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The policía do not take care of our children. We have to take care of them.
Let me give you some advice, fall for the man who loves you more than you love him.
You never heard that word? You said you’re dominicana. You don’t understand Spanish? Oh, just a little. OK. Desahogar: to undrown, to cry until you don’t need to cry no more.
When Ángela saw me cry, my sister said, You’re drowning in a glass of water. I tell you, Ángela is cold. But cold! Pfft! She has no feelings for me. Not Lulú. She understood that I had to cry until I undrowned from the inside.
When you need each other to survive, you forgive. That’s the way it is.
To be a mother is to suffer. You try and try with the children and they step on shit anyway. It’s too bad because in truth our children have it more easy than us.
But listen to me, there is never rest for the poor.
If you try to fix something that somebody do not want to fix they will hate you for it. To offer help is OK. To push, no.
Learn this from me: Sometimes when you can’t change your ánimo you have to have people like Hernán to remind you about the important things in life. Sometimes we need help to not drown in a glass of water.
Wouldn’t you want to kill someone that puts you in a cage when your nature is to be free in the big ocean? Imagine to not have the space to swim. Imagine to be separated from your family.
Cara, we must not wait to live the life we want. Find a way to be present with the people you love.
Who wants to live in a lie? Freedom is being able to live your truth without having to apologize for it.
