Hello everyone, a greeting to this #topfamily community.
The photo I bring you on this occasion for the Thursday TBT contest is from just four years ago; however, when I try to look back at that precise moment, it feels like an eternity has passed.
The first time I saw @neuropoeta (Yadira Troche Nerey) was in the Ateneo Vietnam bookstore, located in República, Camagüey.
Although we had been conversing virtually via WhatsApp for several months, as we were both members of a Camagüeyan literary group, we hadn't had the opportunity to meet in person.
I knew she was a doctor and a talented poet, and from her stylized way of speaking, I had come up with the completely wrong idea that she was a distant and elitist woman.
That afternoon, at 2 PM, there was a meeting with all the writers in the group. I only knew Linnet Molina and left my house hoping she would be there when I arrived. But that was not the case. Linnecita, as was the custom, arrived just when the meeting was about to begin.
So when I entered the place, half-blind from the glare, I tried to adjust my sight as quickly as possible to get my bearings. There, in one of the large armchairs, was @neuropoeta.
— Are you Yura? — he asked with a smile and got up to greet me.
That afternoon, unsuspecting, just as the clock struck 2, in the Ateneo Vietnam Bookstore, I embraced for the first time what would be, until today, one of my great friends.
And as I remember it, I feel a bit nostalgic, but I focus to summarize and conclude my presentation today. For the multitude of things we experienced after that meeting would not fit in a single post.
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English is not my native language, so I used Google’s free translator to make this translation. I apologize for any possible grammatical and agreement errors.
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Hola a todos, un saludo a esta comunidad de #topfamily.
La foto que les traigo en esta ocasión para el concurso de Jueves de TBT, es de hace apenas cuatro años, sin embargo, al intentar mirar hacia ese momento preciso, siento como si hubiese pasado una eternidad.
La primera vez que vi a @neuropoeta (Yadira Troche Nerey), fue en la librería Ateneo Vietnam, ubicada en República, Camagüey.
Aunque ya llevábamos varios meses conversando de forma virtual por WhatsApp, pues ambas éramos integrantes de un grupo literario camagüeyano, no habíamos tenido la oportunidad de conocernos personalmente.
Yo sabía que era médico y una talentosa poeta, y por su manera estilizada de hablar, me había hecho la idea, completamente errónea, de que era una mujer distante y elitista.
Esa tarde, a las 2, había un encuentro entre todos los escritores del grupo. Solo conocía a Linnet Molina y salí de casa deseando que ella estuviera allí al yo llegar. Pero no fue así. Linnecita, como era costumbre, llegó cuando ya casi comenzaba el encuentro.
Así que cuando entré al lugar, medio ciega del resplandor, intenté adaptar lo antes posible mi vista para orientarme. Allí, en uno de los butacones grandes, estaba @neuropoeta.
— ¿Eres Yura? —preguntó sonriente y se levantó para saludarme.
Aquella tarde, sin sospecharlo, justo cuando el reloj marcaba las 2, en la Librería Ateneo Vietnam, abrazaba por primera vez a la que sería, hasta hoy, una de mis grandes amigas.
Y mientras lo recuerdo me pongo un tilín nostálgica, pero me centro para resumir y concluir mi presentación de hoy. Pues el mundo de cosas que vivimos después de ese encuentro, no cabría en un solo post.
