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Entry for January 22, 2009 
En una relacion hay dos tipos de silencio: Primero el silencio de la comunion: que representa la esencia de la union, donde los dos se convierten en uno. Un silencio de renuncia que trasciende a las palabras. Segundo el silencio de las palabras no dichas. El silencio donde cada parte habita en una isla propia solitaria. Silencio donde ni las aspiraciones intimas, ni los suaves movimientos del alma son compartidos. Mal va el amor , si no se dice todo. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Existen hogares y existen familias. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HAY MOMENTOS FELICES Y HAY HORAS FELICES. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ El fracaso de un amor no es el fracaso del amor. El fracaso de un matrimonio no es el fracaso del matrimonio. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Todos los dias tienen su historia. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Padres amorosos son y seran siempre el puerto mas seguro. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ La sonrisa acogedora a flor de labios es propio de aquellos que saben valorizar lo esencial de la vida. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hay momentos de profunda felicidad sin causa. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EN VERDAD HAY MOMENTOS FELICES Y LA VIDA CONTINUA. LA VIDA NO SE MIDE POR LOS A~NOS QUE EXISTIMOS, SE MIDE POR LA ALEGRIA QUE SE DIO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Todas las familias son iguales, lo que cambia son las historias.
Entry for November 4, 2008 
Another Juan. This is the story of Happy Hour Juan. I named him that because everytime we were together I used to tell my other boyfriend that I was at a Happy Hour with my girlfriends. Old wife story. Well I used to see him every morning on my way to work, he used to live in a street I used to pass by. He used to look at me with an intense look, like he wanted to stop me every time he saw me. Well one day our cars crossed the street very close and slow, because it was busy, he just say hello and I say hello back and we both smile with that look that says “well make the next move”. So a few days later he waited for me to pass by and follow me, then, he made a sign letting me know I had to stop at the side of the road. I did, and so he. I stayed in my car and he got out of his and walked to me, I open the window to say hello and waited for him to say hello back. To my surprise he made a move that shocked me and had me before we even knew our names. He pushed his head into my window and kissed me, killing me softly. I felt like my feet left the earth and floated for a few seconds for as long as the kiss lasted and the rest of the day. Then he said, he wanted to do that since the first time he saw me. Then he told me his name was Juan and asked my name, then gave me his business card and left. I had to make the second move, call him. I didn’t call the same day, of course I was dying to call him the minute I got to my office, but I waited a few days. Every day since that first kiss and the day I decided to call him, he used to look at me like saying “Aren’t you going to call?” Well, I called and it was Friday, so we planned to meet somewhere after work. Happy Hour. He used to work for a liquor provisioning company. When I met him, he had the Happy Hour in his car. We met at a parking that Friday and every Friday after that. We used to talk for hours, make out and drink until it was time to go on with our real lives. He used to follow me, sometimes when I was with my boyfriend, he was not stalking me, just letting me know, he knew were I was and he wanted me to call him and wanting to be with me. It was like we were meant to be like that forever. Every Friday at a different parking. Then one day we planned our next move, it was time for the real thing. So we planned for a Saturday, to meet at a parking and go somewhere else together. We got at the Motel and talked for hours and could not really do much more, it was like we were expecting that moment, but we both were conscious of another life that was waiting for us outside. We both had to lie to be together. It was never going to be real, between us. He had a family and I had my issues. It didn’t happen that day. It happened another time, when we didn’t plan anything. At that moment, he was separated from his wife and I was also free. So we felt free to do it, to do everything, it was good, we waited too long for that moment and we enjoyed every second of it. We had a lot of fun. We did it a few more times after that. Sometimes I was on vacations and he used to pick me up in the morning to go to work with him, he had a route mostly bars or “Colmados” like “Bodegas” to take the liquor orders for the rest of the month at each place, he introduced me like I was working with him and I was in training. Then at the end of his work day we used to stop at Restaurant or Bar, eat, have a few beers and visit the first Motel on the way back. Have more fun, and returned from work, tired of each other, literally tired of each other, because we exhausted each other until we could not do it anymore. We like each other too much, to be together for ever. We could have end up together, but he had a mortgage to pay and two kids in private school, it was cheaper for him to stay married and unhappy than to get a divorce and child support. I did not have to pass by his street that often anymore, he move from that street, then we started seeing each other less and less until, it was only once in a while. Now I live in another country, I will always remember him with a smile in my face, like he always had a smile in his face and that first kiss that caught me off guard and trapped me with him for a while. Only a real Boricua can do something like that out of nowhere and without your consent. The worst part is that I loved it!
