Angel A. Ortiz Martinez
English 1109 at 11:27 Mn-W
September-21-2020
Papa Who Wakes up Tired From, The Dark
In this chapter Esperanza sees her dad portrayed as a hero and for the first time the hero crumbles in her own eyes. She was describing his daily routine in which before abuelito dying was basically him getting ready for work. At this moment when abuelito passed away she stated: “My papa, his thick hands and thick shoes, who wakes up tired in the dark, who combs his hair with water, drink his coffee and is gone before we awake, today is sitting on my bed (THOMST 57).” Esperanza looks at his dad highly as someone she knows that will care, love and protect at all costs and on that day, she knew that her hero had a soft spot and it cut deep. Esperanza knew that he holds family very deeply.
It may not be as joyful, but I promise it is a valuable lesson in which I apply every day. This particular chapter made me remember when my mother was dealing with a serious medical situation herself in which was life threatening but treatable and this all happened over the course of two years. I can’t really describe the amount of pain is to see your own mother crying thinking of the worst and seeing her in pain trying to comfort her. This is in a way when you know who is really there for you and glad, I can say that the family close and far was here for her. At this time, she is in a better state and safe to say that she is not in any life-threatening danger. I am really proud to say that, every single morning when I wake up first thing, I do is I go over to see how my mom is doing and if she’s awake or not (she doesn’t sleep at night as much). Before I leave for college, I give my parents a kiss on the cheek and tell them “Bendicion” which means blessings to show them I care and love them unconditionally. You know what they say you only have one mom. I am really pleased to have the parents I have.
NOT FOR SALE- This necklace brings me many memories from Puerto Rico. I have this on me at all times and it was gifted to me from my aunt when I did my first communion ( when I was around 10) ever since then just now and when it was broken but I never take it off.
Wow really took away a great lesson from this passage Angel! Although painful it is good to see that you have tried to turn this lesson learned into something positive and it really reflects pretty well considering that the mother was affected in both cases. I really connected with your line on mothers. "You know what they say you only have one mom."-Angel This obviously relatable quote is still a very good reference to the fact that peoples lives especially loved ones are priceless. The value that a loved one holds is immeasurable, and it is my belief that this is true. I could never name a price for the experiences that I have gone through with the people in my family and I am sure that you could say the same.
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