Starting a new life

This is not just a highlight from my summer, this image captures one of the most important things in my life, the moment when I take a plane to a place 6000 km from what I call home, Spain.  Seven days ago I was in Madrid without knowing what was going to happen to me, but luckily behind the screen was my mother (Ana), with a smile from ear to ear. She was trying to put on a good face and calm me down with it, but I know that inside it was also a hard situation for her. Making it clear that everything was going to be fine, as usually mothers do. “Remember, we have been through very tough things together, always together, but now is your turn to go your way. I perfectly know how strong you are and that you can handle everything on your own, but if you need help you just have to make a call and mommy will always be there for you”, my mother told me after taking that picture. Although it is not visible in the image, I was broken inside. A few minutes before I had started to reread the letter that both my family and friends made me and at that exact moment I didn’t know if I really wanted to leave. All year I had been saying that I wanted to clear myself because I thought everything was against me, but here I realized that I was the only one who wanted to see it that way. Right now, I am feeling happy and excited about being in Roanoke, at the end of the day, time decides.

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