<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></title><description><![CDATA[Madre de un ángel llamado Matías. Escribo para no olvidar, para recordar lo que duele, lo que transforma. Cartas desde el exilio del cuerpo, del país y del alma. Este es mi lugar para quedarme un rato. Tal vez también el tuyo. ✍️]]></description><link>https://www.nubiamarquez.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rTz5!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c086337-1ec7-449e-9135-478e18f284c7_3232x3232.jpeg</url><title>Nubia Marquez</title><link>https://www.nubiamarquez.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:13:02 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[nubiamarquez@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[nubiamarquez@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[nubiamarquez@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[nubiamarquez@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[Otra forma de sostenerlo]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sobre el dolor&#8230; y la paz que a veces tambi&#233;n aparece]]></description><link>https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/otra-forma-de-sostenerlo</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/otra-forma-de-sostenerlo</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:08:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GXnf!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe69690ab-134e-4fb3-ab4a-103b7abe71b7_1408x768.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Este post est&#225; disponible tambi&#233;n en ingl&#233;s. Puedes leerlo <strong><a href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/another-way-to-hold-it">aqu&#237;</a></strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GXnf!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe69690ab-134e-4fb3-ab4a-103b7abe71b7_1408x768.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GXnf!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe69690ab-134e-4fb3-ab4a-103b7abe71b7_1408x768.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GXnf!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe69690ab-134e-4fb3-ab4a-103b7abe71b7_1408x768.png 848w, 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stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Cuando atravesamos una p&#233;rdida profunda&#8230;<br>hay algo que se vuelve muy natural: <strong>el dolor ocupa todo.</strong></p><p>Y es l&#243;gico.<br>Y es v&#225;lido.<br>Y es humano.</p><p>Porque cuando el amor es tan grande&#8230;<br>su ausencia se siente igual de grande.</p><p>Hay momentos en los que el cuerpo no puede m&#225;s.<br>En los que la mente repite lo mismo una y otra vez.<br>En los que el coraz&#243;n solo sabe decir:</p><p>&#8220;esto no deber&#237;a haber pasado&#8221;.</p><p>Y en esos momentos no hay nada que corregir.</p><p>Pero con el tiempo&#8230;<br>a veces muy despacio&#8230;<br>empieza a aparecer algo distinto.</p><p>No en reemplazo del dolor.<br>No para quitarlo.</p><p>Sino <strong>junto a &#233;l</strong>.</p><p>Peque&#241;os momentos de calma.</p><p>Una respiraci&#243;n m&#225;s profunda.<br>Un instante en el que el cuerpo suelta&#8230; aunque sea un poco.</p><p>Y esa paz&#8230; aunque sea breve puede desconcertar.</p><p>Porque no tiene l&#243;gica.</p><p>No responde a lo que pas&#243;.<br>No &#8220;cuadra&#8221; con el dolor.</p><p>Por eso muchas veces se dice que es una paz que no se puede explicar&#8230;<br>una paz que incluso sobrepasa lo que entendemos.</p><p>Y cuando aparece&#8230;<br>una parte de nosotros duda.</p><p>&#8220;&#191;C&#243;mo puedo sentir esto&#8230; si esto pas&#243;?&#8221;</p><p>Pero esa paz no es ausencia de amor.</p><p><code>Es el amor encontrando otra forma de quedarse.</code></p><p>Porque el amor no desaparece. Solo cambia de forma.</p><p>A veces se vuelve un recuerdo que no rompe.<br>A veces una sensaci&#243;n suave.<br>A veces una presencia que no se ve pero se siente.</p><p>Y s&#237;&#8230;<br>hay momentos en los que el dolor es tan fuerte<br>que no deja espacio para sentir nada m&#225;s.</p><p>Y eso tambi&#233;n es parte del camino.</p><p>Pero cuando el dolor baja un poco aunque sea por segundos, esa conexi&#243;n puede aparecer.</p><p>No forzada.<br>No buscada.</p><p>Simplemente&#8230; aparece.</p><p>Y no es algo externo.</p><p>Es algo que sigue existiendo pero que ahora aprendemos a percibir de otra manera.</p><p>Por eso, si en alg&#250;n momento sientes un poco de paz, no la rechaces.</p><p>No significa que olvidaste.<br>No significa que amaste menos.</p><p>Significa que tu coraz&#243;n<br>est&#225; encontrando una forma m&#225;s amplia de sostener el amor.</p><p>Una forma donde el dolor y la paz pueden coexistir.</p><p><code>Y donde amar ya no es solo extra&#241;ar&#8230; sino tambi&#233;n sentir.</code></p><p>Con amor,<br>Mama Nubia &#128153;</p><p></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/otra-forma-de-sostenerlo?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/otra-forma-de-sostenerlo?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://substack.com/@nubiamarquez/note/p-193172640&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://substack.com/@nubiamarquez/note/p-193172640"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another Way to Hold It]]></title><description><![CDATA[About grief&#8230; and the peace that sometimes appears too]]></description><link>https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/another-way-to-hold-it</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/another-way-to-hold-it</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:08:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XlVI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4e2f390d-2e14-44d2-b4a2-8bf55aea72df_1408x768.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This post is also available in Spanish. Read it <a href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/otra-forma-de-sostenerlo">here</a></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XlVI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4e2f390d-2e14-44d2-b4a2-8bf55aea72df_1408x768.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XlVI!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4e2f390d-2e14-44d2-b4a2-8bf55aea72df_1408x768.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XlVI!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4e2f390d-2e14-44d2-b4a2-8bf55aea72df_1408x768.png 848w, 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stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>When we go through a deep loss&#8230;<br>there is something that becomes very natural: <strong>pain takes over everything.</strong></p><p>And it makes sense.<br>And it is valid.<br>And it is human.</p><p>Because when love is that big&#8230;<br>its absence feels just as big.</p><p>There are moments when the body can&#8217;t take it anymore.<br>When the mind repeats the same thoughts over and over again.<br>When the heart only knows how to say:</p><p>&#8220;this shouldn&#8217;t have happened.&#8221;</p><p>And in those moments, there is nothing to fix.</p><p>But with time&#8230;<br>sometimes very slowly&#8230;<br>something different begins to appear.</p><p>Not as a replacement for the pain.<br>Not to take it away.</p><p>But <strong>alongside it</strong>.</p><p>Small moments of calm.</p><p>A deeper breath.<br>An instant when the body softens&#8230; even if just a little.</p><p>And that peace&#8230; even if brief&#8230; can feel confusing.</p><p>Because it doesn&#8217;t make sense.</p><p>It doesn&#8217;t match what happened.<br>It doesn&#8217;t &#8220;fit&#8221; with the pain.</p><p>That&#8217;s why people often say<br>it&#8217;s a peace that cannot be explained&#8230;<br>a peace that even goes beyond understanding.</p><p>And when it appears&#8230;<br>a part of us doubts.</p><p>&#8220;How can I feel this&#8230; after what happened?&#8221;</p><p>But that peace is not the absence of love.</p><p><code>It is love finding another way to stay.</code></p><p>Because love doesn&#8217;t disappear. It simply changes form.</p><p>Sometimes it becomes a memory that doesn&#8217;t break you.<br>Sometimes a gentle feeling.<br>Sometimes a presence you cannot see&#8230; but you can feel.</p><p>And yes&#8230;<br>there are moments when the pain is so strong<br>that it leaves no room for anything else.</p><p>And that too is part of the journey.</p><p>But when the pain softens&#8230; even for a few seconds that connection can appear.</p><p>Not forced.<br>Not searched for.</p><p>It simply&#8230; appears.</p><p>And it is not something external.</p><p>It is something that still exists&#8230;<br>but that we are now learning to perceive in a different way.</p><p>So if at any moment you feel a bit of peace&#8230;<br>don&#8217;t push it away.</p><p>It doesn&#8217;t mean you forgot.<br>It doesn&#8217;t mean you loved any less.</p><p>It means your heart<br>is finding a wider way to hold love.</p><p>A way where pain and peace can coexist.</p><p><code>And where loving is no longer only about missing&#8230; but also about feeling.</code></p><p>With love,<br>Mom Nubia &#128153;</p><p></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/another-way-to-hold-it?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/another-way-to-hold-it?