Hello wonderful community and many thanks to 
Hola maravillosa comunidad y muchas gracias a
This proposal is to talk about our mothers, but I want to talk about the one who was more than my mother, she was also my grandmother, my best friend, my confidant and now that she is gone I have no way to fill this huge void.
Esta propuesta es hablar sobre nuestras madres , pero yo quiero hacerlo sobre quien fue mas que mi madre , fue tambien mi abuela , mi mejor amiga , mi confidente y hoy que ya no esta no tengo manera de llenar ese vacio tan gigante
My paternal grandmother was the one who raised me since I was born, my parents divorced when I was very young and I was left in her care, she had two sons, my beautiful father and my uncle, I came to be that female daughter that I wanted so much and that is how she always treated me, the people who asked who I was told her with a smile full of pride, she is my little daughter, the one of the old age.
Mi abuela paterna fue quien me crio desde que naci , mis padres se divorciaron cuando era bien pequeña y quede a su cuidado , ella tuvo dos hijos varones mi bello padre y mi tio , yo vine a ser esa hija hembra que tanto deseo y asi me trato siempre , las personas que preguntaban quien era yo le decia con una sonrisa llena de orgullo , ella es mi hija pequeña , la de la vejez
I am who I am today thanks to her and her enormous support in everything, she taught me to always stand up for myself and she taught me to have responsibilities in life, to help around the house and to study hard, she was illiterate, guajira from the countryside to the inside, but her children were professionals, she could not help with homework but she paid teachers to help us, I remember in my childhood seeing her late at night behind a sewing machine, running errands, after being at home all day, my dad worked late and left early, my grandmother took me to school and never missed a parent meeting, the teachers and my friends always thought she was my real mom and I always called her mommy.
Soy quien soy hoy en dia gracias a ella y su enorme apoyo en cualquier cosa , me enseño a valerme por mi misma siempre y me enseñoa tener resaponsabilidades en la vida , ayudar en la casa y a estudiar mucho mucho , ella era analfabeta , guajira de campo a dentro , pero sus hijos fueron profesionales, no podia ayudar con las tareas pero pagaba maestros para que nos ayudaran , recuerdo en mi niñez verla hasta tarde detras de una maquina de coser , haciendo encargos , despues del estar el dia entero atendiendo la casa , mi papa trabajaba hasta tarde y se iba temprano , mi abuela me llevaba la escuela y jamas falto a una reunion de padre , los maestros y mis amigos siempre pensaban que era mi mama de verdad y yo siempre la llame mami
She had a strong character, her word was law and was not discussed, but with me she was loving and pampered me a lot, she pleased me in everything, there was nothing I did not want to eat that she did not prepare for me, she was a wonderful cook and thank God I inherited her love for cooking and her art for desserts, I slept with her in bed until I was 20 years old I loved her warmth and her smell of cologne, she was very conceited, she never stopped fixing her hair, or her nails, she was always presentable.
Tenia un carácter fuerte , su palabra era ley y no se discutía , pero conmigo fue amorosa y me mimaba muchísimo , me complacía en todo, no había cosa que no quisiera comer que no me preparara , era una maravillosa cocinera y gracias a dios herede su amor por la cocina y su arte para los postres, dormia con ella en la cama hasta pasados los 20 años me encantaba su calorcito y su olorcito a colonia , fue muy presumida , nunca se dejo de arreglar el pelo , ni sus uñas , siempre andaba presentable
She took care of me during both of my pregnancies to the point that I didn't even want her to continue working, and when I had my babies she taught me every trick and way to take care of them, but above all she has loved them since she found out I was pregnant, that's why it hurts me that she didn't get to enjoy them, because she died when my second son was only 4 months old, she contracted covid and being an 80-year-old woman with different illnesses, she was diabetic and hypertensive, her body couldn't take it and after 5 days in hospital her heart stopped fighting.
Me cuido en mis dos embarazos al punto que no quería ni que siguiera trabajando, y cuando tuve a mis bebes me enseño cada truco y manera de cuidarlos , pero sobre todo los amo desde que supo que estaba embarazada , por eso me duele que nos los haya disfrutado , pues murió cuando mi segundo hijo tenia solo 4 meses , contrajo la COVID y al ser una señora de 80 años con diferentes enfermedades , era diabetica e hipertensa , su cuerpo no aguanto y después de 5 días ingresada su corazón dejo de luchar
It has been the hardest blow I have ever suffered and for a moment I thought my heart was going to stop beating too. It has been 4 years since then and I still hope to wake up and see her in the kitchen brewing her coffee and singing her Spanish songs that she loved so much, to see her play with my daughter and to put my son to sleep on the couch with the same songs that she sang to me. No one has recovered from her loss and every day I need her, I need her advice, her fights and her kisses, to cuddle up with her in her bed and for her to tell me that I am too old to sleep there because my feet are sticking out.
Ha sido el golpe mas duro que he residido y por un momento pensé que mi corazón iba también a dejar de latir , han pasado 4 años de esto y aun espero despertar y verla en la cocina colando su café y cantando sus canciones españolas que tanto le gustaban , verla jugar con mi hija y dormir a mi hijo en el sillón con las mismas canciones que me cantaba a mi , nadie se ha repuesto de su perdida y cada día la necesito, necesito sus consejos, sus peleas y sus besos , acurrucarme con ella en su cama y que me diga que ya estoy demasiado grande para dormir ahí que los pies se me salen
She was a great grandmother and my role model in this life. She was the person I want to become and that tomorrow my children will speak of me with the same love that we always profess to her.
I did not leave her but she will never leave me because she is always with me in every step I take.
Thank you for such a nice proposal to honor those who love us.
Fue una gran abuela y mi ejemplo a seguir en esta vida , fue la persona en la que me quiero convertir y que el dia del mañana mis hijos hablen de mi con el mismo amor que nosotros le profesamos siempre a ella
No sali de ella pero ella nunca va a salir de mi por que siempre esta conmigo en cada paso que doy
Gracias por tan linda propuesta para honrar a quien nos ama