Who is my mommy

My mother Wuilanir De Moura, the woman who carried me in her womb for nine months, and to this day - twenty-four years - has worked for the health, well-being and success of my two sisters and my own. My mother is a hardworking and honest woman, working diligently every day because she understands perfectly that she is the fundamental pillar of our family. Since the birth of my older sister Selenny, until today my mother has tried to work as long as God allows her to do something that many parents try to do: "Give us everything she could not have in her childhood".

Before I became a mother

Francisco De Moura and Terezhina Alves, the union of this couple was blessed with three beautiful girls, among them my mother who is the first born, saw the light for the first time in the University Hospital Complex "Dr. Ruiz y Paez" located in Ciudad Bolivar - Venezuela. The life of my mother and my two aunts was not easy at all, since childhood there were many difficulties, perhaps the best way to express it is to say that my mother and my aunts were tempered by the crucible of life.

My grandmother, an honest and hardworking woman, wanted her little children to be able to take care of themselves when she was away, so she made the difficult decision to send them to boarding school so they could have a better education. This was a road full of thorns and potholes for my mother who, in my grandmother's absence, had to look after the welfare of her younger sisters. Their childhood was a real tribulation.

When I was ten years old, my mother separated from my grandparents to go to a boarding school to start building the foundation of her future. I spent three years in Santa Inés, a boarding school for girls without an attached school, in Ciudad Bolívar. Later, they spent three years in another boarding school, this time located in Las Claritas, kilometer 85 of the El Dorado- Santa Elena de Uairén road, this one with an attached school. Escuela Básica "Juan XXIII", there he studied until the third year of high school.

The time was still running, and my mother was taking more care of her studies every day. On Margarita Island she studied at the Liceo Náutico Pesquero "Dr. Ramón Espinoza Reyes" of the La Salle Foundation, graduating as a medium technician in marine zootechnics (1986). He then returned to Ciudad Bolivar to continue his university studies in the fields of computer science, systems engineering and a degree in administration.

Married

My mother was married as a civilian in the Prefecture of the Heres municipality of Ciudad Bolivar to my father, Leonel Botelho. From this union my two sisters and I were born, I am the second one. Since I can remember I have always seen my mother working, she has been for us: Mother, protector, teacher, counselor, nurse, and so many other things that perhaps I can't list them all in this post. To my mother I owe everything I am and everything I have.

What hasn't my mother done?

My mom has done everything for us, she has worked in pharmacies, managing hotels and many more, she tried to give us everything and that's why she even started a business of grocery and liquor store. When she started her work, she began renting the place, later her hard work would bear fruit and she ended up buying it from the previous owner.

As the years went by the business continued to prosper, I remember when I was much younger and when I entered the liquor store I saw towers of beer boxes that almost touched the ceiling. At that time, I always wondered how they managed to put the boxes so high, and some time later my sisters and I went to help in the liquor store.

Life has ups and downs, good times don't last forever and this was true for the business. Venezuela's growing economic crisis ended up wreaking havoc on all kinds of businesses and ours was no exception. Fortunately, my mother graduated in Business Administration with a Summa Cum Laude rating, she is truly amazing when it comes to doing the math and effectively managing the capital at her disposal.

My beloved mother has worked so hard, but her efforts have been less and less rewarded by the country situation, however, that does not stop her at all. She always looks for ways to overcome a situation. If there is something she has not been able to do for us, it is to break in two.

The sacrifice

My mother has been self-sacrificing, she has given everything for us, all her time was spent looking for the best way to make us happy. She has worked in an honest way, and has made many sacrifices. From working seven days a week for most of the year, to tirelessly seeking out doctors capable of healing my ongoing illnesses (epilepsy, asthma, astigmatism, allergies and stop counting).

I have always been very sick since I was born and have gone from doctor to doctor, but there is not a day that my mother has not watched over my health. Prayers for the well-being of her family have surely filled God's heart.

Mother is mother, and just as she has watched over me, she has also watched over my cousins Duduqui and Derlanni, in the most difficult moments that my aunt Sonia faced. I remember very well how my mother used to take me to the high school, make sure that my studies went well and at the same time she also looked after my two cousins.

#Past and Present

Difficult situations have always been around the corner. My mother had to live in a boarding school to get a better education, but her life there was not a rosy color. She had to watch her sisters do jobs they shouldn't have done at their age, like taking care of a huge American pig every day or making friends with the boarding school cook to get a little more food to share with her sisters. After all, there were times when they only had flour with weevils and sardines to eat.

Only through the purest effort and dedication did my mother overcome those kinds of situations, but God has put more difficulties in her way and therefore she has lived very hard things. At the present time my mother continues to work non-stop so that my younger sister can complete her studies, of Psychology at UCV, but everything has become too complicated. As I write this post, there are only a few hours left for my mother, my two sisters, and my father to go to Brazil where there are some relatives who will receive them.

This is perhaps the hardest test God has given them. Leaving Venezuela, his homeland to go to Brazil and find a way to get ahead. The business is unsustainable, and my father cries as he says, "Everything is falling apart. To these words I can only respond by hugging him in silence. I know that from now on nothing will be easy, but I am still here, growing, studying and looking for a way to overcome these difficulties. I will stay in Venezuela to put in motion some plans that concern my future, and the truth is I don't know if God will allow me to be in Brazil in 2021, I will leave everything in His hands while I honestly earn my living.

It is not the end

I pray to God for the health of my family.

I pray to God for the safety of my family.

God, please bless us with unity,

In these difficult times.

I ask you to hold out your hand,

Help us to fly,

To get out of this swamp,

What makes it so difficult to walk

And you holy light illuminate

All the darkness.

I sincerely ask you:

Guide us on the right path

In order to get ahead

And smile once more.

When you read this mother, you will already be on your way to Brazil, don't worry about me because I am with my aunt Nancy. I will work just as you have done to get ahead. I will pray to God for you, my sisters and my father to stay healthy and in harmony all the time. I will pray to him that you will walk on the right path and succeed. Finally, I will ask him to give me as much strength as he has given you, to have a will of iron. If I fall, I will get up for sure. If I don't know how to do something, I can always learn I can get ahead because I am your child.

I love you mother.