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Call parents briefly

When life gets busy and night falls and it seems late to pick up the phone, I remember a friend who lost his mother too young.

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Call parents briefly

Rosarín asked me not to forget her and I had forgotten her. Rosarín is 88 years old, is almost blind and lives alone. I have known her since I was 17 years old and used to wait for my girlfriend in the entrance of that social housing building from the Franco era in which she lives. Previously, the facade had an old plaque with yokes and arrows. Now it has another plaque which, when translated, says that democracy no longer builds social flats for humble people but condemns dictatorship. More or less. Continue reading

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