@padrenuestro718: They watched her survive goodbye after goodbye and started calling it strength. Eventually, they stopped asking whether she was hurting. The empty chair holds the absence she still feels. The suitcase represents a life changing before she was ready. At the doorway, one hand holds her steady while the other rests over everything she cannot say. The wind is moving. She needs another moment. “Mother, I will take the next step. But please let me mourn what I hoped would come with me.” Being a child of Oyá does not make every ending easier. She can welcome a new beginning and still cry for what ended. Let her grieve without asking her to turn the pain into a lesson before she’s ready. #Padrenuestro718 #Oya #ChildOfOya #centella #santeria