"Im taking you with me,"
She couldn't decipher what her father was saying. She knew this day would come, but she was never prepared for it. Leaving I mean, leaving the place where she grew up and dreamed.
"Everything will be okay" her father said.
"That's what they all say" she thought to herself, but of course she only realised that later on.
Everything will be difficult, yet no one had any choice. No one knew everything will be harder than expected.
In 7 days, she'll find herself holding back the tears in the plane. In 7 days, she'll be looking out the window thinking of what to do to live. In 7 days, she'll find herself living in a completely different place, different environment, different people. In 7 days, she'll find herself lost.
Now packing everything, memories will always remain. Missing what she will leave behind. Seeing the smiles etched on her beloved grandma's face every time she gets picked up from school, hearing the sounds of the wooden stairs creak as her disabled grandpa goes down the stairs, catching her great abuela smoking at 4am, or even just sleeping so comfortably on the green leathered chair. All of it, all of it she will miss. From the little things she did, to the big dreams she dreamnt off.
Because today, is the beginning of a new chapter, or a whole entire story.
