El Pasado

Mi abuela charlaba de “los buenos tiempos” con las demás tías abuelas en la mesa. Hablaban de cómo fueron criadas en una comunidad pequeña del pueblo (lo que tal vez se haya vuelto un suburbio).

Por su estilo de vida autosuficiente y la economía estable de aquella época (los principios del siglo XXI), no es una sorpresa que hubieran podido tener tantos hijos.

De tantas historias contadas por ellas, hay una parte de mi alma que anhela vivir en sus tiempos. Me hace contemplar en qué hubiéramos tenido si no fuera por la avaricia de los gobiernos queriendo llenarse los bolsillos de la humanidad.

My grandmother chatted about ‘the good old days’ with the other great-aunts at the table. They talked about how they were raised in a small village community (which may have since become a suburb).

Given their self-sufficient lifestyle and the stable economy of that era (the early 21st century), it is not surprising that they were able to have so many children.

From the many stories they told, there is a part of my soul that longs to live in their time. It makes me wonder what we would've had if it weren't for the greed of governments wanting to line their pockets at the expense of humanity.