It's good to honor those who came before us. The stories my mom tells about what my grandfather was like, what my aunt was like, or what other family members I didn't have the fortune of knowing in life were like, are stories I really enjoy. It surprises me how much of my genuine self I share with them.
Es bueno honrar a quienes nos precedieron. Las historias que cuenta mi mamá de cómo era mi abuelo, cómo era mi tía o cómo eran otros familiares de mi familia que no tuve la fortuna de conocer en vida son historias que me gustan mucho y me sorprende cómo comparto cosas de mi genuinidad con ellos.
Looking to the past to look to the future seems to be a way through which we seek wisdom from the past. It's incredible how many times my elders warned me about something, and that very thing they warned me about ended up happening.
Mirar al pasado para mirar al futuro parece ser una forma a través de la cual nosotros buscamos sabiduría del pasado. Me parece increíble la cantidad de veces que mis mayores me advirtieron de algo y eso de lo cual me advirtieron terminó ocurriendo.
Part of the normal process for a child, a teenager, and a young adult is to go through those errors that all adults have already experienced, and even that won't guarantee you won't fall into the same pitfalls. But listening and looking back seems inevitable for progress.
Parte del proceso normal de un niño, un adolescente y un adulto joven es pasar por esos errores que todos los adultos ya experimentaron, e incluso eso no garantizará que no incurras en las mismas fallas, pero escuchar y ver hacia atrás parece inevitable para progresar.
These spouses decided to wear these lockets with photographs of their family members who are no longer with us, and it's something I found very beautiful and quite honorable. Not everyone has the same relationship with their ancestors or turns to them for the same reasons, but it's quite dignified and significant to keep them present.
Estos esposos decidieron llevar estos dijes con las fotografías de sus familiares que ya no están y es algo que me pareció muy bonito y bastante honrado. No todos tenemos la misma relación con nuestros antecesores ni recurrimos a ellos por las mismas razones, pero es bastante digno y significante tenerlos presentes.
Photographer: Diego Aquiles