Entry for October 17, 2008 
By Maya Angelou A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE .
enough money within her control to move out
and rent a place of her own,
even if she never wants to or needs to...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE .
something perfect to wear if the employer,
or date of her dreams wants to see her in an hour...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE . a youth she's content to leave behind....
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE .
a past juicy enough that she's looking forward to
retelling it in her old age....
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE .
a set of screwdrivers, a cordless drill, and a black lace bra...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE .
one friend who always makes her laugh.. and one who lets her cry...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE .
a good piece of furniture not previously owned by anyone else in her family...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE . eight matching plates, wine glasses with stems,
and a recipe for a meal, that will make her guests feel honored...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE
a feeling of control over her destiny..
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW... how to fall in love without losing herself..
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
how to quit a job, break up with a lover,
and confront a friend without ruining the friendship...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
when to try harder... and WHEN TO WALK AWAY...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
that she can't change the length of her calves,
the width of her hips, or the nature of her parents..
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
that her childhood may not have been perfect...but it's over...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW..
whom she can trust,
whom she can't,
and why she shouldn't take it personally...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
where to go...
be it to her best friend's kitchen table..
or a charming Inn in the woods....
when her soul needs soothing...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW..
What she can and can't accomplish in a day...
a month...and a year...
AND REMEMBER:
GOOD FRIENDS ARE LIKE STARS.
YOU DON'T ALWAYS SEE THEM,
BUT YOU ALWAYS KNOW THEY ARE THERE!!!!!!
Be yourself...everyone else is already taken
Entry for September 27, 2008 
Por María José Parra Cortés ... Y del cielo, ha comenzado a caer una fina lluvia que, a pesar de ser suave como una caricia, es persistente como la voluntad del sabio. Es una lluvia reparadora, que invita a hacer una parada y mirar un poco más en el interior de cada uno. Y, aunque aparentemente el dia es gris, si somos capaces de mirar más allá del gris que hay sobre nuestras cabezas, podemos adivinar una sinfonía de colores que bailan esperando su turno, esperando que la lluvia cese y que salga el sol, para manifestarse y renovar las energías de estos locos humanos, que somos nosotros y, que funcionamos a base de lo que vemos. Porque, desgraciadamente, hemos dejado de percibir o., mejor dicho, hemos dejado de pararnos a observar nuestras percepciones. Y como todas esas energías saben que sólo vemos lo que vemos, los colores se preparan para mostrarse a unos cuantos de privilegiados, que serán aquellos que miren al cielo, en forma de arco multicolor, donde ninguno de los colores tendrá protagonismo, así como ninguno de ellos podrá faltar, p0rque entonces, el equilibrio estaría roto, la bóveda celeste se sentiría inútil y sin sentido en esos momentos en los que su papel en el conjunto es brindarle su espacio a los colores en formación, para que el arcoiris (¡qué nombre tan bello!) pueda mostrarse y alegrar la tierra, alegrar el espíritu de aquellos que lo esperaron. Y mirar el arcoiris, no es privilegio sólo de unos pocos. Todos podemos disfrutar de ese espectáculo cuando se produce, pues en multitud de ocasiones, estamos en la calle cuando ocurre ese milagro de la descomposición de la luz blanca (quizá uno de los fenómenos que más disfruté en mis años de instituto ,o liceo, pues ví que era una magia al alcance de mis manos). Sólo tenemos que recordar que despues de la lluvia, cuando sale el sol, como ocurre en las tormentas de otoño y primavera, si miramos hacia arriba, tendremos nuestro regalo cósmico.
