas, excepto en la mía, que por fuerza mayor no pudo viajar. En ésta foto que les muestro estoy bailando con ella en una de esas ocasiones. Por cierto, algunos decían que ella y yo éramos quienes más nos parecíamos a nuestro padre físicamente. No sé si sea cierto.

Hace ya algunos años que ella murió. Una enfermedad grave fue avanzando hasta arrebatarle la vida. No viajamos para su funeral. Pero una de sus hijas lanzó sus cenizas en las montañas de los andes venezolanos. Afortunadamente tenemos esos momentos en video.

No sé por qué, pero albergo son sólo recuerdos positivos de ella, riéndose, por ejemplo, sea influenciada por el alcohol o no. Conversando alegremente sobre temas diversos, cocinando y comiendo cosas sabrosas, saliendo a pasear, cantando intentando imitar a artistas famosas... y trabajando. Tengo pocas fotos de ellas, pero ¡qué mala era posando ante la cámara! Bueno, no podemos ser buenos en todo.

Al pensar en todo lo que ella hizo por mi (al menos las que recuerdo) a veces me sorprende por qué pudo tratarme tan bien si yo no tenía nada que dar. Pero no debería sorprenderme, porque el amor no necesita razones para demostrarlo; lo damos porque sí. Gracias Norma.

❤️

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That was a great memory of her to remember and keeps you happy while moving on with life. The best thing that we can do not to weigh us about people who have died is to cherish and remember only the good memories shared and not the opposite because that alone will give us reason to keep forging ahead.

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You are right. Life already has some complications to add to it. We should rather use everything that helps us to move forward. Thanks for stopping by. Regards @princessbusayo

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