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://substack.com/@nubiamarquez/note/p-193180888&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://substack.com/@nubiamarquez/note/p-193180888"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[A meaningful spring]]></title><description><![CDATA[Washington, the cherry blossoms&#8230; and the messages that walked with us]]></description><link>https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/a-meaningful-spring</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/a-meaningful-spring</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:03:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vHGB!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe3932685-8e53-42f9-9b3f-a4ba3cd86f70_7168x7168.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This post is also available in Spanish. Read it <a href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/una-primavera-con-sentido">here</a></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vHGB!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe3932685-8e53-42f9-9b3f-a4ba3cd86f70_7168x7168.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vHGB!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe3932685-8e53-42f9-9b3f-a4ba3cd86f70_7168x7168.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vHGB!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe3932685-8e53-42f9-9b3f-a4ba3cd86f70_7168x7168.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vHGB!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe3932685-8e53-42f9-9b3f-a4ba3cd86f70_7168x7168.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vHGB!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe3932685-8e53-42f9-9b3f-a4ba3cd86f70_7168x7168.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vHGB!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe3932685-8e53-42f9-9b3f-a4ba3cd86f70_7168x7168.jpeg" width="1456" height="1456" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e3932685-8e53-42f9-9b3f-a4ba3cd86f70_7168x7168.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1456,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:13524184,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/i/192894440?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe3932685-8e53-42f9-9b3f-a4ba3cd86f70_7168x7168.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vHGB!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe3932685-8e53-42f9-9b3f-a4ba3cd86f70_7168x7168.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vHGB!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe3932685-8e53-42f9-9b3f-a4ba3cd86f70_7168x7168.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vHGB!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe3932685-8e53-42f9-9b3f-a4ba3cd86f70_7168x7168.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vHGB!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe3932685-8e53-42f9-9b3f-a4ba3cd86f70_7168x7168.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>On Monday the 30th, Mat&#237;as marked 31 months in heaven, and we decided to go to Washington to see the cherry blossoms. Because he loves spring, he loves flowers, he loves everything that is full of life.</p><p>That day, we entered a beautiful garden, one of those that embraces you without saying a word, and without planning it, I found myself in a small enclosed space, surrounded by water, with a fountain at the center.</p><p>And then something happened that still moves me: two ducks fell from the sky. They didn&#8217;t arrive walking, they weren&#8217;t there before. They came flying and landed right in that small body of water, so suddenly that they even startled me.</p><p>I stayed in silence, because there are moments that need no explanation. I couldn&#8217;t record them at the exact moment they landed, but I later took photos and videos. When I checked the first image, it showed 10:43 &#8212; the exact time Mat&#237;as was born.</p><p>It started to rain, and right next to the garden there were two museums. We decided to go into the National Museum of African Art, and the first thing we saw were woven chairs with a zebra-like pattern. Once again, without planning it, we took out Mat&#237;as&#8217; books and took photos, as if he were there with us.</p><p>The next day, when we arrived at the Tidal Basin to see the cherry blossoms, the first thing we saw were the same two ducks. There they were again. One with a green head and the other brown, always together, as if waiting for us.</p><p>And I understood that messages don&#8217;t always come in just one way. Sometimes they come in pairs, sometimes they repeat themselves, sometimes they follow you until you finally see them. In the ducks, in the chairs, in the animals, in every detail along the way.</p><p>We wanted to end the trip by visiting one of the major museums, and we ended up at the Museum of Natural History, surrounded by wild animals &#8212; Mat&#237;as&#8217; favorites.</p><p>And as if all of that wasn&#8217;t enough, that same day Nelda was at home and a small blue ball, which had been in the same place for years, rolled. For no reason, without anyone touching it. Blue, like the sky&#8230; and like my son&#8217;s favorite color.</p><p>Nelda immediately felt it was Mat&#237;as. She sent me the photo and said, &#8220;Nubia, did you see the ball?&#8221; I told her yes, and asked, &#8220;Did you see the zebra?&#8221; She hadn&#8217;t noticed that the ball has tiny lines on the front that form the silhouette of a small zebra.</p><p>And I smiled&#8230; because it was no longer a coincidence. It was another synchronicity. It was presence.</p><p>To close it all, we returned home and arrived exactly at 10:08 &#8212; Mat&#237;as&#8217; time. A gentle confirmation, the kind that makes no noise but says everything: that we are still together, that he walks with us, and that love never breaks.</p><p>Mat&#237;as, forever by our side&#8230; &#128153;</p><p></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/a-meaningful-spring?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/a-meaningful-spring?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://substack.com/@nubiamarquez/note/p-192894440&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://substack.com/@nubiamarquez/note/p-192894440"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Una primavera con sentido]]></title><description><![CDATA[Washington, los cerezos&#8230; y los mensajes que nos acompa&#241;aron]]></description><link>https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/una-primavera-con-sentido</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/una-primavera-con-sentido</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:03:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!c-NQ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c9f542a-42ad-49cd-9f10-4ccc5df35caa_7168x7168.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Este post est&#225; disponible tambi&#233;n en ingl&#233;s. Puedes leerlo <strong><a href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/a-meaningful-spring">aqu&#237;</a></strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!c-NQ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c9f542a-42ad-49cd-9f10-4ccc5df35caa_7168x7168.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!c-NQ!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c9f542a-42ad-49cd-9f10-4ccc5df35caa_7168x7168.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!c-NQ!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c9f542a-42ad-49cd-9f10-4ccc5df35caa_7168x7168.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!c-NQ!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c9f542a-42ad-49cd-9f10-4ccc5df35caa_7168x7168.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!c-NQ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c9f542a-42ad-49cd-9f10-4ccc5df35caa_7168x7168.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!c-NQ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c9f542a-42ad-49cd-9f10-4ccc5df35caa_7168x7168.jpeg" width="1456" height="1456" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/8c9f542a-42ad-49cd-9f10-4ccc5df35caa_7168x7168.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1456,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:13524184,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/i/192893590?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c9f542a-42ad-49cd-9f10-4ccc5df35caa_7168x7168.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!c-NQ!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c9f542a-42ad-49cd-9f10-4ccc5df35caa_7168x7168.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!c-NQ!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c9f542a-42ad-49cd-9f10-4ccc5df35caa_7168x7168.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!c-NQ!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c9f542a-42ad-49cd-9f10-4ccc5df35caa_7168x7168.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!c-NQ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c9f542a-42ad-49cd-9f10-4ccc5df35caa_7168x7168.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>El lunes 30, Mat&#237;as cumpli&#243; 31 meses en el cielo, y decidimos ir a Washington a ver los cerezos. Porque &#233;l ama la primavera, ama las flores, ama todo lo que est&#225; lleno de vida.</p><p>Ese d&#237;a entramos a un hermoso jard&#237;n, de esos que te abrazan sin decir nada, y sin planearlo termin&#233; en un peque&#241;o espacio cerrado, rodeado de agua, con una fuente en el centro.