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dont't give up (no te rindas)

Sunday, March 13, 2011



~I dedicate this poem to my sweet daughter~
Jadyra 
All I really want is to see her laugh and be happy again


Don't Give Up

by Mario Benedetti



Don't give up, you still have time

to reach up and start anew,

Accept your shadows,

Bury your fears,

Free your burdens,

Fly again.



Don't give up, that's what life is

Continue the journey,

Follow your dreams,

Unstuck time,

Move the rubble,

And uncover the sky.



Don't give up, please don't give way,

Even if the cold burns,

Even if fear bites,

Even if the sun sets,

And the wind goes silent,

There is still fire in your soul

There is still life in your dreams.



Because life is yours and yours is the desire

Because you have loved it and because I love you

Because wine exists and love is true.

Because there are no wounds that time doesn't cure.



To open the doors,

Take away the locks,

Abandon the walls that have protected you,

To live life and accept the challenge

Get back laughter,

Practice a song,

Lower the guard and extend the hands

Open the wings

And try again,

Celebrate life and take back the skies.



Don't give up, please don't give way,

Even if the cold burns,

Even if fear bites,

Even if the sun sets,

And the wind goes silent,

There is still fire in your soul

There is still life in your dreams.



Because every day is a new beginning,

Because this is the hour and the best moment.

Because you are not alone, because I love you.





No te rindas



No te rindas, aún estás a tiempo

De alcanzar y comenzar de nuevo,

Aceptar tus sombras,

Enterrar tus miedos,

Liberar el lastre,

Retomar el vuelo.



No te rindas que la vida es eso,

Continuar el viaje,

Perseguir tus sueños,

Destrabar el tiempo,

Correr los escombros,

Y destapar el cielo.



No te rindas, por favor no cedas,

Aunque el frío queme,

Aunque el miedo muerda,

Aunque el sol se esconda,

Y se calle el viento,

Aún hay fuego en tu alma

Aún hay vida en tus sueños.



Porque la vida es tuya y tuyo también el deseo

Porque lo has querido y porque te quiero

Porque existe el vino y el amor, es cierto.

Porque no hay heridas que no cure el tiempo.



Abrir las puertas,

Quitar los cerrojos,

Abandonar las murallas que te protegieron,

Vivir la vida y aceptar el reto,

Recuperar la risa,

Ensayar un canto,

Bajar la guardia y extender las manos

Desplegar las alas

E intentar de nuevo,

Celebrar la vida y retomar los cielos.



No te rindas, por favor no cedas,

Aunque el frío queme,

Aunque el miedo muerda,

Aunque el sol se ponga y se calle el viento,

Aún hay fuego en tu alma,

Aún hay vida en tus sueños



Porque cada día es un comienzo nuevo,

Porque esta es la hora y el mejor momento.

Porque no estás solo, porque yo te quiero.
~Mario Benedetti



* photo of me taken by my daughter Jadyra (girl in the yellow) :)

happiness...

Monday, January 24, 2011

To me happiness is... having my mom and my daughters always by my side.








It is a dream come true and prayers answerd to have my mom living very close to me now,
instead of 500 miles away. I feel thankful & very blessed!



Dreams...

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
~Henry David Thoreau


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D r e a m s . . . . {4/52}








winter love with my loves....

Sunday, December 26, 2010

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be.
Now put foundations under them.

Henry David Thoreau

♥ 

holding on to love

today I woke up to a winter wonderland ♥ 
winter love has finally arrived...































Chirstmas....

Saturday, December 25, 2010

a wonderful time to celebrate with family & friends...






Good bye fall....

Monday, December 6, 2010

I know it's kind of late for me to post fall pictures when we already got our first snow sooo early this year!! Last week was a very busy week for me. Trying to get my house decorated for Christmas has been fun but a lot of time consuming. Also, my computer crashed one more time and therefore I have lost photos, fonts, files, etc. That's what I get for not backing up my stuff. :(  Well, the following photos are the ones that got saved because I had transferred them to my portable hard drive... uuuufff!
I can't believe fall has gone so fast and winter decided to show up with such fury. I can't wait for spring now, seriously! I love the beauty of fall; the wonderful weather that comes with it, the nice crisp air.... To take walks around this season it's trully a special treat for me. By the way, one of my pictures below of the boots & leaves was featured in Casi en Serio blog.




Loving the Ocean (Vintage Inspired Photography)

Monday, August 2, 2010

I would like to start with a series of nautical & beachy photos. I love the ocean and I enjoyed it very much when I went sailing this past June. I wish I could do that more often... (sigh) maybe when I move closer to the water. :D
This sailboat photo was from my last trip to Puerto Rico.

No es igual sin ti...

The following photos took place in Esmerald Isle,NC.


fooled by curiosity
fooled by curiosity

I was walking by the shore when I spoted a shell with a white round object in it. I immediately picked it up and showed it to my hubby and I said: I can't believe I found a pearl!!! (something I longed to find since a child). Anyways, I started to take pictures of it before I disturbed it, because it was kind of stuck to the sand from inside the shell. So when I took a couple of shots of it, I decided to take it out and to my misfortune it was just a piece of round foam that got stuck inside the oyster lol.
I decided to take a shot with a different shell and this is the one I really like the most.
(Not the original shell I had found it in)


sailing away...

harmony

father & daughter
collecting seashells
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