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2018
One of the most important dates of the year for me has always been December 31st. It is a day that filled me with a lot of nostalgia, even as a child, and it means transition, but at the same time each year that passes is changing its meaning. A year ago I felt absolutely nothing, since dad passed away life seems to have no meaning, but to receive 2025 something happened that had never happened before, I was in the company of my wife for the first time, although she and I started to be friends since 2013. But for things of life she was part of a tradition that came to my family in a magical way and that brightened our end of the year, right from the first Christmas with my girlfriend (now wife).
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2019
The church where we did our musical service invited us to sing the last mass of the year in 2019, that was something big and significant for us, since there were many musical groups and the mass of December 31 at night is one of the most crowded. My dad was in charge of inviting other musicians to accompany us and Jhoxiris started to spend part of her last hours of the year with us, although in the end she was leaving to her mom's house before midnight. The video you can see above is from 2019, when the priest asked us to sing Gracias A La Vida, and from then on, even with quarantine and all, it became a family tradition.
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2020
Don't get me wrong, it was a very short family tradition, but surely it would have been beautiful to keep it in time. It was in 2022 that an accident changed our lives forever and I never again had that dreamy New Year's Eve where we were all healthy and whole. Even though it got a little better this December we could not ignore that my wife also just lost her father, so the feeling of pain is still there, very fresh. To be honest, December 31st, one of my favorite dates of the year is no longer the same, it has lost its magic, but since I know what it means I hope to keep the traditions I learned from those who taught me to love that night its meaning. Time is relative, but the passing of the years that we have invented for ourselves has a great energetic charge.
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2021
This last video always makes me feel very uncomfortable, and it was our last December together, even with my brother's girlfriend who was also part of the rough process we lived through as a family from the accident until dad's death, but it is a sad video even though we are all there, I think even he made an effort to sing and pretend he felt good. It was not in the church, but the Christmas music was not missing, I think the only thing missing was the real Christmas joy. I still treasure that moment, because only two weeks later our lives changed forever, and despite the sadness I thank God for allowing us to be together one more December 31st, with a lot of pain, but together, that was his will 🙏
2022
🙏🕯️🙏
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2008
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First Pic 2019
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Christmas 2020
Last Christmas 🙏