</p><p>Y entonces pas&#243; algo que todav&#237;a me estremece: del cielo cayeron dos patos. No llegaron caminando, no estaban ah&#237; antes. Ven&#237;an volando y aterrizaron justo en ese peque&#241;o espacio de agua, tan de repente que hasta me asustaron.</p><p>Me qued&#233; en silencio, porque hay momentos que no necesitan explicaci&#243;n. No pude grabarlos en el instante en que cayeron, pero luego les tom&#233; fotos y videos. Cuando revis&#233; la primera imagen, marcaba las 10:43, la hora en que naci&#243; Mat&#237;as.</p><p>Empez&#243; a llover, y justo al lado del jard&#237;n estaban dos museos. Decidimos entrar al National Museum of African Art, y lo primero que vimos fueron unas sillas de fibra con patr&#243;n tipo cebra. Sin planearlo otra vez, sacamos los libros de Mat&#237;as y le tomamos fotos, como si &#233;l tambi&#233;n estuviera ah&#237; con nosotros.</p><p>Al d&#237;a siguiente, al llegar al Tidal Basin para ver los cerezos, lo primero que vimos fue a los mismos dos patos. Ah&#237; estaban otra vez. Uno con su cabecita verde y el otro marroncito, siempre juntos, como esper&#225;ndonos.</p><p>Y entend&#237; que los mensajes no siempre llegan de una sola forma. A veces llegan en pares, a veces se repiten, a veces te siguen hasta que los ves. En los patos, en las sillas, en los animales, en cada detalle del camino.</p><p>Quisimos cerrar el viaje visitando uno de los grandes museos, y terminamos en el Museo de Historia Natural, rodeados de animales salvajes, los favoritos de Mat&#237;as.</p><p>Y como si todo eso no fuera suficiente, ese mismo d&#237;a Nelda estaba en su casa y una peque&#241;a bola azul, que lleva a&#241;os en el mismo lugar, rod&#243;. Sin raz&#243;n, sin que nadie la tocara. Azul, como el cielo y como el color favorito de mi hijo.</p><p>Nelda enseguida sinti&#243; que era Mat&#237;as. Me envi&#243; la foto y me dijo: &#8220;Nubia, &#191;viste la bola?&#8221; Yo le respond&#237; que s&#237;, y le pregunt&#233;: &#8220;&#191;y viste la cebra?&#8221; Ella no se hab&#237;a dado cuenta de que la bola tiene unas l&#237;neas diminutas al frente que forman la silueta de una peque&#241;a cebra.</p><p>Y sonre&#237;&#8230; porque ya no era coincidencia. Era otra sincron&#237;a. Era compa&#241;&#237;a.</p><p>Para cerrar, regresamos a casa y llegamos exactamente a las 10:08, la hora de Mat&#237;as. Como una confirmaci&#243;n suave, de esas que no hacen ruido pero lo dicen todo: que seguimos juntos, que &#233;l camina con nosotros y que el amor nunca se rompe.</p><p>Mat&#237;as, por siempre a nuestro lado &#128153;</p><p></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/una-primavera-con-sentido?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/una-primavera-con-sentido?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://substack.com/@nubiamarquez/note/p-192893590&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://substack.com/@nubiamarquez/note/p-192893590"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Integración]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cuando el amor deja de doler igual&#8230; pero no deja de existir]]></description><link>https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/integracion</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/integracion</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 14:08:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tB4d!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1df16e1f-070a-4d79-b340-89764e2fd43a_1408x768.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Este post est&#225; disponible tambi&#233;n en ingl&#233;s. Puedes leerlo <strong><a href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/integration">aqu&#237;</a></strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tB4d!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1df16e1f-070a-4d79-b340-89764e2fd43a_1408x768.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tB4d!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1df16e1f-070a-4d79-b340-89764e2fd43a_1408x768.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tB4d!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1df16e1f-070a-4d79-b340-89764e2fd43a_1408x768.png 848w, 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stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Hay muchas palabras cuando se habla del duelo.</p><p>Negaci&#243;n.<br>Rabia.<br>Tristeza.<br>Aceptaci&#243;n.</p><p>Y aunque todas tienen su lugar&#8230;<br>hay una que no siempre se explica bien:</p><p><strong>Integraci&#243;n.</strong></p><p>Integrar no es olvidar.<br>Integrar no es &#8220;superar&#8221;.<br>Integrar no es cerrar un cap&#237;tulo y seguir como si nada pas&#243;.</p><p>Integrar&#8230; es otra cosa.</p><p>Es cuando el dolor ya no ocupa todo el espacio, pero el amor sigue ah&#237;.</p><p>Es cuando puedes recordar sin romperte cada vez.<br>Cuando el cuerpo deja de estar en alerta constante.<br>Cuando respirar se siente un poco m&#225;s natural.</p><p>La integraci&#243;n no llega de un d&#237;a para otro.</p><p>No es una meta.<br>No es una l&#237;nea de llegada.</p><p>Es un proceso silencioso&#8230; que a veces ni te das cuenta cu&#225;ndo empez&#243;.</p><p>Empieza en peque&#241;os momentos.</p><p>En un recuerdo que ya no te desarma.<br>En una se&#241;al que recibes y no te asusta.<br>En una noche donde sientes presencia&#8230; sin desesperaci&#243;n.</p><p>Es cuando dejas de preguntarte &#8220;&#191;por qu&#233;?&#8221; todo el tiempo&#8230;<br>y empiezas, sin darte cuenta, a vivir con lo que fue.</p><p>No porque lo entiendas completamente&#8230;<br>sino porque lo est&#225;s <strong>sosteniendo de otra manera</strong>.</p><div><hr></div><blockquote><p><strong>Integrar es aprender a vivir con el amor transformado.</strong></p><p><strong>Porque el amor no se va.<br>Solo cambia de forma.</strong></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p>A veces se vuelve un pensamiento suave.<br>A veces una imagen.<br>A veces un sonido que aparece sin explicaci&#243;n&#8230;<br>y no genera miedo, sino compa&#241;&#237;a.</p><p>Y poco a poco&#8230;<br>lo que antes era solo dolor, empieza a convertirse tambi&#233;n en conexi&#243;n.</p><p>Eso no significa que no duela.</p><p>Duele.</p><p>Pero ya no es un dolor que destruye.<br>Es un dolor que convive.</p><p>La integraci&#243;n es ese punto donde puedes decir:</p><p><code>&#8220;Esto forma parte de mi vida&#8230;<br>y aunque nunca lo hubiera elegido,<br>tambi&#233;n me ha transformado.&#8221;</code></p><p>No es resignaci&#243;n.</p><p>Es profundidad.</p><p>Es cuando entiendes que seguir adelante no es dejar atr&#225;s&#8230; sino aprender a caminar con ello.</p><p>Si est&#225;s en duelo y a&#250;n no sientes esto&#8230; no pasa nada.</p><p>No es una etapa obligatoria.<br>No tiene un tiempo exacto.</p><p>Pero s&#237; existe.</p><p>Y cuando empieza a aparecer&#8230; se siente distinto.</p><p>M&#225;s silencioso.<br>M&#225;s suave.<br>M&#225;s verdadero.</p><h4><em><strong>Integrar&#8230;<br>es cuando el amor encuentra una nueva forma de quedarse.</strong></em></h4><p></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/integracion?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/integracion?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" 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Read it <a href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/integracion">here</a></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QTPh!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa731771d-d77a-4bb7-ab1f-8d22295cf23e_1408x768.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QTPh!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa731771d-d77a-4bb7-ab1f-8d22295cf23e_1408x768.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QTPh!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa731771d-d77a-4bb7-ab1f-8d22295cf23e_1408x768.png 848w, 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breathing feels a little more natural again.</p><p>Integration does not happen overnight.</p><p>It is not a goal.<br>It is not a finish line.</p><p>It is a quiet process&#8230; one that sometimes you don&#8217;t even notice when it begins.</p><p>It starts in small moments.</p><p>In a memory that no longer shatters you.<br>In a sign that you receive and it doesn&#8217;t scare you.<br>In a night where you feel presence&#8230; without desperation.</p><p>It is when you stop asking &#8220;why?&#8221; all the time&#8230;<br>and slowly begin to live with what was.</p><p>Not because you fully understand it&#8230;<br>but because you are <strong>holding it differently</strong>.</p><div><hr></div><blockquote><p><strong>Integration is learning to live with transformed love.</strong></p><p><strong>Because love does not leave.<br>It only changes form.</strong></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p>Sometimes it becomes a gentle thought.<br>Sometimes an image.<br>Sometimes a sound that appears without explanation&#8230;<br>and instead of fear, it brings a sense of companionship.</p><p>And little by little&#8230;<br>what was once only pain, begins to also feel like connection.</p><p>That does not mean it doesn&#8217;t hurt.</p><p>It does.</p><p>But it is no longer a pain that destroys.<br>It is a pain that coexists.</p><p>Integration is that place where you can say:</p><p><code>&#8220;This is part of my life&#8230;<br>and even though I would have never chosen it,<br>it has also transformed me.