In 1994, an unknown girl in fifth grade looked on as a seventy six year old man was sworn in as the president of a nation on her fourteen inch black and white TV set.
Life wasn't about much at that time but growing up in a house with a black and white TV set in 1994 was not great.
She didn't know much about this man but the news said he had found what a whole nation had been looking for.
He had found it even though he had been in jail for twenty seven years.
In her tiny world, a fifth grader decided she won't give up. Ever.
She decided that if that old guy hadn't given up in jail for that long, she had no right to give up as a free citizen.
She imagined grandpa would be like that if she knew him.
She called him Papá in her heart.
She took strength from him.
Papá, you shall always stay in my heart.
You shall always be a light and a fountain of strength.
Now, sleep well!
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