Bitter Sweet Trip Back Home
My first trip back to my home country of Dominican Republic with my son and boyfriend. It was an urgent family situation. My boyfriend’s father was near death when we were notified of his strokes, leaving him in a very bad condition. We left as soon as we could, leaving our business behind, leaving everything in limbo behind, rushing to the airport, all the craziness with a baby and a covid19 pandemic. For two people, my son and I that rarely leave our home, this was a frantic situation. It was my first time traveling with my son, his first time out of the country and he had no idea what came on to mommie and daddy, but he knew something was up and handled it so well. I booked a 15 day trip in order to spend time with Don Abreu while he recuperated.
So… sad to report that eventhough we had tried our very best to make our trip on time, our flight was delayed and by the time we landed at 4am, my boyfriend’s father had passed away a little after 12 midnight and we sadly did not get to see him in person, thus, he was unconscious from 3 strokes and 2 heart-attacks in 24 hours, we simply had no control of the consequences. Last time we saw Don Abreu was when I surprised Victor with his 50th birthday celebration and his father’s attendance was the main surprise {Planning A 50th At 7 Months}. Don Abreu was not well during his last year during dialysis and apparently he was not keeping healthy. Nonetheless, we always kept in touch with weekly video chats with Victor’s parents, where Don Abreu chatted with us and our son (Matey-Javier). Mateu Javier knew his grandfather digitally. I had been planning a trip to Dominican Republic so our families over there could meet our baby, but due to the global Covid19 pandemic, every one told us to hold on that trip. And look what happened, I lost my grandmother Evangelita on a Monday {My Grandmother Died From Sadness} and on that Friday we lost Don Abreu. At the end of the day, we should have made the trip months prior when I wanted and not listened to anyone about this insane global pandemic, we would have spent time with loved one prior to their recent deaths. This Trip Is Dedicated To Abuela Evangelita & Don Abreu, may their souls rest in peace.
Thus, Our Trip Was A Sad One, We Made It The Very Best For Our Son.
In between the 9 days of prayers and family gathering and our 15 days stay, we managed to take our son places and do things we know he will remember. We were very excited to do stuff with our son that we did when we were kids and that I know Mateu Javier will possibly remember and enjoy looking at photos and videos when he gets older. We found a little happiness amongst the sad events and I am so happy we were able to spend quality time with my both of our families. Family is most important to me and since he was born I am infusing family into my sons life, so he can too learn to love and appreciate the qualities my family infused me with. Family wether blood or not is most valuable bringing and being an excellent source of healthiness in ones life, I can’t image life without loved one, life would be very sickening.
