August is not just any month, it is a very special month, not only because my prince was born in it, but also because I have obtained achievements in this month. For example, I graduated on August 4, I started working on August 1 in what was the job of my dreams (where I met my husband by the way) and also on August 23 they gave us the apartment, that for the that my mom and I work hard, in which we invest our savings, the one that is located in the area of the city where we dreamed of living.
On a day like today, 12 years ago, we had the emotion of having in our hands the keys that were the reward for our effort, we had been paying an initial amount since May 2008, and for two years we fulfilled our payment commitments, then we requested a mortgage loan that was approved, (and which we already paid too) and later they gave us our property.
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We moved a year later, because my mom wanted to make some changes to the apartment, and it was more comfortable while it was not inhabited.
The apartment is small, I could say that it is half of what our house located in the south of the city used to be, but our main purpose was to improve our quality of life.
My mom and I were financially involved in this project, and only my sister and my boyfriend knew about it, we did everything in silence, and it wasn't until after we received it that we told the rest of the family, it was a day Sunday, we met at the old house and invited them to go spend some time in another place, we didn't say anything else.
What an emotion it was to be able to show everyone our achievement, I still smile remembering that day.
When we finally moved in it seemed like we were dreaming, my mom felt like she was visiting this place, I felt like I was floating. LOL!
The times I have been asked if I miss what was my home for about 30 years, I have answered with a sincere no, without ambivalence, simply no. I have beautiful memories of that house, but now, that's all.
It is as if they were asking me if I miss university, well no, it was a wonderful place where I trained as a professional, but it fulfilled its purpose in my life.
I will confess that I do not have this date written down as an event to celebrate, but my mom has a mind that is like a calendar, and this morning she congratulated me on our achievement. I admire her for that, for her ability to store her dates, I barely remember the birthdays of my most important people, for the rest I have her.
I am going to tell an anecdote, when I was still at university, it was December 2001, my mother's birthday is on the 14th, which for that year fell on Friday, because I spent the week commenting among my acquaintances that Friday was my mom's birthday, but that day I left very early, and I completely forgot to congratulate her, I remembered it mid-morning, and I felt bad, with a terrible pang of conscience. When I arrived at the house I took pains to give her my token of love and my apologies, she understood me, but I was left with this anecdote.
So, today is not just any day, it is a day to celebrate a wonderful achievement in our lives.