&#8221;</code></p><p>It is not resignation.</p><p>It is depth.</p><p>It is when you understand that moving forward<br>does not mean leaving behind&#8230; but learning how to walk with it.</p><p>If you are grieving and you don&#8217;t feel this yet&#8230; that&#8217;s okay.</p><p>It is not a required stage.<br>It has no timeline.</p><p>But it exists.</p><p>And when it begins to appear&#8230; it feels different.</p><p>Softer.<br>Quieter.<br>More true.</p><h4><em><strong>Integration&#8230;<br>is when love finds a new way to stay.</strong></em></h4><p></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/integration?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/integration?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" 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url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NoX9!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6f73122c-e848-457e-837d-84287a0ce18b_1376x768.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This post is also available in Spanish. Read it <a href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/cuando-el-cielo-tambien-celebra">here</a></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NoX9!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6f73122c-e848-457e-837d-84287a0ce18b_1376x768.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NoX9!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6f73122c-e848-457e-837d-84287a0ce18b_1376x768.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NoX9!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6f73122c-e848-457e-837d-84287a0ce18b_1376x768.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NoX9!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6f73122c-e848-457e-837d-84287a0ce18b_1376x768.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NoX9!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6f73122c-e848-457e-837d-84287a0ce18b_1376x768.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NoX9!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6f73122c-e848-457e-837d-84287a0ce18b_1376x768.png" width="1376" height="768" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/6f73122c-e848-457e-837d-84287a0ce18b_1376x768.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:768,&quot;width&quot;:1376,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1586602,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/i/190406781?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6f73122c-e848-457e-837d-84287a0ce18b_1376x768.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NoX9!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6f73122c-e848-457e-837d-84287a0ce18b_1376x768.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NoX9!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6f73122c-e848-457e-837d-84287a0ce18b_1376x768.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NoX9!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6f73122c-e848-457e-837d-84287a0ce18b_1376x768.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NoX9!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6f73122c-e848-457e-837d-84287a0ce18b_1376x768.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Sometimes we think birthdays are only celebrations here on earth. But there are days when you feel that heaven comes a little closer. This March 8th, my birthday, was one of those days.</p><p>The night before, I worked until almost midnight. I got home&#8230; and something very curious happened. Mat&#237;as&#8217;s giraffe &#8212;the toy that had so many times played loudly&#8212; began to play throughout the entire night. But not like usual. This time the sound was very soft, gentle, tender&#8230; like a whisper.</p><p>When I woke up, the birthday calls began. While I was speaking with my aunt and my cousin in Venezuela, something strange happened: someone knocked on their door twice. They looked. There was no one there.</p><p>We kept talking and simply said, well&#8230; a manifestation.</p><p>It could have been my grandmother, who already passed away. It could have been my uncle, who also passed not long ago. Or it could have been Mat&#237;as. We don&#8217;t always know who it is, but sometimes the soul recognizes when love makes itself present.</p><p>A few minutes later I spoke with my sister, my brother-in-law, and my nieces. The four of us were talking &#8212;something that doesn&#8217;t happen very often&#8212; when something curious occurred. In the kitchen they had a small container with a cloth inside. There was no sunlight hitting it.</p><p>Suddenly&#8230; the cloth began to burn.</p><p>With fire.</p><p>My brother-in-law looked at it surprised and said, &#8220;Look at what&#8217;s happening.&#8221;</p><p>The flame made a perfect little circle, a small round hole.</p><p>And we all fell silent. We knew it was a heavenly manifestation. 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Sometimes we believe that manifestations from God or from heaven have to be big, obvious, or spectacular. But many times they arrive through the smallest details.</p><ul><li><p>A toy that plays differently. </p></li><li><p>A door that is knocked. </p></li><li><p>A flame that appears where it shouldn&#8217;t.</p></li></ul><p>Maybe we don&#8217;t always understand exactly what they mean. But the heart&#8230; recognizes them.</p><p>And in those moments we remember something very deep: our loved ones do not disappear from love.</p><p>They continue celebrating with us in another way. They continue accompanying our important days. They continue reminding us that the bond does not break. It only transforms.</p><p>That is why I am more convinced than ever of something: <strong>we must live awake.</strong></p><p>Awake to recognize when God speaks to us. </p><p>Awake to notice those small winks from heaven. </p><p>Awake to understand that love does not end with absence.</p><p><code>Because God&#8217;s healing does not always happen in the body. Sometimes it happens in the hearts of those who learn to love even after loss.</code></p><p></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/when-heaven-celebrates-too?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/when-heaven-celebrates-too?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://substack.com/@nubiamarquez/note/p-190406781&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://substack.com/@nubiamarquez/note/p-190406781"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cuando el cielo también celebra]]></title><description><![CDATA[Y por un instante parece acercarse un poco m&#225;s a la tierra]]></description><link>https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/cuando-el-cielo-tambien-celebra</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/cuando-el-cielo-tambien-celebra</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:08:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Gc2R!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F180bee09-2ba3-42ed-bb2d-6df284fd6bac_1376x768.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Este post est&#225; disponible tambi&#233;n en ingl&#233;s. Puedes leerlo <strong><a href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/when-heaven-celebrates-too">aqu&#237;</a></strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Gc2R!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F180bee09-2ba3-42ed-bb2d-6df284fd6bac_1376x768.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Gc2R!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F180bee09-2ba3-42ed-bb2d-6df284fd6bac_1376x768.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Gc2R!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F180bee09-2ba3-42ed-bb2d-6df284fd6bac_1376x768.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Gc2R!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F180bee09-2ba3-42ed-bb2d-6df284fd6bac_1376x768.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Gc2R!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F180bee09-2ba3-42ed-bb2d-6df284fd6bac_1376x768.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Gc2R!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F180bee09-2ba3-42ed-bb2d-6df284fd6bac_1376x768.png" width="1376" height="768" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/180bee09-2ba3-42ed-bb2d-6df284fd6bac_1376x768.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:768,&quot;width&quot;:1376,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1586602,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/i/190403688?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F180bee09-2ba3-42ed-bb2d-6df284fd6bac_1376x768.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Gc2R!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F180bee09-2ba3-42ed-bb2d-6df284fd6bac_1376x768.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Gc2R!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F180bee09-2ba3-42ed-bb2d-6df284fd6bac_1376x768.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Gc2R!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F180bee09-2ba3-42ed-bb2d-6df284fd6bac_1376x768.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Gc2R!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F180bee09-2ba3-42ed-bb2d-6df284fd6bac_1376x768.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>A veces creemos que los cumplea&#241;os son solo celebraciones aqu&#237; en la tierra. Pero hay d&#237;as en los que uno siente que el cielo tambi&#233;n se acerca un poco m&#225;s. Este 8 de marzo, mi cumplea&#241;os, fue uno de esos d&#237;as.