

Como la mayoría de las personas de tercera edad al declararse el estado de pandemia y la obligatoriedad de aislamiento social me ví obligado a permanecer mas tiempo en casa y fue dificil, la verdad me sentía al principio como preso, soy una persona ansiosa lo admito, siempre he sido así pero el hecho de salir, caminar, distraerme podría decir que me mantenía calmado en ese aspecto. Me tocó gracias a la ayuda de mi esposa buscar otras formas de controlar esta ansiedad, me enfoqué en el patio de mi cuñada porque no tenemos patio propio ya que vivimos en la segunda planta y me dediqué a sembrar, con tiempo ahora disponible para ello.Me entusiasmé con esta actividad y les digo coseché tomate margariteño, perita, cherry , lechoza, cambur, rememoré mis tiempos de muchacho en la Escuela Granja "Dr Eusebio Baptista" en Boconó , Estado Trujillo , esas remembranzas me hicieron feliz, apliqué conocimientos aprendidos allá y obtuve resultados satisfactorios no sólo por lo cosechado sino porque he podido mantener mi mente ocupada y mis niveles de ansiedad disminuyeron.

Greetings community, this is my first post here and I was struck by an initiative of
regarding those habits and learning that this stage of pandemic left us.I am 71 years old, retired teacher from the Ministry of Popular Power for Education since 2014 and I have always been very active, I like to go out, I am always the one who does the shopping at home, my wife accompanies me sometimes but others for her work from home makes it difficult, she is also a retired teacher but still active.
Like most of the elderly when the pandemic state was declared and the mandatory social isolation I was forced to stay at home more time and it was difficult, the truth was that at first I felt like a prisoner, I am an anxious person I admit, I have always been like that but the fact of going out, walking, distracting me I could say that kept me calm in that aspect. Thanks to my wife's help I had to look for other ways to control this anxiety, I focused on my sister-in-law's yard because we don't have our own yard since we live on the second floor and I dedicated myself to planting, with time now available for it. I was enthusiastic about this activity and I tell you I harvested tomato margariteño, perita, cherry, lechoza, cambur, I remembered my times as a boy in the Farm School "Dr Eusebio Baptista" in Boconó, Trujillo State, those memories made me happy, I applied knowledge learned there and I got satisfactory results not only for what I harvested but because I have been able to keep my mind busy and my anxiety levels decreased.

No voy a decir que dejé de ser inquieto, porque es mi naturaleza, pero sinceramente el aislamiento dejó de ser algo que me inquietara, si bien igual salía al supermercado de mi comunidad y tomaba las medidas pertinentes porque no tuve problemas al respecto, ya las salidas fueron menos.Debido a mi caracter sociable,puedo decir que las personas me aprecian en mi comunidad, trato de manener buenas relaciones con los demás y a la hora de ayudar no tengo reparos, si lo tengo con gusto ayudo. Con mis vecinos intercambiabamos alimentos, tipo trueque algunas veces, otras no tenían y bueno tranquilos luego vemos, esto se mantiene.
Mis hijos mayores menos una, están fuera del país y se imaginan mi preocupación aunque ellos por estar en grupo de riesgo por la edad y mi esposa por la hipertensión se preocupaban y llamaban todos los dias, eso es una de las cosas buenas que dejó esa etapa, mayor acercamiento y preocupación de los hijos porque yo siempre los estoy llamando pero ya saben cuando crecen andan en sus ocupaciones.Tengo 2 hijo menores con mi esposa desde hace casi 18 años y demás está decir que tuvimos mas tiempo para compartir , nos unimos mas como familia. Se me olvidaba comentarles que vivimos cerca de la playa y esto fue un escape, seguimos manteniendo la rutina salir a caminar, ejercitarnos y regresarnos, esto fue bueno para todos.
Puedo decir que la pandemia me permitió valorar aún más la vida y seguir siendo fiel a mi convicción de que hay que vivir los momentos porque mañana puede ser tarde,valorar mas a los seres queridos, a los amigos. ¿Un nuevo comienzo? cada día lo es.. Me ha gustado compartir esta experiencia, espero que mi forma de narrar a través de remembranzas sea del agrado de los lectores. hasta la próxima.Invito a y
a participar.

I will not say that I stopped being restless, because it is my nature, but honestly isolation was no longer something that bothered me, although I still went out to the supermarket in my community and took the appropriate measures because I had no problems in this regard, and the outings were less, because of my sociable character, I can say that people appreciate me in my community, I try to maintain good relationships with others and when it comes to helping I have no qualms, if I have it I gladly help. With my neighbors we exchanged food, sometimes bartering, other times they didn't have any, and well, calmly then we see, this is maintained.

My older children, except one, are out of the country and you can imagine my concern although they are in a risk group because of their age and my wife because of hypertension, they worried and called every day, that is one of the good things that this stage left, greater closeness and concern of the children because I am always calling them but you know when they grow up they are busy. I have 2 younger children with my wife for almost 18 years and it goes without saying that we had more time to share, we are more united as a family. I forgot to tell you that we live near the beach and this was an escape, We kept the routine of going for a walk, exercising and coming back, this was good for all of us.

I can say that the pandemic allowed me to value life even more and to remain faithful to my conviction that you have to live the moments because tomorrow may be too late, to value your loved ones and friends more. A new beginning? every day is a new beginning.... I enjoyed sharing this experience, I hope that my way of narrating through remembrances will be to the reader's liking. see you next time.I invite and
to participate.
