Madre, Te recuerdo

Day 33

Going over old family pictures I came across many of my late grandma whom I never met.  This particular trip has me a lot more curious about my family, and especially the ones closest to me that I never met.

At my parents place, in the middle of the staircase, is a poem that my dad wrote to his mother after she passed away as a way of remembrance and to keep her memory alive.

If you come to my place, and walk up the stairs, you will see it right in front of you. Impossible to miss and is a bittersweet reminder of a son's love to his mother.

Here is the poem, in its original language.  Translate as needed.

Madre, te recuerdo

Hoy te recuerdo mas
Desde aquel frio Enero
En que partiste.
Recuerdo el gélido beso
Que posé sobre tu frente
Pero, hoy te recuerdo mas
Porque has tenido la virtud
De borrar el tiempo

M. J. Terrero Cuesta

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Damn it Chester.... Why?

Image
Day 18 Sitting down on the computer a bit earlier today particularly to prevent rushing into my ideas because it's too late and tiredness.   Every morning when I sat in my car to drive to work, I normally put my office address on the GPS to prevent (or mentally prepare) for any delay along the way and as "music" I tend to either be listening to "Elvis Duran and the Morning Show" or listening to some YouTube video. My radio, for whatever reason, sometimes changes the audio input automatically and starts playing the music I have on the CD player (yes, CD player in 2023) but I could never be happier with the music that starts playing.  I have inserted the album "Minutes to Midnight" by Linkin Park which I honestly think is my all-time favorite band. You see, when I discovered them, it was at the very beginning of career when "One Step Closer" started to creep into MTV and MTV Latino and I instantly fell in love with the song.  In general, I cons...
Read more

I'm 37 but I act 22

Day 79 Social media and their stupid quizzes and posts.  Today I went over my memories in Facebook and found one post from March 2009 where a friend of mine shared.  It was a lame quiz and based on the answers you are supposed to put the subject as: I'm (how old you are) but I act (what you got on the test). Below the quiz and my answers as of today: How old do you act? [x] You know how to make a pot of coffee [ ] You keep track of dates using a calendar [x] You own a credit card [x] You know how to change the oil in a car [x] You've done your own laundry [x] You can vote in an election [x] You can cook for yourself [x] You think politics are interesting(George Bush and a shoe!) TOTAL SO FAR: 7 [ ] You show up for school late a lot [x] You always carry a pen/pencil in your bag/purse/pocket [x] You've never gotten a detention [ ] You have forgotten your own birthday [ ] You like to take walks by yourself [x] You know what credibility means, without looking it up [x] You dri...
Read more

Remembering this day in particular

Image
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, worrie...
Read more