</p><p>La noche anterior trabaj&#233; hasta casi medianoche. Llegu&#233; a casa&#8230; y algo muy curioso pas&#243;. La jirafa de Mat&#237;as &#8212;ese juguete que tantas veces hab&#237;a sonado fuerte&#8212; comenz&#243; a sonar durante toda la noche. Pero no como siempre. Esta vez el sonido era peque&#241;ito, suave, tierno&#8230; como un susurro.</p><p>Al despertar comenzaron las llamadas de cumplea&#241;os. Mientras hablaba con mi t&#237;a y mi prima en Venezuela, algo extra&#241;o ocurri&#243;: alguien golpe&#243; su puerta dos veces. Ellas miraron. No hab&#237;a nadie.</p><p>Seguimos hablando y simplemente dijimos: bueno&#8230; una manifestaci&#243;n.</p><p>Puede haber sido mi abuela, que ya parti&#243;. Puede haber sido mi t&#237;o, que hace poco se fue tambi&#233;n. O puede haber sido Mat&#237;as. No siempre sabemos qui&#233;n es, pero a veces el alma reconoce cuando el amor se hace presente.</p><p>Minutos m&#225;s tarde habl&#233; con mi hermana, mi cu&#241;ado y mis sobrinas. Est&#225;bamos los cuatro conversando &#8212;algo que no pasa tan seguido&#8212; cuando ocurri&#243; algo muy curioso. En la cocina ten&#237;an un peque&#241;o potecito con un trapito dentro. No hab&#237;a sol peg&#225;ndole.</p><p>De repente&#8230; el trapo comenz&#243; a quemarse. Con fuego.</p><p>Mi cu&#241;ado lo mir&#243; sorprendido y me dijo: &#8220;Mira lo que est&#225; pasando&#8221;. El fuego hizo un huequito perfecto, redondito.</p><p>Y todos nos quedamos en silencio. Sab&#237;amos que era una manifestaci&#243;n celestial. Una se&#241;al m&#225;s del cielo.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kae1!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffbf5ce5c-83f8-4f4b-af36-e0c302b0c491_1376x768.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kae1!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffbf5ce5c-83f8-4f4b-af36-e0c302b0c491_1376x768.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kae1!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffbf5ce5c-83f8-4f4b-af36-e0c302b0c491_1376x768.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kae1!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffbf5ce5c-83f8-4f4b-af36-e0c302b0c491_1376x768.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kae1!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffbf5ce5c-83f8-4f4b-af36-e0c302b0c491_1376x768.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kae1!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffbf5ce5c-83f8-4f4b-af36-e0c302b0c491_1376x768.png" width="1376" height="768" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/fbf5ce5c-83f8-4f4b-af36-e0c302b0c491_1376x768.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:768,&quot;width&quot;:1376,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1383245,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/i/190403688?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffbf5ce5c-83f8-4f4b-af36-e0c302b0c491_1376x768.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kae1!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffbf5ce5c-83f8-4f4b-af36-e0c302b0c491_1376x768.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kae1!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffbf5ce5c-83f8-4f4b-af36-e0c302b0c491_1376x768.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kae1!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffbf5ce5c-83f8-4f4b-af36-e0c302b0c491_1376x768.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kae1!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffbf5ce5c-83f8-4f4b-af36-e0c302b0c491_1376x768.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Y no pude evitar pensar en algo. A veces creemos que las manifestaciones de Dios o del cielo tienen que ser grandes, evidentes o espectaculares. Pero muchas veces llegan en detalles peque&#241;os.</p><ul><li><p>Un juguete que suena distinto.</p></li><li><p>Una puerta que se toca.</p></li><li><p>Una llama que aparece donde no deber&#237;a.</p></li></ul><p>Tal vez no siempre entendemos exactamente qu&#233; significan, pero el coraz&#243;n&#8230; lo reconoce.</p><p>Y en esos momentos uno recuerda algo muy profundo: nuestros seres queridos no desaparecen del amor. Siguen celebrando con nosotros de otra manera. Siguen acompa&#241;ando nuestros d&#237;as importantes. Siguen record&#225;ndonos que el v&#237;nculo no se rompe. Solo se transforma.</p><p>Por eso cada vez estoy m&#225;s convencida de algo: <strong>hay que vivir despiertos. </strong></p><p>Despiertos para reconocer cuando Dios nos habla. </p><p>Despiertos para notar esos peque&#241;os gui&#241;os del cielo. </p><p>Despiertos para entender que el amor no termina con la ausencia.</p><p><code>Porque la sanidad de Dios no siempre ocurre en el cuerpo. A veces ocurre en el coraz&#243;n de quienes aprenden a amar incluso despu&#233;s de la ausencia.</code></p><p></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/cuando-el-cielo-tambien-celebra?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/cuando-el-cielo-tambien-celebra?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://substack.com/@nubiamarquez/note/p-190403688&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://substack.com/@nubiamarquez/note/p-190403688"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Gave March Back to Love]]></title><description><![CDATA[The diagnosis changed my life, but love changed March]]></description><link>https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/i-gave-march-back-to-love</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/i-gave-march-back-to-love</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 15:08:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jgu_!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcb6ae62e-b208-4e3d-8917-6c8e4dde7ceb_1024x1536.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This post is also available in Spanish. Read it <a href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/le-devolvi-marzo-al-amor">here</a></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jgu_!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcb6ae62e-b208-4e3d-8917-6c8e4dde7ceb_1024x1536.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jgu_!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcb6ae62e-b208-4e3d-8917-6c8e4dde7ceb_1024x1536.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jgu_!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcb6ae62e-b208-4e3d-8917-6c8e4dde7ceb_1024x1536.png 848w, 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deeply.</p><p>I understood that true love does not disappear when the body is no longer here.</p><p>Love does not break.<br>It transforms.</p><p>And March is no longer only the month of the hospital, the shock, the trembling.</p><p>March is the month that reminds me my son did not come to teach me pain, but depth.</p><p>If March had an image for me today, it would not be a hospital room.<br>It would be a gentle sun.<br>It would be two hands still connected, even if they no longer touch.</p><p>March no longer breaks me.</p><p>March reminds me who I am.</p><p>A mother who loves.<br>A woman who transformed pain into purpose.<br>A soul that chose love to be greater than absence.</p><p>And this year, as every year, I choose the same:</p><p>Not to give March to fear.</p><p>But to give it back to love &#128153;.</p><p class="button-wrapper" 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sino de la gratitud por haber amado tan profundamente.</p><p>Entend&#237; que el amor verdadero no desaparece cuando el cuerpo ya no est&#225;.</p><p>El amor no se rompe.<br>Se transforma.</p><p>Y marzo ya no es solamente el mes del hospital, del susto, del temblor.</p><p>Marzo es el mes donde recuerdo que mi hijo no vino a ense&#241;arme dolor, sino profundidad.</p><p>Si marzo tuviera hoy una imagen para m&#237;, no ser&#237;a una sala de hospital.<br>Ser&#237;a un sol tibio.<br>Ser&#237;an dos manos que siguen conectadas aunque ya no se toquen.</p><p>Marzo ya no me rompe.</p><p>Marzo me recuerda qui&#233;n soy.</p><p>Una madre que ama.<br>Una mujer que transform&#243; el dolor en prop&#243;sito.<br>Un alma que eligi&#243; que el amor fuera m&#225;s grande que la ausencia.</p><p>Y este a&#241;o, como cada a&#241;o, elijo lo mismo:</p><p>No entregarle marzo al miedo.</p><p>Entregarlo al amor &#128153;.</p><p class="button-wrapper" 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is also available in Spanish. Read it <a href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/yo-no-me-fui-me-volvi-grande">here</a></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oOKg!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0e041a9d-806c-44c3-bd30-8cff205ac7d7_1024x1024.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oOKg!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0e041a9d-806c-44c3-bd30-8cff205ac7d7_1024x1024.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oOKg!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0e041a9d-806c-44c3-bd30-8cff205ac7d7_1024x1024.png 848w, 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he looked exactly as I remember him.<br>Holding something very much his:<br>a small crossword puzzle booklet, the kind he always carried with him.</p><p>He was in one of the rooms.</p><p>And there was a young woman cleaning the floor.