Hoy salí de casa y es que en nuestro municipio el santo patrono es san José de Paraguachi y hoy es su solemnidad y una de las tradiciones de este día es hacer bautizos. Y aprovechamos para bautizar a una de mis sobrinas y ya era la madrina, si vienes leyendo mis post sabras que estoy pasando por un proceso de duelo y salir de casa es algo que muchas veces no quiero y creo que uno de los lugares que tal vez no quisiera visitar es la iglesia y no por nada malo, solo que recuerdo el día del funeral de mi mamá h es bastante difícil. Pero hoy fui a l a iglesia a bautizar a mi sobrina, ya que habíamos pospuesto su bautismo por bastante tiempo.
Today I left the house because in our town, the patron saint is Saint Joseph of Paraguachi, and today is his feast day. One of the traditions of this day is to hold baptisms. We took the opportunity to baptize one of my nieces, and I was already her godmother. If you've been reading my posts, you'll know that I'm going through a grieving process, and leaving the house is something I often don't want to do. I think one of the places I might not want to visit is the church, and not for any bad reason, it's just that I remember the day of my mother's funeral, and it's quite difficult. But today I went to the church to baptize my niece, since we had postponed her baptism for quite some time.
Llegué antes que mi familia a la iglesia, así que aproveche de tomar algunas fotos. Había varias personas y le pedí a un chico que me tomara una foto con San José, mientras mi mamá estuvo enferma le pedí a muchos santos que ayudarán a que su salud mejorará, y una de las cosas que había dicho que iba a hacer era ir a las festividades de San José. Tal vez no todo salió como queríamos pero hoy cumplí y fui a misa y agradecí por todo. Pedí mucha fortaleza y que el año que viene para esta fecha pueda estar mejor porque siendo sincera ahorita no la estoy pasando nada bien.
I arrived at the church before my family, so I took the opportunity to snap some pictures. There were several people there, and I asked a boy to take a picture of me with Saint Joseph. While my mom was sick, I prayed to many saints to help her get better, and one of the things I said I would do was attend the Saint Joseph festivities. Maybe not everything went as planned, but today I kept my promise and went to Mass and gave thanks for everything. I prayed for strength and that I would be better by this time next year because, to be honest, I'm not doing well right now.
Y creo que hoy si decidí arreglarme un poco más, aunque tengo días sin dormir bien y llorando mucho. Pero creo que desde hace dos meses tal vez no me tomaba una foto o estaba pendiente de salir linda en una foto. Cómo he dicho antes, aquí vamos un día a la vez. Y como escuché en un vídeo y es que no nos podemos morir con nuestros muertos. Nos toca vivir y honrar la vida de los que ya no están.
And I think today I finally decided to dress up a little more, even though I haven't been sleeping well for days and I've been crying a lot. But I think it's been maybe two months since I've taken a picture or been concerned with looking good in one. As I've said before, we're taking it one day at a time. And as I heard in a video, we can't die with our dead. We have to live and honor the lives of those who are no longer with us.
Y finalmente llegó mi prima y mi sobrina y nos tomamos una foto antes de entrar a la iglesia, en esta oportunidad el papá de mi sobrina no pudo asistir al bautizo.
And finally my cousin and niece arrived and we took a picture before going into the church. This time my niece's father couldn't attend the baptism.
Le tomamos una foto a mi sobrina con San José y nos tomamos una foto con ella y sus padrinos. Entre tantas cosas no tomamos fotos a la hora del bautizo como tal!
We took a picture of my niece with Saint Joseph, and we took a picture with her and her godparents. With so many things going on, we didn't take any pictures during the actual baptism!
Luego de que teeminaton los bautizos nos tomamos varias fotos con el resto de la familia.
After the baptisms were over, we took several photos with the rest of the family.
