Little steps on the beach // Pasitos en la playa

Today marks exactly 3 weeks since I took this picture. I was looking at my mother and sister while they were looking at the sea.

Hoy se cumplen exactamente 3 semanas desde que tomé esta fotografía. Contemplaba a mi madre y a mi hermana mientras ellas contemplaban el mar.

We had never been so close to each other being so close to the sea, although I have been to the beach many times with my sister and once with my mother, the three of us had not coincided.

Lately my mother has been feeling a bit exhausted and maybe that's why she lets herself go more easily than before. In previous years she had not wanted to visit the sea.

Sometimes she worries when she thinks about her age and feels that she can no longer do some things, yet I see her as whole, I even see her skin stretched and feel her strength when she leans on me to keep from falling. I see light in her.

Nunca habíamos estado tan cerca la una de la otra estando tan cerca del mar, aunque sí he ido muchas veces a la playa con mi hermana y una vez con mi madre, no habíamos coincido las tres.

Últimamente mi madre se ha sentido un poco agotada y quizás por eso se deja llevar más fácil que antes. En años anteriores ella no había querido visitar el mar.

A veces se preocupa cuando piensa en su edad y siente que ya no puede hacer algunas cosas, sin embargo, yo la veo tan completa, incluso veo estirada su piel y siento su fuerza cuando se apoya en mí para no caerse. Veo luz en ella.

A few years ago she was losing vision and out of embarrassment she did not say anything. Suddenly it became evident and she had an operation to remove some huge cataracts that had been clouding her sight.

She was able to enjoy the beautiful view from my sister's house.

Hace unos años atrás estaba perdiendo la visión y por vergüenza no decía nada, de un momento a otro se hizo evidente y se operó unas inmensas cataratas que habían estado empañando su mirada.

Pudo disfrutar de la hermosa vista desde la casa de mi hermana.

Between chatter and chatter, time went on with its work, gliding silently and believing itself imperceptible, it continues with its stress of going faster and faster.

Come on mother, let's see the sunset before it leaves us without realizing it.

Entre charla y charla, el tiempo siguió con su trabajo, deslizándose silencioso y creyéndose imperceptible, sigue con su estrés de ir cada vez más a prisa.

Vamos madre, veamos el atardecer antes que se nos marche sin darnos cuenta.

Does time go fast or am I the one who's going fast?.

We had the joy of spending 3 days and 2 nights at my sister's house. With so much sea nearby, we could not miss a visit to the beach, first time the 3 of us together taking little steps towards the shore of a beach.

Supporting our mother, one on each side, so she could at least wash her feet and be comforted by the sea breeze touching her face.

My mother was excited and at the same time a little scared, she said she could fall because she feels she has no strength, that's what she says, although I feel a lot of life in her when she leans so strongly on me. .

¿Va rápido el tiempo o soy yo quien ando acelerada?

Tuvimos la dicha de estar 3 días y 2 noches en casa de mi hermana. Con tanto mar cerca, no pudo faltar una visita a la playa, primera vez las 3 juntas dando pasitos hacia la orilla de una playa.

Apoyando a nuestra madre, una a cada lado, para que al menos lavara sus pies y se reconfortara con la brisa marina tocando su cara.

Mi madre estaba emocionada y a la vez un poquito asustada decía que podía caerse porque siente que no tiene fuerzas, eso dice ella, aunque yo siento mucha vida en ella cuando me agarra tan fuerte.

Enjoying our loved ones while we are still around sounds trite, but I think it is important to keep it in mind and create precious moments before they are no longer possible.

Disfrutar de nuestros seres queridos mientras aún estamos, suena trillado, pero creo que no está demás tenerlo presente y crear momentos valiosos antes que de ya no sea posible.

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_{The last photo is courtesy of my brother-in-law, the rest were taken by me and edited with my phone. /La última foto es cortesía de mi cuñado, el resto fueron tomadas por mí y editadas con mi teléfono.}

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