</p><p>She said something to my father like:<br>&#8220;Sir, please move over there, I need to clean here.&#8221;</p><p>My father walked to another area.<br>I followed him.</p><p>Then he said to me, slightly annoyed:</p><p>&#8212; I don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s wrong with that girl&#8230; she keeps moving me everywhere.</p><p>I went to speak with her.</p><p>And she told me something that, in that moment, sounded absurd:</p><p>&#8212; I have to clean this floor six times.</p><p>Six times.</p><p>I thought:<br>&#8220;She&#8217;s crazy&#8230; who cleans a floor six times?&#8221;</p><p>And I continued walking through the apartment.</p><p><strong>&#127775; The Walk</strong></p><p>I entered the kitchen &#8212; because kitchens always draw me in &#8212; and thought:</p><p>&#8220;What a beautiful kitchen.&#8221;</p><p>Then I walked through the bedrooms.<br>There were three. I made a full circle around the apartment.</p><p>The floor was shining.</p><p>And there was one detail that struck me deeply:</p><p>I was walking in high heels.</p><p>Something I almost never wear.<br>And I could clearly hear the sound of my heels against that polished floor.</p><p>As if I were&#8230; secure in my place.<br>Standing firm &#8212; not as a girl, but as an adult woman.</p><p><strong>&#127968; The Apartment That Wasn&#8217;t Closed</strong></p><p>I returned to where my father was.</p><p>And I asked:</p><p>&#8212; Dad, what about this apartment?</p><p>He said:</p><p>&#8212; Your mother, your sister, and your sister&#8217;s husband bought it.</p><p>I felt happy.</p><p>&#8212; How beautiful, Dad! And how much did it cost?</p><p>&#8212; Fifty-eight thousand, he said.</p><p>Then I asked something that became central to the entire dream:</p><p>&#8212; Have you signed it yet?</p><p>&#8212; No.</p><p>&#8212; And what are you waiting for?</p><p>&#8212; I don&#8217;t know.</p><p>At that moment my sister arrived.</p><p>I asked her, almost urgently:</p><p>&#8212; Did you sign the apartment?</p><p>&#8212; No, because I need to download an app on my phone&#8230;</p><p>&#8212; But why don&#8217;t you download it now? What do you need?<br>If you&#8217;re missing something, I&#8217;ll help you.</p><p>I felt an enormous need for it to be closed.<br>To be signed.<br>For that opportunity not to be lost.</p><p>And right at that moment&#8230;</p><p>My husband called me on the phone.<br>And I woke up.</p><p><strong>&#127795; What I Understood Later</strong></p><p>At first, I didn&#8217;t understand anything.</p><p>Until, while speaking about the dream, someone told me something that pierced through me:</p><p>&#8220;That wasn&#8217;t cleaning a floor. That was cleaning the lineage.&#8221;</p><p>And everything clicked.</p><p>The young woman wasn&#8217;t cleaning dirt.<br>She was cleaning history.</p><p>Six times.<br>Not once.<br>Not twice.</p><p>As if there were ancient layers that needed to be healed one by one.</p><p>My father wasn&#8217;t buying an apartment.<br>He was showing me a process that was still unfinished.</p><p>My sister couldn&#8217;t sign.<br>It has always been that way &#8212; closing, deciding, concluding is hard for her.</p><p>And I&#8230;</p><p>I was the one insisting.<br>The one pushing for closure.<br>The one offering help.<br>The one walking firmly over a floor that was almost ready.</p><p>For the first time, I understood something very deep:</p><p>Maybe I didn&#8217;t come to this life only to live my story.<br>Maybe I came to close a family story.</p><p><strong>&#129293; Mat&#237;as and the Mission</strong></p><p>Since Mat&#237;as arrived &#8212; and since he left &#8212;<br>I have often felt that my life has a dimension that is not only personal.</p><p>That there are pains that did not begin with me.<br>And healings that will not end with me.</p><p>That dream with my father left me with a very gentle certainty:</p><p>Not all of us come into this world to &#8220;be happy.&#8221;</p><p>Some of us come to bring order.<br>To close.<br>To cleanse.<br>To soften.</p><p>Not out of sacrifice.<br>But out of love.</p><p><strong>&#10024; Closing</strong></p><p>Today I write this dream because I know it isn&#8217;t only mine.</p><p>Maybe you, too, carry stories you don&#8217;t know the origin of.<br>Maybe you, too, push closures that no one else wants to make.<br>Maybe you, too, are cleaning something that didn&#8217;t start with you.</p><p>If that&#8217;s you, you are not alone.</p><p>There are souls who come to close cycles.<br>And that, too, is a very high form of love.</p><p></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/six-times-the-same-floor?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/six-times-the-same-floor?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://substack.com/@nubiamarquez/note/p-188327673&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://substack.com/@nubiamarquez/note/p-188327673"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seis veces el mismo piso]]></title><description><![CDATA[El sue&#241;o que me mostr&#243; que no era suciedad&#8230; era historia familiar esperando ser sanada]]></description><link>https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/seis-veces-el-mismo-piso</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/seis-veces-el-mismo-piso</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:08:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pHIG!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F64f31329-44ca-4e4f-a11b-48eff0d44720_1024x1024.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Este post est&#225; disponible tambi&#233;n en ingl&#233;s. 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hace m&#225;s de veinte a&#241;os.<br>Y sin embargo, en el sue&#241;o estaba exactamente como lo recuerdo.<br>Con algo muy suyo en las manos:<br>un librito de crucigramas, de esos que siempre llevaba consigo.</p><p>Estaba en una de las habitaciones.</p><p>Y hab&#237;a una muchacha joven limpiando el piso.</p><p>Ella le dijo a mi pap&#225; algo as&#237; como:<br>&#8220;Se&#241;or, v&#225;yase para all&#225;, porque tengo que limpiar aqu&#237;.&#8221;</p><p>Mi pap&#225; se fue caminando hacia otro lugar.<br>Yo fui detr&#225;s de &#233;l.</p><p>Y entonces me dijo, casi molesto:</p><p>&#8212;Esa muchacha no s&#233; qu&#233; le pasa&#8230; me anda moviendo para todos lados.</p><p>Yo fui a hablar con ella.</p><p>Y ella me dijo algo que en ese momento me pareci&#243; absurdo:</p><p>&#8212;Tengo que limpiar este piso seis veces.</p><p>Seis veces.</p><p>Yo pens&#233;:<br>&#8220;Esta est&#225; loca&#8230; &#191;qui&#233;n limpia un piso seis veces?&#8221;</p><p>Y segu&#237; caminando por el apartamento.</p><p><strong>&#127775; El recorrido</strong></p><p>Entr&#233; a la cocina &#8212;porque a m&#237; siempre me atraen las cocinas&#8212;y pens&#233;:</p><p>&#8220;Qu&#233; belleza de cocina.&#8221;</p><p>Luego sal&#237;, recorr&#237; las habitaciones.<br>Eran tres. Di toda la vuelta al apartamento.</p><p>El piso brillaba.</p><p>Y hay un detalle que me llam&#243; mucho la atenci&#243;n:</p><p>Yo estaba caminando en tacones.</p><p>Algo que casi nunca uso.<br>Y escuchaba claramente el sonido de mis tacones sobre ese piso brillante.</p><p>Como si yo estuviera&#8230; segura de mi lugar, firme y parada en una posici&#243;n que no es de ni&#241;a, sino de mujer adulta.</p><p><strong>&#127968; El apartamento que no estaba cerrado</strong></p><p>Volv&#237; a donde estaba mi pap&#225;.</p><p>Y le pregunt&#233;: </p><p>&#8212;Pap&#225;, &#191;y este apartamento?</p><p>Me dijo:</p><p>&#8212;Lo compraron tu mam&#225;, tu hermana y el esposo de tu hermana.</p><p>Yo me alegr&#233;.</p><p>&#8212;&#161;Qu&#233; belleza, pap&#225;! &#191;Y cu&#225;nto cost&#243;?</p><p>&#8212;58 mil &#8212;me dijo.</p><p>Y entonces pregunt&#233; algo que se volvi&#243; central en todo el sue&#241;o:</p><p>&#8212;&#191;Ya lo firmaron?</p><p>&#8212;No.</p><p>&#8212;&#191;Y qu&#233; est&#225;n esperando?</p><p>&#8212;No s&#233;.</p><p>En ese momento lleg&#243; mi hermana.</p><p>Y le dije, casi con urgencia:</p><p>&#8212;&#191;Ya firmaste el apartamento?</p><p>&#8212;No, porque tengo que bajar una aplicaci&#243;n en el tel&#233;fono&#8230;</p><p>&#8212;&#191;Pero por qu&#233; no la bajas ya? &#191;Qu&#233; necesitas?<br>Si te falta algo, yo te ayudo.</p><p>Yo sent&#237;a una necesidad enorme de que <strong>eso se cerrara</strong>.<br>De que se firmara.<br>De que no se perdiera esa oportunidad.</p><p>Y justo en ese momento&#8230;</p><p>Mi esposo me llam&#243; por tel&#233;fono.<br>Y me despert&#233;.</p><p><strong>&#127795; Lo que entend&#237; despu&#233;s</strong></p><p>Al principio no entend&#237;a nada.</p><p>Hasta que hablando de este sue&#241;o, alguien me dijo algo que me atraves&#243;:</p><p>&#8220;Eso no era limpiar un piso. Eso era limpiar el linaje.&#8221;</p><p>Y todo encaj&#243;.</p><p>La muchacha no limpiaba suciedad: <strong>Limpiaba historia.</strong></p><p>Seis veces.<br>No una.<br>No dos.</p><p>Como si hubiera capas antiguas que necesitaban ser sanadas una por una.</p><p>Mi pap&#225; no estaba comprando un apartamento.<br>Estaba mostr&#225;ndome un proceso <strong>que a&#250;n no estaba cerrado</strong>.</p><p>Mi hermana no pod&#237;a firmar.<br>Siempre ha sido as&#237;: le cuesta cerrar, decidir, concluir.</p><p>Y yo&#8230;</p><p>Yo era la que insist&#237;a.<br>La que empujaba el cierre.<br>La que ofrec&#237;a ayuda.<br>La que caminaba con firmeza sobre un piso ya casi listo.