[Own photo]When we have a family, we want to share many moments with our children, but sometimes circumstances do not allow it. And during the Christmas holidays, a time of reunions and family sharing, nostalgia for the past comes to us.
Three sons left one after the other within months of each other and to different places. The first Christmas without them was strange. Those of us who had stayed behind felt a sense of emptiness and had to settle for a video call. But there we were, reunited, saying happy new year to each other through our phone screens.
And one Christmas followed another. And one year gave way to another until we reached 2022, five years later.
At the beginning of a new year, we wish for changes in our lives, and we make resolutions to achieve them.
I dream of being with my sons who are physically far away and reuniting with them, so I can hug them. It has been five years of distance, and I imagine that I arrive at each of those places and I see them among my memories and the reality that has been changing them.
For the next year I have decided to travel, and I have asked God to accompany me on this journey.
I still do not know how or when I will start this trip, or how I will get there, but I am not worried and on the contrary I am excited to do it even if it is by road. I have to reach three destinations, three countries in South America.
Furthermore, I think it will be a bit of a long trip, but I have the time available for it. With little luggage and the energy that I know I will have, I will cross from Venezuela to Argentina, passing through Colombia and Peru. There in every corner of these countries is a piece of my heart...
From the Goajira, crossing the Andean peaks until I reach the Peruvian coast and continue through those mountains to the valley of the La Plata river. I dream of their surprised and happy faces with my arrival. And at that moment we embrace
I believe that there are no limits to achieve what we dream of, other than those we set for ourselves. Likewise, I believe in this and I have faith in achieving it.
With this story I'm participating in the Creative Nonfiction in The Ink Well: Prompt #11
