My days with you, Mom // Mis días contigo, mamá
I confess that I was not a nature lover until this moment. What I like the most, my favorite landscape is the ocean, the sea, the beach. There is nothing that recharges me more with good vibes. But my mother asked me to accompany her on this trip to La Gran Sabana, Venezuela. She was still in full use of her faculties. Seeing that she would be going alone and that it was the way she wanted to celebrate her birthday, I agreed.
The trip was almost a day. Exhausting, very exhausting indeed. But as I began to reach my final destination, my unempathetic feelings towards the savannah, the mountains and everything but the sea began to change. I felt like I was in an earthly paradise. Its imposing tepuis (gigantic plateaus), its waterfalls, its natural jacuzzis, simply took my breath away.
During the day it is hot enough to melt anyone and at night the contrast is overwhelming. Sleeping in these tents, with the imposing Tepuy Kukenán in the background, is priceless.
Today I was thinking about how I could pay homage to my mother who would be having her birthday today and I started looking through her things and came across an envelope full of photographs of our trip to La Gran Sabana several years ago. But thanks to the humidity and the place where my mother decided to keep the pictures, more than half of them were lost. Some that I was able to rescue, I decided to scan them and keep them safe in my laptop. But not without first sharing some of them here, as a tribute to her, to my mother. To that magnificent woman who gave me life and who would be celebrating her birthday today.
Canaima National Park, in La Gran Sabana, was a destination she always dreamed of visiting, she said she would not leave this world without visiting La Gran Sabana. And so she did. Just in these dates so important for us.
I feel blessed for having pleased her and above all, for having been able to document these wonderful moments. I know that she is watching me from wherever she is. Thinking of her, of her eyes shining with happiness during those days, leaving the tent early in the morning to admire the sunrise, makes me smile and she is the reason for my smile.
Confieso que yo no era amante de la naturaleza hasta este momento. Lo que me más gusta, mi paisaje favorito es el océano, el mar, la playa. No hay nada que me recargue más de buena vibra. Pero mi madre me pidió que la acompañase a este viaje a La Gran Sabana, Venezuela. Ella aún estaba en pleno uso de sus facultades. Pues viendo que se iría sola y que era la manera en la que ella quería celebrar su cumpleaños, acepté.
El viaje fue de casi un día. Agotador, de verdad que muy agotador. Pero cuando comencé a llegar a mi destino final, mis sentimientos poco empáticos hacia la sabana, las montañas y todo lo que no fuese mar, comenzaron a cambiar. Me sentía en un paraíso terrenal. Sus imponentes tepuyes (gigantescas mesetas), sus caídas de agua, sus jacuzzis naturales, simplemente me dejaron sin aliento.
En el día hace un calor que derrite a cualquiera y en la noche el contraste es abrumador. Dormir en estas tiendas de acampar, con el imponente Tepuy Kukenán al fondo, no tiene precio.
Hoy estaba pensando cómo podía hacer homenaje a mi madre quien estaría hoy de cumpleaños y me puse a buscar entre sus cosas y me conseguí con un sobre lleno de fotografías de nuestro viaje a La Gran Sabana hace ya varios años. Pero gracias a la humedad y al sitio donde mi madre decidió guardar las fotografías, se perdieron más de la mitad de ellas. Algunas que pude rescatar, decidí escanearlas y mantenerlas a salvo en mi laptop. No sin antes, compartir algunas por acá, en homenaje a ella, a mi madre. A esa magnífica mujer que me dio la vida y que hoy estaría de cumpleaños.
El Parque Nacional Canaima, en La Gran Sabana, era un destino que ella siempre soñó visitar, decía que no se iría de este mundo, sin antes conocer La Gran Sabana. Y así lo hizo. Justo en estas fechas tan importantes para nosotras.
Me siento bendecida por haberla complacido y sobre todo, por haber podido documentar estos maravillosos momentos. Sé que ella desde donde está, me está viendo. Pensar en ella, en sus ojos brillantes de felicidad durante esos días, saliendo tempranito de la tienda de acampar para admirar el amanecer, me hace sonreír y ella es el motivo de mi sonrisa.
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Hello @purrix nice to meet you.
What a beautiful place to go with your mother!
I wish I was able to go with you and your mom on her birthday!
Thank you for sharing these pictures of Canaima National Park, in La Gran Sabana,
Barb :)
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Those were beautiful moments. Thank God I was able to please my mom and accompany her on this trip. She felt alive, happy, fulfilled.
Thanks to you for appreciating these wonderful landscapes!
Oh yes of course. You are most welcome.
The landscapes are gorgeous!
!BBH
I reblogged this post @purrix
It is so beautiful to see the pictures of where you and your mom went at
Canaima National Park, in La Gran Sabana.
Barb 😊♥️
Thank you very much. I really appreciate that you liked these pictures. I loved those days and for me, these photos represent a beautiful passage of my life with my mother. Thank you thank you thank you thank you!
You are most welcome @purrix 🤗💖💖
I love the outdoors and natural places so much.
I use to hike with my mom many years ago.
You and your mom remind me of my mom and me together.
I'm so happy to have seen your beautiful post.
😊
!BBH