</p><p>Por primera vez entend&#237; algo muy profundo:</p><p>Tal vez yo no vine a esta vida solo a vivir mi historia.<br>Tal vez vine a <strong>cerrar una historia familiar</strong>.</p><p><strong>&#129293; Mat&#237;as y la misi&#243;n</strong></p><p>Desde que Mat&#237;as lleg&#243; &#8212;y desde que se fue&#8212;<br>he sentido muchas veces que mi vida tiene una dimensi&#243;n que no es solo personal.</p><p>Que hay dolores que no empezaron conmigo.<br>Y sanaciones que no terminar&#225;n conmigo.</p><p>Ese sue&#241;o con mi pap&#225; me dej&#243; una certeza muy suave:</p><p>No todos venimos a este mundo a &#8220;ser felices&#8221;.<br>Algunos venimos a ordenar.<br>A cerrar.<br>A limpiar.<br>A suavizar.</p><p>No por sacrificio.<br>Sino por amor.</p><p><strong>&#10024; Cierre</strong></p><p>Hoy escribo este sue&#241;o porque s&#233; que no es solo m&#237;o.</p><p>Tal vez t&#250; tambi&#233;n cargas historias que no sabes de d&#243;nde vienen.<br>Tal vez t&#250; tambi&#233;n empujas cierres que nadie m&#225;s quiere hacer.<br>Tal vez t&#250; tambi&#233;n est&#225;s limpiando algo que no empez&#243; contigo.</p><p>Si es as&#237;, no est&#225;s sol@.</p><p>Hay almas que vienen a cerrar ciclos.<br>Y eso tambi&#233;n es una forma muy alta de amor.</p><p></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/seis-veces-el-mismo-piso?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/seis-veces-el-mismo-piso?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://substack.com/@nubiamarquez/note/p-188326585&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://substack.com/@nubiamarquez/note/p-188326585"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Presencia]]></title><description><![CDATA[El lenguaje silencioso del amor]]></description><link>https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/presencia</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/presencia</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 15:08:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4O5d!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc503c74a-e3db-4998-a05d-9a2b9ea87c20_1122x945.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Este post est&#225; disponible tambi&#233;n en ingl&#233;s. Puedes leerlo <strong><a href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/presence">aqu&#237;</a></strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4O5d!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc503c74a-e3db-4998-a05d-9a2b9ea87c20_1122x945.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4O5d!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc503c74a-e3db-4998-a05d-9a2b9ea87c20_1122x945.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4O5d!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc503c74a-e3db-4998-a05d-9a2b9ea87c20_1122x945.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4O5d!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc503c74a-e3db-4998-a05d-9a2b9ea87c20_1122x945.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4O5d!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc503c74a-e3db-4998-a05d-9a2b9ea87c20_1122x945.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4O5d!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc503c74a-e3db-4998-a05d-9a2b9ea87c20_1122x945.jpeg" width="690" height="581.1497326203208" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c503c74a-e3db-4998-a05d-9a2b9ea87c20_1122x945.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:945,&quot;width&quot;:1122,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:690,&quot;bytes&quot;:405816,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/i/186759830?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F822592d2-578f-43bc-b4e0-f8dd938d0f2e_1200x1600.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4O5d!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc503c74a-e3db-4998-a05d-9a2b9ea87c20_1122x945.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4O5d!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc503c74a-e3db-4998-a05d-9a2b9ea87c20_1122x945.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4O5d!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc503c74a-e3db-4998-a05d-9a2b9ea87c20_1122x945.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4O5d!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc503c74a-e3db-4998-a05d-9a2b9ea87c20_1122x945.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Hay momentos en los que las se&#241;ales no llegan solas.<br>Llegan en secuencia. Como si alguien estuviera hilando con cuidado.</p><p>En los d&#237;as cercanos al <strong>aniversario n&#250;mero 29 de Mat&#237;as en el cielo (30 de enero)</strong>, empezaron a aparecer peque&#241;os gestos, como de costumbre: algunos discretos, otros profundamente amorosos.</p><p>Primero, una noche tranquila. De madrugada, <strong>la jirafa de Mat&#237;as comenz&#243; a sonar</strong>, como anunciando su presencia.</p><p>Ese mismo d&#237;a, en la casa de <strong>Nelda</strong> &#8212;la casa donde con Mat&#237;as nos reun&#237;amos en comunidad, compart&#237;amos comida, risas, y donde &#233;l dej&#243; tantas huellas&#8212; apareci&#243; algo inesperado: sobre su mesa, con sal, pimienta, <strong>canicas</strong> y hojitas secas, se form&#243; lo que para m&#237; fue inmediato reconocer como <strong>un pajarito</strong>. Una travesura sencilla, casi infantil. Exactamente del tipo que Mat&#237;as habr&#237;a hecho.</p><p>Nelda me llam&#243; para decirme:<br>&#8212;<em>Nubia, Mat&#237;as estuvo por aqu&#237;. Mira lo que hizo.</em></p><p>Luego vino el d&#237;a del aniversario.</p><p>Yo estaba en casa, sentada en la sala, justo en el lugar donde Mat&#237;as sol&#237;a sentarse. Andr&#233;s hab&#237;a salido y el silencio era profundo, pero no vac&#237;o. De pronto, escuch&#233; algo que casi nunca se oye por aqu&#237;: <strong>una bandada de gansos cantando</strong>.</p><p>Pens&#233;: <em>qu&#233; raro.</em></p><p>Y sin saber por qu&#233;, pens&#233; en <strong>Andr&#233;s</strong>. En c&#243;mo a &#233;l le gustan tanto los gansos, c&#243;mo les toma fotos, les graba videos, c&#243;mo muchas veces los mira pensando en Mat&#237;as.</p><p>Apenas unos minutos despu&#233;s, Andr&#233;s lleg&#243; a casa.<br>Entr&#243; con una emoci&#243;n dif&#237;cil de explicar y me dijo:<br>&#8212;No sabes lo que acabo de ver.</p><p>Yo le respond&#237;, sin pensarlo:<br>&#8212;&#191;Los gansos?</p><p>Se qued&#243; en silencio.<br>Me dijo que s&#237;. Que le hab&#237;an pasado por encima. Que los hab&#237;a grabado.</p><p>La secuencia no termin&#243; ah&#237;.</p><p>Un par de d&#237;as despu&#233;s, Mat&#237;as volvi&#243; a mostrarse, esta vez a trav&#233;s de <strong>palomas</strong>, delante de <strong>Luisa</strong>. Como si el mensaje no fuera solo para uno, sino para varios. Como si estuviera diciendo: <em>&#8220;No es casual. Estoy aqu&#237;.&#8221;</em></p><p>No hay necesidad de buscar explicaciones grandilocuentes.<br>No todo tiene que ser probado para ser sentido.</p><p>Las se&#241;ales no siempre llegan como un solo evento impactante.<br>A veces llegan una tras otra, en distintos lugares, con distintas personas, en formas que solo quienes aman profundamente saben reconocer.</p><p>Un sonido en la noche.<br>Un pajarito improvisado.<br>Gansos cruzando el cielo.<br>Palomas apareciendo en el momento justo.</p><p><code>No gritan.<br>No imponen.<br>Acompa&#241;an.</code></p><p>Y cuando uno mira hacia atr&#225;s y une los puntos, entiende que el amor no desaparece.<br>Solo aprende nuevas maneras de hacerse presente.</p><p>Mat&#237;as sigue encontrando las suyas. &#128330;&#65039;&#128153;</p><p></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/presencia?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/presencia?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://substack.com/@nubiamarquez/note/p-186759830&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://substack.com/@nubiamarquez/note/p-186759830"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Presence]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Silent Language of Love]]></description><link>https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/presence</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/presence</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 15:08:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4O5d!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc503c74a-e3db-4998-a05d-9a2b9ea87c20_1122x945.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This post is also available in Spanish. Read it <a href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/presencia">here</a></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4O5d!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc503c74a-e3db-4998-a05d-9a2b9ea87c20_1122x945.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4O5d!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc503c74a-e3db-4998-a05d-9a2b9ea87c20_1122x945.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4O5d!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc503c74a-e3db-4998-a05d-9a2b9ea87c20_1122x945.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4O5d!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc503c74a-e3db-4998-a05d-9a2b9ea87c20_1122x945.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4O5d!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc503c74a-e3db-4998-a05d-9a2b9ea87c20_1122x945.