Yo tengo una dependencia especial de la lluvia, y no sabría explicar el por qué y en la mayoría de la ocasiones, recuerdo una película de Françoise Truffaut, del año 1969, "El pequeño salvaje", en la que el cineasta recrea la captura y el intento de aprendizaje y socialización de un niño, Victor Aveyron, encontrado en los campos de Francia en estado salvaje, allá por los finales del siglo XVIII. Hay una secuencia que, para mí, es una de las más tiernas del cine y nos muestra a Víctor, en su habitación de la casa del científico, mirando el cielo (creo que había luna) sentado en la misma postura y con la misma expresión que le vemos a los chimpancés y a los gorilas en cautividad, con esa mirada perdida en la profundidad de sus recuerdos, en la lejanía de sus paraisos perdidos. Y cuando ya te has metido en el alma de ese niño que sufre la pérdida de su "Rosebud" particular, la mirada comienza a cambiarle cuando aparece esa lluvia que baila en los cristales, ante sus ojos. Y te empiezas a contagiar de esa felicidad que él empieza a sentir. Y ya no puede aguantar más y sale al jardín, saltando, corriendo, despojándose de esas ropas que no entiende por qué le han puesto y que limitan sus movimientos. Y la lluvia comienza a caer más y más fuerte y, así mismo, su danza comienza a ser más y más frenética, pero es armónica. Y revuelca su cuerpo desnudo por la hierba empapada de esa lluvia que le ha devuelto, por un rato, a su libertad, a su felicidad. Tal vez tenga idealizada esta secuencia, pero, para mí, no se puede expresar más poesía con una cámara . Si es posible, háganse con ella, que la van a disfruta, creo.
Bien, querida familia, queridos amigos....Como siempre, se me fué la olla y me he puesto a decir tonterías que nada tienen que ver con lo que al principio, cuando conecté este chisme, pensaba. Pero bueno, he tenido que salir aquí al lado a un mandado, la lluvia me venía corriendo por la cara, me ha entrado ganas de saludaros a todos, de contaros algo de por aquí y...., salen estas paridas mentales, así que me he quedado sin tiempo.
Por aquí, todo bien, disfrutando esta entrada de otoño en el norte y, en cierto modo, añorando la entrada de la primavera del sur, que tambien estaría disfrutando junto a ramblas montevideanas. Pero como decimos por aquí, "Teta y sopa, no cabe en la boca". Así que ahora, me toca disfrutar de lo mío de aquí: familia, amigos y estación. Juan se ha ido hoy a Constantina, pues es la romería. Para los de allende los mares, os cuento que es una especie de excusión de un dia, a la ermita de la Virgen del Robledo, que es la patrona de mi pueblo; Se pasa el dia en el campo comiendo y bebiendo, montados a caballo o caminando, en coche o en carreta. Bueno, yo no he tenido muchas ganas de ir, pues desde hace unos años, no me atrae mucho. ¡Estoy mayor!. Y tengo que ordenar muchos libros, revistas...
La semana pasada pasé seis dias en la Cartuja y, como siempre...de lujo. ¿Sabéis qué me pasó?. Salí temprano a ver la llegada del sol, que allí, en esta época, es mágica. Además, entraba el otoño y a esa hora de la mañana, era como si todo explotara de pronto: colores, sonidos, olores, paisajes...Luego dí un paseo, habitual en mí y en el lugar, disfrutando de la inocente desnudez de los alcornoques, con esos cuerpos rojos y bien torneados, con sus brazos en alto, estirándose hasta el cielo; de las almendras, caídas al camino por los primeros vientos, lechosas y blancas; del tomillo, quemado ya por la inclemencia del sol del verano, pero que todavía me regalaba aromas inconfundibles...
Para algunas cosas, en la vida, viene bien ser "amigo del dueño" y en este caso, tengo el privilegio de ser (así lo creo yo) amiga de Carmen, o Mary Carmen, la dueña de una cartuja, de la Cartuja a la que tantas ganas tengo de traeros y así podáis comprobar, los que aún no la conoceis, si tengo razón o no cuando digo que esto es un pequeño paraíso. Y, a lo mejor, si me dejáis, un dia os hablo de sus noches, de su cielo.
Un abrazo muy grande lleno de energías cósmicas para todos. Besos de Finuca-la mamma-Mary Pepa-María José- Pepa-Pepa Diamela.
May2008- MIAMI (Should I stay or should I go) 
Here I am in MIA again. This time for training and a few days off, by myself. The question all the time is should I stay or should I go. My heart and mind wanted to stay, but something inside me was telling me all the time, I should go, it is not time yet. 2 experiences I had on the way to MIA and from MIA, both involved Hospitals. So, I thought it was a sign. Not time yet. My heart and peace of mind aches as I leave the nice little room I was staying, by the beach. Something inside wanted to stay, something in my head asked me to go. I guess just commonsense, you can not live in vacations forever, yet you can, but what is vacations forever? or for a little longer? Reality bites and there are moments when you really know who will be there for you, when you need that someone special at the right moment. When will be my time again in MIA? I don't know. It seems like I never left, some part of me stayed there and is waiting for me to come back and pick it up. So long!
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