A second chance


And then, she understood the impossibility of going back, to try once more…


Vista hacia Chorrilos Barranco, Lima, Perú
View towards Chorrillos           Barranco, Lima, Perú

Feeling desperately saddened, Camila’s mother was finally forced to admit to herself, deep down inside of her maternal soul: how little of her time, she spent with that little girl they were talking about, as she thought about that quiet child, who passed most of her spare time, so absolutely absorbed between the pages of her cherished books, living perhaps, in some far away and unknown worlds…

Isla San Lorenzo Callao, Lima, Perú
San Lorenzo Island           Callao, Lima, Perú

And, how remarkable, she further reflected. How different it was with Magnifico, her best friend, with whom her daughter shared so many moments and quiet conversations. Finally… she was forced to concede; Magnifico, certainly knew her better. He had managed to establish a warmer and deeper relationship with Camila, than they ever had.

La Bajada de Baños Barranco, Lima, Perú
Bajada de Baños          Barranco, Lima, Perú

And in the end, she now understood, it was ironic, for hadn’t it been with them, her own parents, with whom she had grown up and spent her days and nights? Unexpectedly, with a jolt, she suddenly realized that they scarcely ever conversed among themselves. And when they did, she continued thinking quietly to herself, it was about such superficial and trivial matters, or it was all about the work and the problems in the farm.

For a moment, that appeared to be unending, she descended into that purgatory, where so many parents have arrived, as they realized that their children moved on and grew up on their own, painfully, recognizing the unavoidable fact that they never realizing the when and the how this could have been so, and that time, irrevocably, cannot be set back to allow a second chance…

Atardecer en el Malecón Barranco, Lima, Perú
Dusk at the boardwalk           Barranco, Lima, Perú

 

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