Remembering this day in particular

Day 2

Today has been just a regular day as any other day with the advantage that it was also a holiday, is always great not to work on a Monday. 

By now, the day was going to end, and I almost failed to write a few paragraphs but here I go.  Nothing major to write about and I won't be going through my daily activities for the sake of writing and bore you with many trivial and unimportant things like: "I cook this" "I went to this place" "I hanged out with..." bla bla bla.

I think the major event for today is my 15th anniversary of moving to the USA.  I almost forgot about it but Facebook reminded me of past posts and well, it was a nice reminder because it made me think on how much I've accomplished since moving here, from gaining total independence from my parents to creating a life, that, with its ups and downs, is at a point of relative pure joy.  It does, however, makes me think of the things I've left behind and the many sacrifices, worries and headaches along the way, just as a way to remind myself to be grateful and humble.

This time around is a bit extra special since I have my nephew visiting, who was 1 year old when I left and is now an almost fully grown 16-year-old teenager.  Thankfully through the years I've been back home many times (2, 3 or sometimes even 4 times a year) so I haven't missed much of him growing up BUT because of Covid (and other unrelated situations) I haven't been back home in almost 3 years, interacting with my nephew now is definitely different and even though is pretty cool for me at the same time it has cause me a bit of sadness seeing how much he has changed in just 3 years, in part because of just getting older but also due to the effects of the covid pandemic and other situations that now I won't delve into it, just know that well, by the time I was 16 years old I had to deal with many shitty situations, but this kid has had it rough.

Anyways, is pretty cool to have him around and is exciting to see him enjoy some time off away from family drama, checking the city I live him and teach him a thing or two along the way.





Location: Miami, FL, USA

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