I feel like such a terrible daughter since I’m just beginning to find out certain things that I never knew about my mom. I have always wondered why I like certain things that nobody else in my family likes. No, I don’t think I’m adopted. Lately my mom and I have been bonding, sometimes she stills makes me mad ha ha but I promise myself that we were going to enjoy our time together before she moves to Texas.
One day I was writing and I wanted to read some poetry to stimulate my mind. I called my sister since she loves poetry and she had told me about a good website. The website is great, all the poems come with audio. Some voices are more pleasant than others obviously. I read a few poems and found one that I really really liked. I decided to shared it with my mom. Most of the time I don’t share things like that with others menos con mi Ma’. Why, because I had always assumed that she didn’t care. Anyway, I was a little concerned with her reaction but I said “Ma’ quiero que escuches este poema.” I played the audio, she listened and I followed the lines carefully. She interrupted and said the name of the poem, and she told me “yo se este poema, yo lo recite cuando estaba en la escuela,” I was in shocked because I never knew that my mom liked poetry nevertheless recite poetry. I finally know why I love poetry. My mom began telling me about how she was always chosen to recite poetry when she was in school. She recite in front of an audience en dias like la Bandera, or dia de Madres. I thought it was the sweetest thing ever. I can just see it.
Pero, me senti mal pues I had misjudged her since she only got to finish the third grade, so I thought she wasn’t interested in such a thing as poetry. Pense: how can she likes poetry if she's the type of person that "only" reads the bible and only for a few minutes. Fue asi que I justififed my ignorance. I said “Ma’ pero solo terminaste el tercer grado,” and she responded with a big smile, “si pero los maestros siempre me pedian que recitara aun no siendo estudiante.” I’m so proud of my mother.
Since she shared this with me I told her that I like to write but that I wouldn’t call my “pensamientos” poetry but that I like to write. She seemed surprised, and she said “oh, y a Zule le gusta recitar/procamar los poemas.” She told me about a poem taht she really likes but she doesn’t remember the name. She still remembered some of the stanzas. Is amazing that she still does. Creo que lo que se aprende con el corazon nunca se olvida. I’m going to do a little research and see if I can find that poem for her. I’m happy to know that she likes something that I’m passionate about, now I just have to wait for the right moment to share some of my "pensamientos" with her.
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Since I have a little bit of time to spare. I have been reading “astronomy for dummies” :-) I have always loved the stars and the moon, la Luna. I have always wanted to buy a telescope, and I was ready to do so, but the book recommends to start with binoculars :-). As I continue reading I became more interested en las Luna y las estrellas. During the second week of October the moon was spectacular. I had ordered the binocular but I didn’t get them on time. I was disappointed because I wasn’t going to be able to see the moon asi bien grandota. I waited and waited but I never got the binocular. Anyway, I got the binocular this week and I was so exited. Oh, a mi mama tambien le gusta la Luna y las estrellas. So, knowing this I took my mom to look at the stars. Our first star gazing experience together. I wanted her to see the estrella she calls “la virgen Maria.” I felt happy to show my mom her favorite star. It was nice to hear her say “oh, que bonito.” Me senti como la madre y a ella la mire como la hija, asi cuando la madre le Enseña las cosas grandes de la vida a la hija.
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