We knew this would happen but this time we had a different kind of faith. I for example wanted to show my daughter a different Venezuela, not the one where I had to study with the flashlight of my cell phone because we had no electricity, not the one where I was a victim of crime, not the one where I had to share an egg with my mom and my brothers for breakfast or where I had to eat rice with lentils all week, I remember that once my friend Marco said: how do I explain to him that in my house we make juice with only one orange for everyone? And I never forgot that phrase, as I explained to him that I was very happy for something as basic as gas, electricity and water. I came to Poland for love (of course) but I also did it because I wanted a better quality of life for me and I also wanted to give it to my future children (now Olivia) and one of the reasons why I make a lot of effort in feeding her is because I want her to be prepared for everything although hopefully I do not have to live what I lived, hopefully I do not have to walk from the university with fear of being mugged (or even worse) but having to do it because it was better if I saved the money for the bus.
Conocí a Hive gracias a la situación económica que estaba viviendo y lo agradezco por supuesto pero ojalá lo hubiese conocido por otra razón, ojalá no hubiese tenido que cruzar trochas con miedo imaginando lo que nos podía pasar y montarme en la espalda de un hombre que no conocía para cruzar un río y así poder ir a Colombia a comprar comida más barata, ojalá no hubiese tenido que perder 11 años estudiando una carrera universitaria que se supone que es de 5 años (y vamos no fue porque no estudiaba, mis compañeros y amigos pueden dar fé que era muy estudiosa y disciplinada) pero a quien le gusta perder tiempo?
I met Hive thanks to the economic situation I was living in and I am grateful for it of course but I wish I had met him for another reason, I wish I had not had to cross trails with fear imagining what could happen to us and ride on the back of a man I did not know to cross a river so I could go to Colombia to buy cheaper food, I wish I had not had to waste 11 years studying for a university degree that is supposed to take 5 years (and come on, it was not because I did not study, my classmates and friends can attest that I was very studious and disciplined) but who likes to waste time?
Lo siento por venir a desahogarme, necesitaba hacerlo y es que no dormí ayer y menos después de conocer los resultados, necesitaba sacar este dolor de saber que mi mamá y mi hermano no tendrán una mejor calidad de vida o al menos no en Venezuela, necesitaba sacar el dolor que llevo de haber visto a mucha gente de mi familia y amigos salir del país, incluso yo tuve que hacerlo, fuimos 8 millones de venezolanos los que lo hicimos y quizá ahora seamos más. Y sí te preguntas como es que soy tan fuerte después de todo? En este post nombré muchas razones, Venezuela me hizo fuerte y me duele! Y algún día espero mostrarle a mi hija no esa Venezuela, sino mis grandiosos y espectaculares vecinos, ese cuarto que dejé vacío, a su abuela y a sus tíos, los Roques, canaima, el salto angel y a tí que sigues ahí luchando por nuestro país.
I am sorry for coming here to vent, I needed to do it and I did not sleep yesterday and even less after knowing the results, I needed to get out this pain of knowing that my mom and my brother will not have a better quality of life or at least not in Venezuela, I needed to get out the pain I carry from having seen many people of my family and friends leave the country, even I had to do it, we were 8 million Venezuelans who did it and maybe now we are more. And if you wonder how come I am so strong after all? In this post I named many reasons, Venezuela made me strong and it hurts! And someday I hope to show my daughter not that Venezuela, but my great and spectacular neighbors, that room I left empty, her grandmother and uncles, los Roques, canaima, el salto angel and you who are still there fighting for our country.
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