@hlezama - Henrry - one of my favorites from @Freewritehouse!! Now I know why we haven't heard from him in a bit - thank you for the update. I'll match your $15 donation. Congratulations on your daughter's merit scholarships, her exciting field of study (biomedical engineerging! Exalted IQ!). As for the farewell, I know that one all too well. Son, daughter, daughter, boom-boom-boom, empty nest, too soon-soon-soon. Yes, we have Skype and FaceTime, but is it not the same. Yes, it would eventually strike us as strange and not too good for the offspring if they never left home. Couldn't they find a nest closer to us? The world is too big!
Christmas break will come around soon enough--just so she doesn't head out on study abroad programs every holiday break!
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Soooo many comment to read - so many kind thoughts - #GottaLoveSteemit!
@raj808, good to see you on board. @owasco, @girlbeforemirror, so many familiar names and friendly faces!
Henrry, your luck has to improve, with so many people pulling for you. Your daughter, denied a visit to family in Chile: why, why, why. The politics, the machinations, the power ploys. How do good people keep from turning bitter, cynical, or even violent...
Bless you Henrry and family and all our Steemit friends. :)
@carolkean,
Carol, thank you so much. BTW, good to see you, it's been a while.
It's one thing to have to let them go when they adults, it's quite another when they're not. Henrry lives for his family and I wanted to do whatever I could to lighten his load. Who knows, with a little luck, we may be able to change the fate of a family. Irrespective of the odds, I'm going to try.
Respecting the WHY, it's the oldest story of humanity: Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Chavez and Maduro stripped Venezuela of its checks and balances, politically and economically. The result is a "Utopian Dream" turned "Socialist Nightmare." No one reads history, or if they do, they seem incapable of extrapolating from it lessons. All this was extremely foreseeable.
BTW, I need your help. I left a comment on this post with a poem entitled, "Who Was That ...?" I'm trying to remember the name of a Whale. Maybe you could help. Go have a look.
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