do, cuándo?” [When? When?
When?], she asks her husband.
Nonetheless, Mamacita’s baby
should concern us more than
she does.
time does its piece. After all,
she is a good woman, and be-
cause of this there will always
be a light at the end of the tun-
nel. So, cheer up, Mamacita!
Tell me, does anybody discard
the whole bunch just because
a few grapes are spoiled? Of
course not! So, put on your
green perfume, dust off those
satin high heels, and bloom
one more time. Life isn’t easy.
live it. Oh dear! What a great
woman you are by having such
a special sense of a mother’s
sacrifice! You might be able
to return and be happy again
in your beloved house “[p]ink
That unlucky child who was
as hollyhocks,” but you re-
snatched from his homeland
signedly remain in this place: a
and taken to another country
land of sweet chances for your
is an unfortunate baby by hav-
child, but still a land of sour
ing such a mom, isn’t he? This
grapes for your own sick heart.
baby is prevented from saying
Don’t throw away the whole
a thing in English under pen-
bunch, Mamacita! Just pick
alty of breaking his mother’s You aren’t perfect, but you and eat the good ones!
heart. This poor baby has to must get ready for life and
bear his mother’s seagull-like
voice all day long. Doesn’t it
seem sad? What a poor baby!
What a misfortune! But, hold
on! He is a baby, right? His
life has just begun! A bright
future is in store for him since
he is now with Dad and Mom
in a better country, in his new
country of possibility.
Wasn’t that the reason his fa-
ther came first? For opportu-
nities? Besides, he will learn
how to speak in English sooner
or later, in or out of his house,
with or without the help of his
parents. Thus, the baby is as
“poor” a baby as Mamacita is a
“bad” mother, which is to say,
“not at all.”
Lastly, it was she herself who
offered him those opportuni-
ties the day she dropped her
life and dared to broaden her
horizons. Little by little, she
will overcome her wrong be-
havior and bad manners caused
by her emotional illness, as the
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