On February 5, 1998, 4-year-old Alexia was waiting for her new sister and parents, but when the door opened the world of Alexia and her family was about to change forever.
But 22 years later the sisters would meet again.
How will the sisters reunite...
As the days went by, both aunt and niece visited the company the house where their parents lived before going to Portugal to work, they also went to shopping centers sometimes to buy school supplies and also watch movies. Already at home, Helena had just written the tribute to her parents, and she gave her aunt a pen with listed music to listen to at the funeral, the aunt put the pen in the suitcase and they got in the car where they were going to church. During the trip to the church, Francisca said that friends, family and guests would be there. With the car stopped, and already out of it, Francisca handed the pen to an employee to project in the church. With both of them ready, the song began (which contained photos of them both as teenagers and with Helena) and both entered the church.
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Already seated in the front row and beside Francisca was beside Eli (Helena's aunt) their cousins Alexia and Alba family, friends, on the other side were the representatives of the Spanish Catalan government, from the clubs Benfica and Barcelona of the Portuguese and Spanish federations, some of Helena's companions at Benfica and from the new club Barcelona, from the university, the priest started the ceremony.
Father: In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen.
All: Amen.
Father: We are gathered here not to say goodbye, we are here to celebrate Ramón Segura Santos and Joana Santos, Helena's parents. They were brought to this land, to have a happy life, to be happy, to have a family that supported them and that is currently supporting their daughter Helena. Helena (in which she looked at the priest, with tears falling), I at your age, before I was ordained a priest, I also had to plan and go to my parents' funeral when I was 20 years old, I had the support of all the family and strangers, I know what you are thinking, feeling, but I tell you they loved you, they will love you and that for sure, in your distant life that you have, they will look out for you until the end.
In the Bible, in the Corinthians it says the following: ""As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him; for he knows what we are formed of; remember that we are dust. " (Ps 103:13-14), I now ask Helen to say a few words thank you.
Helena stood up and kissed her aunt on the forehead and took a breath and headed for the microphone to speak.
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