{"id":51953,"date":"2020-09-23T17:31:52","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T17:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/herway.net\/?p=51953"},"modified":"2022-02-20T22:55:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-20T22:55:53","slug":"una-carta-a-mi-madre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herway.net\/es\/una-carta-a-mi-madre\/","title":{"rendered":"Carta a mi madre - Posdata: Te echo de menos"},"content":{"rendered":"

A mi h\u00e9roe, mi roca y mi mejor amiga... A mi madre.<\/em><\/p>\n

First of all, I must apologize to you for taking so long to write this letter. It took me almost ten years, but you used to say that it’s never too late to do a good thing.<\/p>\n

You left me too soon, with hundreds of unsaid words and even more unexpressed feelings. I know that you didn’t want that either, but life can be unfair sometimes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Me quedo en este mundo con la esperanza de que ahora est\u00e9s en un lugar mejor y que por fin hayas encontrado la paz.<\/p>\n

You were always trying to be a better wife, a better mother, a better daughter, a better friend\u2026 and you were. You were THE BEST mama!<\/p>\n

You used to say that we won\u2019t be able to understand you and Dad until we have our own kids. And you were right.<\/p>\n

Now that I have my daughter, I am aware of all the sacrifices you had to make to raise us. And because of that, I am so very sorry that I can\u2019t thank you enough or to show you how I appreciate it.<\/p>\n

But even if you were here, one lifetime wouldn\u2019t be enough to thank you for everything you\u2019ve done for us.<\/p>\n

Ahora entiendo que la vida nunca fue tan f\u00e1cil y perfecta como siempre intentaste present\u00e1rnosla.<\/p>\n

Todo lo que pod\u00edamos ver en tu cara era una sonrisa porque quer\u00edas protegernos de las cosas malas y de la gente malvada.<\/p>\n

Una sonrisa era tu arma contra todas las cosas malas que te pasaban en la vida.<\/p>\n

Nunca supusimos que tuvieras problemas porque fue tu decisi\u00f3n no mostrarnos nada que no fuera amor y felicidad. Y estoy muy agradecida por ello, porque tuvimos una infancia sin preocupaciones.<\/p>\n

Recuerdo que el abuelo nos prestaba el peri\u00f3dico para leer el hor\u00f3scopo.<\/p>\n

\"una<\/p>\n

And how you used to say that you\u2019re glad I am a Sagittarius because I could protect you with my arrow if something or someone attacks you.<\/p>\n

But now, I even hate reading horoscopes because of that evil sign \u2013 CANCER. Oh, how life can be ironic sometimes. Unfair and ironic, I think, those are two words that describe it truly.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Your zodiac sign was Cancer, and your granddaughter is Cancer, also. That’s why July is the hardest month for me.<\/p>\n

I have to celebrate your and her birthday, and I have to go to your \u201cresting place\u201d (if I call it a grave, it\u2019ll mean you\u2019re never coming home again) because you also passed away in that month.<\/p>\n

That’s why July feels like an eternity for me every year. That’s why cancer became my worst enemy that took you away from me at a very young age.<\/p>\n

I am so very sorry I couldn’t shoot it and protect you from that evil enemy. I am sorry I failed as your Little Archer.<\/p>\n

Pero mam\u00e1, te juro que ayudar\u00e9 a la gente a combatirlo todos los d\u00edas de mi vida. Ojal\u00e1 pudiera evitar que otra ni\u00f1a se quede sin su madre.<\/p>\n

Fuiste un luchador y quiz\u00e1 perdiste en el \u00faltimo asalto, pero nunca te rendiste.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That’s why you are a true hero. And your rival, our sworn enemy, cancer, is the biggest coward because it always attacked you when you thought the game was over.<\/p>\n

Y recuerda esto: Los h\u00e9roes nunca mueren<\/a>, because they live in the stories of other people. And that’s how you are still here with us.<\/p>\n

Hablo de ti todos los d\u00edas con tu nieta y as\u00ed es como te traemos de vuelta cada d\u00eda.<\/p>\n

Nos dejaste tantas lecciones de vida, tantas recetas de nuestras comidas favoritas, tantos recuerdos hermosos y un amor incondicional.<\/p>\n

Nos dejaste tantos trozos de ti, pero tambi\u00e9n te llevaste un trozo de cada uno de nosotros contigo.<\/p>\n

\"chica<\/p>\n

Me preguntaba si alguna vez volveremos a tener esa pieza. \u00bfO la guardas para el d\u00eda en que nos volvamos a ver?<\/p>\n

Even if we get it before then, we will never be whole again until we see you and know for sure that you\u2019re doing great up there, just like you did down here.<\/p>\n

I have so many things to say to you, but if only I could see you one last time, for a second at least, I wouldn’t spend our time on words, I would just hug you tight.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ese abrazo te demostrar\u00eda lo querido y echado de menos que has estado todo este tiempo. Ojal\u00e1 hubiera sabido lo precioso que fue nuestro tiempo, pero siempre pens\u00e9 que siempre estar\u00edas aqu\u00ed. Y ahora s\u00e9 que, de alguna manera, lo estar\u00e1s.<\/p>\n

Tal vez no est\u00e9s f\u00edsicamente presente, pero est\u00e1s aqu\u00ed en todas las dem\u00e1s formas.<\/p>\n

In my mind, my rhymes, my poems, and my heart. The only thing I think I couldn’t resist saying would be these three words: Love you, Mama\u2026<\/p>\n

Le ped\u00ed a Dios tantas veces que te enviara en mis sue\u00f1os. Pero nunca viniste, ni siquiera all\u00ed.<\/p>\n

At first, I thought that you were angry because I didn’t say that final goodbye to you, for which I\u2019ve apologized to you every day since.<\/p>\n

But I was in another city, studying, trying to make you proud. I know that you were always hoping how I\u2019d finish a great school and become an independent woman one day.<\/p>\n

As\u00ed que espero que ahora est\u00e9s orgulloso de m\u00ed desde dondequiera que est\u00e9s.<\/p>\n

\"una<\/p>\n

Ahora tengo un marido estupendo, una hija preciosa, la mejor familia que una persona pueda pedir, pero aun as\u00ed, el mejor cumplido que recibo es cuando la gente me dice que me parezco, camino o hablo como t\u00fa.<\/p>\n

Dad says that every time he hears my laugh, he thinks that you\u2019ve come back home.<\/p>\n

I don’t have many photographs of you because you didn’t like that, just like I don’t like now, so I don’t blame you for that. The photographs of you in my mind will never fade.<\/p>\n

This is not just a letter for my momma\u2026 I wanted to write an open letter to all of you who sympathize with me, but also to all of you whose mothers are still here and alive.<\/p>\n

Please don’t neglect your mothers. Please be patient with them in their old age like they were with you in your teenage years. Please help them and visit them any time you can. Please don’t let anyone or anything be more important.<\/p>\n

Aseg\u00farate de que sepan lo queridos y respetados que son. Y aseg\u00farate de no dejarles nunca sin decirles cu\u00e1nto les quieres.<\/p>\n

You never know what tomorrow brings, and you’ll forever regret it if you didn’t take the time to say \u201cI love you\u201d one last time.<\/p>\n

Espero que sepas cu\u00e1nto te echamos de menos y cu\u00e1nto te queremos, mam\u00e1. Espero volver a verte alg\u00fan d\u00eda. Hasta entonces, s\u00e9 valiente y alegre como siempre fuiste.<\/p>\n

Don’t worry about us, we are safe because we have a guardian angel who takes very good care of us.<\/p>\n

\"Carta<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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