When my ancestors traveled from Portugal to the Azores Islands during the thirteen century, I was with them. I stood under their skin, living within their cells, intertwined within their spirit. Their sense of wonder and awe, beats steady within my heart.
When my Grandmother was a young girl she lived in the Azores when she stepped outside her front door she saw the ocean. I saw the horizon through her eyes, the sense of adventure is what remains deep within me.
When my Dad rode his motorcycle for the first time experiencing freedom as a young boy roaring through the countryside, it is his voice that echos enormously in my soul, YES!
And when my Mother jitter-bugged with her sisters on the dance floor I felt the beat from their rhythm, moving me to kick up my heel and twirl in the light of the moon.
We are connected past, present, and future. May our evolution stem from love and peace. Where do you come from?
Photo: A vintage calendar that hangs in my Godmother’s house.
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