Brasilian Birth Trek

A trek in which the Cunliffe family-- Felipe, Dana, Clara, and Madalena (our Portuguese noms de trek) return to Felipe's country of birth and Clara and Madalena are introduced to their motherland.

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Location: Brazil

Saturday, December 31, 2005

My first "Aha!" experience

I had my first "Aha!" experience yesterday. We were having lunch at the Shedd's house, and their maid came up to me and said, "Do you recognize me?"
"No," I answered.
"I'm Dona Cremilda's granddaughter," she answered.
Shivers went up my spine when she said that. I gave her a big hug and tears came to my eyes. Dona Cremilda was very special to my family. She was our family's maid when I was growing up, and she helped raise me. She passed away several years ago (Without going into details, my parents helped D. Cremilda have a secure financial situation, and the Shedds helped this granddaughter with her education. However, the granddaughter's nursing vocation resulted in very difficult work with uncertain pay in Brasil, and she preferred now to work for the Shedds, as it was a better option for her.)
Meeting D. Cremilda's granddaughter was one of those out-of-the-blue events that touched a place deep inside my heart because of the special place D. Cremilda has in my family. Tears are coming to my eyes even as I write this. It was an unexpected gift from God that helped me re-connect with a part of my childhood.

1 Comments:

Blogger Erin said...

Phil,
the birth trek is aptly named. May you have many such moments...
erin

8:48 PM  

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