Entre amigos, familiares, despedidas y oportunidades

Hello, my friends of Hive, especially those of this community that means so much to me, because it makes me express what I think and do with friends and family. This is my last post of 2024. I have to confess that it has not been a good year. It has been the worst in terms of family, but much better than previous years in terms of making friends and growing professionally.

Even if the sky is gray, you have to put color to life from the look and build bridges that connect. I turned 34 years old on June 20, it was the happy day I will never forget. I didn't know it was the last time I would share with my mom. I spent only two hours in the afternoon of that busy work day with her, a happy time, a very happy time. And the next day the news that shocked me: my mother died like a candle, being so well, you still can't believe it: it all happened so fast. You never prepare yourself to lose a family member. The loss of a mother is the hardest blow that life gives us. She went from being with me to being in me and that relieves me a little.

It was a year of reconnecting with my students from the Instituto Preuniversitario Vocacional de Ciencias Exactas in my province. This time I have the privilege of giving them lectures twice a month that advocate for a better citizen. Sometimes I think it is difficult for me to be separated from so many friends in this place.

In radio and television I have had emotional moments. I said goodbye to a great friend who decided to retire and go home to rest. Hilda Huette has been a mother to me in radio, she took me by the hand and knew how to guide me. With her I learned a lot about the medium. We decided, as a surprise, to join together to say goodbye to her and toast to her sunset, because the sun that has kept her active will not set for a long time. It has been a year of farewells. The director of the Anthology program, of which I have told you about, joined her family in the USA.

Also leaving my province was the driving force behind this project that I will have the honor of leading in 2025. It is a very favorite program for radio listeners. With my sister I have spent the best moments of 2024. She is my portable charger. When my energy is low, she recharges me. Since June 21 we understood that we must be closer than ever and we have been. She is the gift my mother left me to take care of me.

Professionally, I won two very significant awards. One as a young university professor: the CITMA National Award, a high distinction for young people under 35 years of age. Also, in a radio contest held in the eastern part of the country, I won the Script Award for a program I have been writing for the radio for 17 years. I dedicated the second prize to my mother, who encouraged me so much. It has been a difficult year.

I confess that I have not published much in Hive, because I have been sad. I am passionate about writing. For this platform there are always friends who support me: @eduardo900613, @yanerkidiaz and the entire Cuban community in Hive, particularly the one from Pinar del Río. I hope this year, which is knocking on the doors, to share more stories here. I have so much to tell you. For now, I wish you many successes in 2025, accompanied by health, well-being, friends, families, fortune. Happy New Year!

The images used in the publication were taken with my Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime cell phone. Texts translated into English by Deepl Translate.