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As Our Parents

It was at the end of the afternoon, the clock said almost 5:30 pm. I was just sitting in the kitchen, drinking my coffee and looking through the window. Outside, the birds were playing with the garden’s bushes. For them it seemed like each new day was bringing a reason to celebrate. How wonderful it was to stay over there watching that show of the nature. 

On the table, the radio was talking softly as if it was trying not to disturb my thoughts. It worked for a while, until that known song, innocently, started to play, “In spit of we had done everything we did, we still are the same and we still live as our parents.” Oh God, I still remember the day when my mother played me this song. She was staring in her closet, looking for something, maybe a new pair of sandals or a new necklace – I’ll never understand my mother and her mess. Then she found that old CD, one she had almost forgotten. Excited, she put it in the CD player, started to sing, as loud as terrible, and to dance on the bed, as if she were 18 again. Whoa, I’ve never seen my mother as a girl, how she must have been pretty.

After this, I always think of my mom when I listen to this song. When it happens I can feel the smell of her perfume. I can see her playing with my hair and doing my make-up, and I can imagine her eyes shining as a girl who took care of her favorite doll. I also can hear her calling my whole name every time I left my things scattered throughout the house. She hardly knew that it was she who had taught me.

At that moment, there I was again, sitting in the kitchen, drinking my coffee, and looking through the window, exactly how we used to. It’s funny how life works, even if we try to do everything differently, we always will be as our parents.

MaVi

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