Hello, my name is Juan and I am 65 years old. I would like to tell you the little story of my life.
I come from a poor family in Venezuela. My father's name is Julio Mendez and he had 2 jobs to support 3 children, my mother and the home where we lived.
I always remember everything my parents had to do to get us ahead.
At the age of 10, while I was in the 5th grade, I was always mistreated since I started school, for being poor, but in that grade was when I fell in love when I saw the most beautiful girl in the whole school. her eyes are light brown, they looked like two drops of honey, her hair as dark as night and her skin as white as snow, to everyone's surprise, she had noticed me, at first when she approached me, I thought she was just doing it to make fun of me like that.
After some time, we ended up becoming sweethearts, that day was one of the best days I could have. I always said her name before going to sleep, Monica, Monica, I always dreamed about her.
During the years that I was in high school, the way I was treated and observed by other people got better and better, and when Monica, my girlfriend, was with me, everyone was surprised. The truth is that Monica has been the only girlfriend I've ever had, a few years later I ended up marrying her and forming a stable home.
During my time in college, when I was studying business administration, I had proposed to Monica and after we graduated, we ended up getting married.
I still remember that, on my wedding day with my beloved Monica, I wore a beautiful white dress, with a back neckline, a necklace, earrings with sparkling stones and a wedding ring with a small diamond, I looked like a princess from a fairy tale.
Another memory that I have always treasured is the day my children, Pablo and Carolina, were born, there are times when I say "God you have blessed me enormously with the family you gave me". These are things that I thank life and God for.
I also have very painful and sad memories, like the day my parents died, the way my father died marked my mother enormously, my father was walking towards the house and a high tension cable fell on him, electrocuting him and my mother died of a heart attack.
I had been making a little money for some time and after some time I managed to create a small grocery store and after some time I managed to create my second grocery store and in a certain period of time I already had several businesses until I created my first super market, now I have more than 20 and it is expanded all over the country.
First of all, I thank my parents for their efforts, because if they nurtured my spirit of self-improvement and taught me not to have bad habits, the only thing I regret is that my parents could not see all that I have achieved in my life.
I loved your story of Juan and the progress he made creating that chain of Abastos, which allowed him to have a better quality of life. He longs for the presence of his father and mother, so that they could also enjoy this well-being.
Thank you very much, in this story I wanted to highlight several things, such as no matter the difficulties that life puts in front of us, what matters is what you do to overcome that difficulty, the humility of the protagonist. etc.
Greetings, @pjpavan Thank you so much for coming up with this fictional story that has characteristics of autobiography.
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@theinkwell, Thank you very much for your comment and advice, I hope to do better for the next one and I hope to get better and better.