No ha sido fácil, me separé de mi exesposo cuando mi hija tenía 7 años y mi hijo era un bebé de meses. Hemos pasado por altibajos económicos (más bajos que altos) pero aquí estamos con la ayuda de Dios.

Hoy en día, cuando pienso en las limitaciones económicas con las que hemos vivido, ya con mis hijos grandes y con un título de ingeniería en computación que nunca ejercí, me pongo a pensar que quizas de haber ejercido mi profesión hubiera conseguido un buen cargo en una empresa o, ¿por qué no?, ser la dueña de esa empresa y haber ganado lo suficiente para darle todo lo que mis hijos necesitaban. Pero, un día yo me hice la pregunta ¿Cómo te sentirías hoy siendo Gerente de una empresa y verte limitada a participar en el crecimiento de tus hijos? Y entendí con esa pregunta que es mejor no pensar mucho, este fué el camino que yo elegí. Hoy llevo más de 14 años siendo secretaria de un colegio, empleo que me permitió estar el mayor tiempo posible al pendiente de mis hijos, y eso no lo cambiaría por nada del mundo.

Mi felicidad ha sido verlos crecer, jugar con ellos, preparar sus comidas, vestirlos, verlos mudar sus dientecitos, servir de apoyo en sus tareas, estar presente para cuando necesitaban conversar, acompañarlos en los paseos, estar presente en los momentos importantes de sus vidas, cuidar su salud, verlos hacerse una mujer y un hombre de bien, siempre de la mano de nuestro Dios. Esto para mí es felicidad, ser madre es mi sueño cumplido, es lo que me hace levantar cada día. Mis hijos han sido mi fortaleza, mis pilares y mientras tenga vida para lo que ellos necesiten estaré. Mi felicidad tiene tatuada los nombres de mis hijos.

En conclusión, esa muñeca de la infancia me haría feliz unos días, ese maquillaje de la adolescencia era más el tiempo que no lo usaba que el que lo usaba, ese título universitario fué un logro que al final no ejercí; y es así como llega un momento en que te das cuenta que la felicidad no es lo material y que este tipo de felicidad es de muy corto plazo. En contraste con mi sueño hecho realidad de ser madre y que cada momento con mis hijos son los que alegran y dan valor mi vida.

Con mis ojos llenos de lágrimas de felicidad, porque pueden notar que logre en mi vida mi mayor sueño, me despido hasta una próxima oportunidad. Gracias por regalarme este instante de tu valioso tiempo en leerme. Nos escribimos pronto.

English / Inglés

Hello dear Hive community, it fills me with pleasure to greet you and wish you success and well-being.

Today I join the initiative of the Holos & Lotus community on the topic "Happiness in perspective" and I expose how it has been and is my vision of happiness; what I considered at a given time, that when obtaining or achieving it I would be happy, among other points.

Like every human being my desire is to be happy. Happiness makes me feel so good, I want to sing, I want to dance, I see everything around me beautiful, I feel energetic; and it is because having something in mind, dreaming and dreaming about it and that it comes true is definitely priceless.

Walking through my memories I have noticed that what made me happy changed according to my age. Maybe when I was little I was happy to receive gifts like dolls or sweets; going to the swimming pool, going to the movies. As a teenager I was happy buying clothes, makeup, sharing with my friend, traveling, getting my high school diploma. As a young adult I was happy when I had my first boyfriend, when I got a car - used but I was still happy - when I graduated from college. As an adult I was happy when I got married. But out of all of the above, and with nothing left inside me, my greatest happiness has been being the mother of my two children, who represent the two greatest treasures that God gave me.

Being a mother has been my greatest dream since I was a teenager and every day I thank God for the lives of my children, their lives are my greatest happiness and it is definitely my greatest joy.

It has not been easy, I separated from my ex-husband when my daughter was 7 years old and my son was a baby of months. We have gone through economic ups and downs (more lows than highs) but here we are with God's help.

Today, when I think of the economic limitations we have lived with, with my children grown up and with a degree in computer engineering that I never practiced, I think that maybe if I had practiced my profession I would have gotten a good position in a company or, why not, be the owner of that company and have earned enough to give them everything my children needed. But, one day I asked myself the question: How would you feel today being the manager of a company and being limited to participate in the growth of your children? And I understood with that question that it is better not to think too much, this was the path I chose. Today I have been a school secretary for more than 14 years, a job that allowed me to spend as much time as possible with my children, and I wouldn't change that for anything in the world.

My happiness has been to see them grow, play with them, prepare their meals, dress them, see them change their teeth, help them with their homework, be there for them when they needed to talk, accompany them on walks, be present at important moments in their lives, take care of their health, see them become a woman and a good man, always hand in hand with our God. This is happiness for me, to be a mother is my dream come true, it is what makes me get up every day to be a mother.

In conclusion, that doll from my childhood made me happy for a few days, that makeup from my adolescence was more the time I did not use it than the time I used it, that university degree was an achievement that in the end I did not exercise; and that is how a moment comes when you realize that happiness is not material and that this type of happiness is very short term. In contrast to my dream come true of being a mother and that every moment with my children is what gives joy and value to my life.

With my eyes full of tears of happiness, because they can see that I have achieved my biggest dream in my life, I say goodbye until the next opportunity. Thank you for giving me this moment of your valuable time to read me. We will write to each other soon.

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