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The most beautiful and special feeling in the world is creating a life out of love and passion. The deep connection and love you achieve is from another world. My love towards my son is unconditional and rewarding, I can’t imagine my life without him. I am so in love with my child, that I cannot explain it.
Is motherhood for everyone? No, it is not, but if you desire to create a life or thought you were not fit for this lifestyles and decided at a much later age to procreate, like I did, then I promise you, the experience compares to nothing. My journey has been a challenging one, but I would not change it for anything. I love my son.
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.
Here Are Some Highlights Of Our Most Recent Trip To Dominican Republic.
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THE GREATEST 16TH CENTURY VENETIAN ARTIST
TIZIANO VECELLIO aka TITIAN
1488/1490 – AUGUST 27, 1576
Tiziano Vecellio aka Titian (1488/1490 – August 27, 1576) was one of the most important and greatest 16th Century painter from Itlay. Vecellio had worked under two great Venetian artist, Giovanni Bellini and Giorgione, both whom died within six years apart. His actual birth year is yet to be confirmed. Vecellio was born in the town of Pieve di Cadore in the Republic of Venice. He was married to Cecili, the daughet of a barber from his village Cadore. Cecilia was his housekeeper and mistress about five years. They had two boys together Pomponio and Orazio, in 1525 Celia fell seriously sick, wishing to mary her to legitimize their children, he married her, they had two more kids, two daughters, only the girl Lavinia survived in 1530, however Cecilia died giving birth to her. Vecellio decided to move to a new home with his two boys , convincing his sister Orsa to take charge of the household, which was a mansion in fashionable suburb in Biri Grande, at the edge of Venice with beautiful gardens on the sea facing Murano. Vecellio was known to be one of the most versatile painter of Italy with a profound use of colors and strokes that contributed from mythologies, painting altarpieces, renaissance art, portraits to landscapes with figures. backgrounds. Vecillio established a place as a leader of painting when he was commissioned for his first public masterpiece for the Assumption of the Virgin for the high altar of Santa Maria Gloriosa di Frari church in Venice, which took him three years to complete from 1516 – 1518. Vicellio achieved notability and international fame though his many portraits of Pope Paul III, Emperor Charles V (whom did not wanted to be painted by no other artist) and many others. While alive many fake copies of his work was being produced and sold. His paintings portrayed depth and psychological dimensions. During his last years Vecillio mostly worked for Phillip II as portrait painter. Vecelio died from a fatal plague in Venice on August 27, 1576. He was the only Venice Plage victim to have been given a church burial, was interred in the church he wished, the Frari. Vecellio rests close to his very famous painting, the Madonna di Ca’Pesaro. Unfortunately, no memorial marked Vecellio’s grave till Austrian rulers of Venice commissioned Canova to provide the large monument until much later. Sad to say, his favorite son Orazio, who was also his assistant, immediately died after his fathers death, due to the same Venice Plague. Vecellio’s most influential altarpiece was burnt in a fire at the SS. Giovanni e Paolo church in the 19th Century. His work has been an influence to many artist around the world. Tiziano Vecellio “Titian” is know as the Italian Renaissance Master.
Check out some of Tiziano's masterpieces:
The Venus of Urbino 1538
Portrait of Pope Julius II
Diana and Actaeon 1559
Diana and Callisto (detail 1)
Venus with Organist and Cupid 1548
Venus and the lute player
Francesco Maria della Rovere, Duke of Urbino 1536 -38
Venus and Adonis
Federico Gonzaga, Duke of Mantura
The Andrians (Bacchanalia) c. 1525
Portrait of young girl with feather hat – a young women wearing a reddish burgundy (possibly leather) hat with a large feather to the left. She is removing formal wear off left shoulder and exposing her right shoulder in undergarment. She seems to wear a pearl necklace.
Portrait of a girl 2 – an elegantly dressed lady with braid in her hairs and elegant beige outfit.
Portrait of Empress Isabella of Portugal 2 – A women dressed either in silk or velvet brownish Burgundy elegant dress, with a long pearl necklace that drapes from the middle of chest from an oversized jewel.
Portrait of man in rec cap c. 1516 – A young man with an overused slouchy hat and oversized shoulder cape that seems to be of cheetah or henna fur. He also wears a sword which rests in front of his chest and seems to be wearing fitted off white leather gloves.