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4O5d!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc503c74a-e3db-4998-a05d-9a2b9ea87c20_1122x945.jpeg" width="690" height="581.1497326203208" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c503c74a-e3db-4998-a05d-9a2b9ea87c20_1122x945.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:945,&quot;width&quot;:1122,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:690,&quot;bytes&quot;:405816,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/i/186759830?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F822592d2-578f-43bc-b4e0-f8dd938d0f2e_1200x1600.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4O5d!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc503c74a-e3db-4998-a05d-9a2b9ea87c20_1122x945.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4O5d!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc503c74a-e3db-4998-a05d-9a2b9ea87c20_1122x945.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4O5d!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc503c74a-e3db-4998-a05d-9a2b9ea87c20_1122x945.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4O5d!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc503c74a-e3db-4998-a05d-9a2b9ea87c20_1122x945.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>There are moments when signs do not arrive alone.<br>They arrive in sequence. As if someone were carefully weaving them together.</p><p>In the days surrounding the <strong>29th anniversary of Mat&#237;as in heaven (January 30)</strong>, small gestures began to appear&#8212;as they often do&#8212;some discreet, others deeply loving.</p><p>First, a quiet night. In the early hours of the morning, <strong>Mat&#237;as&#8217; giraffe began to play</strong>, as if announcing his presence.</p><p>That same day, in <strong>Nelda&#8217;s house</strong>&#8212;the home where we used to gather with Mat&#237;as in community, sharing food, laughter, and where he left so many traces&#8212;something unexpected appeared: on her table, with salt, pepper, <strong>marbles</strong>, and dried leaves, there formed what I immediately recognized as <strong>a little bird</strong>. A simple, almost childlike mischief. Exactly the kind of thing Mat&#237;as would have done.</p><p>Nelda called me to say:<br>&#8212;<em>Nubia, Mat&#237;as was here. Look what he did.</em></p><p>Then came the anniversary day.</p><p>I was at home, sitting in the living room, right in the spot where Mat&#237;as used to sit. Andr&#233;s had gone out, and the silence was deep, but not empty. Suddenly, I heard something that is rarely heard around here: <strong>a flock of geese calling</strong>.</p><p>I thought: <em>how strange.</em></p><p>And without knowing why, I thought of <strong>Andr&#233;s</strong>. Of how much he loves geese, how he takes photos and videos of them, how many times he watches them while thinking of Mat&#237;as.</p><p>Just a few minutes later, Andr&#233;s arrived home.<br>He walked in with an emotion that was hard to explain and said to me:<br>&#8212;You won&#8217;t believe what I just saw.</p><p>Without thinking, I replied:<br>&#8212;The geese?</p><p>He fell silent.<br>Then he said yes. That they had flown right over him. That he had recorded them.</p><p>The sequence did not end there.</p><p>A couple of days later, Mat&#237;as showed himself again&#8212;this time through <strong>doves</strong>, in front of <strong>Luisa</strong>. As if the message were not meant for just one person, but for several. As if he were saying: <em>&#8220;This is not a coincidence. I am here.&#8221;</em></p><p>There is no need to look for grand explanations.<br>Not everything has to be proven to be felt.</p><p>Signs do not always arrive as a single striking event.<br>Sometimes they arrive one after another, in different places, with different people, in ways that only those who love deeply know how to recognize.</p><p>A sound in the night.<br>An improvised little bird.<br>Geese crossing the sky.<br>Doves appearing at just the right moment.</p><p><code>They do not shout.<br>They do not impose.<br>They accompany.</code></p><p>And when one looks back and connects the dots, one understands that love does not disappear.<br>It simply learns new ways to be present.</p><p>Mat&#237;as continues to find his own. &#128330;&#65039;&#128153;</p><p></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/presence?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/presence?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://substack.com/@nubiamarquez/note/p-186760761&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://substack.com/@nubiamarquez/note/p-186760761"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Didn’t Leave, I Became Bigger]]></title><description><![CDATA[A master soul in a small body]]></description><link>https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/i-didnt-leave-i-became-bigger</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/i-didnt-leave-i-became-bigger</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 15:08:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rZLW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe54b78ae-1a2e-4cd1-8e1d-3f21e0690212_1024x1536.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This post is also available in Spanish. 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stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>At first, I thought Mat&#237;as had gone.<br>The way bodies go.<br>The way people go when they leave this plane.<br>Today I know that&#8217;s not exactly what happened.</p><p>Mat&#237;as didn&#8217;t leave.<br>Mat&#237;as <strong>became bigger</strong>.</p><p>Not bigger in size.<br>Bigger in consciousness.<br>Bigger in presence.<br>Bigger in love.</p><p>Mat&#237;as came into this world as my son.<br>But he didn&#8217;t come only to be a son.<br>He came to wake me up.</p><p>And when I say wake me up, I&#8217;m not talking about religion, or spiritual theories, or anything strange.<br>I&#8217;m talking about something much simpler and much deeper:</p><p>He came to break my illusion that life is only what we can see.<br>He came to break my illusion that love ends when the body ends.<br>He came to force me &#8212; with a brutal tenderness &#8212; to look beyond.</p><p>With time, I understood something that today feels like a very clear truth:</p><p>Not all souls come into this world to &#8220;live a long life.&#8221;<br>Some come to <strong>activate consciousness</strong>.</p><p>A soul that comes <strong>only to experience matter</strong> wants to:<br>grow,<br>reproduce,<br>accumulate,<br>belong,<br>survive.</p><p>But there are souls that come for something else.</p><p>They come to break deep emotional structures.<br>They come to open closed hearts.<br>They come to provoke spiritual awakenings in others.<br>They come to teach loving detachment.<br>They come to plant meaning beyond the body.</p><p>Mat&#237;as did that with me.<br>And today, even with people who never knew him &#8212; through me.</p><p>That doesn&#8217;t make him an &#8220;ordinary child.&#8221;<br>That makes him a <strong>master soul in a small body</strong>.</p><p>Before Mat&#237;as, I lived the way most of us do:<br>on autopilot,<br>believing time is linear,<br>that life ends here,<br>that reality is only matter.</p><p>Mat&#237;as dismantled that entire narrative for me.</p><p>Not only through his departure.<br>But through everything that came after.</p><p>Through the way he remains present.<br>Through the way he responds.<br>Through the way he allows himself to be felt.</p><p>Not as a memory.<br>Not as nostalgia.<br>But as a <strong>living presence</strong>.</p><p>And that&#8217;s when I understood something that changed everything:</p><p>Mat&#237;as didn&#8217;t come only to live a few years.<br>He came to fulfill a function far greater than a long biography.<br>He came to expand consciousness.<br>And not only mine.</p><p>With time, I began to notice something very clear:<br>other mothers, other people, other families who have gone through something similar&#8230;<br>all say the same thing in different words:</p><p>&#8220;Since my child left, I&#8217;m not the same.&#8221;<br>&#8220;I don&#8217;t see life the same way anymore.&#8221;<br>&#8220;Something opened in me.&#8221;<br>&#8220;I&#8217;m not afraid of death the way I used to be.&#8221;<br>&#8220;I feel like there is something more.&#8221;</p><p>That isn&#8217;t a coincidence.</p><p>There are children who don&#8217;t come into this world to stay very long.<br>They come to wake us up.<br>They come to break old structures.<br>They come to break the idea that we are only bodies.<br>They come to show us that love doesn&#8217;t fit inside a grave.</p><p>They are bridge-children.<br>Portal-children.<br>Teacher-children.</p><p>Not from ego.<br>Not from discourse.<br>From the pure vibration of who they are.</p><p>Mat&#237;as is one of them.</p><p>That&#8217;s why today I can say this without drama and without cheap poetry:</p><p>Mat&#237;as didn&#8217;t leave.<br>Mat&#237;as became bigger.</p><p>He became so big<br>that he no longer fits inside a body.<br>That he no longer fits inside a photograph.<br>That he no longer fits inside a sad story.</p><p>He fits inside my consciousness.<br>He fits inside my new way of looking at life.<br>He fits inside my different way of loving.<br>He fits inside my certainty that this doesn&#8217;t end here.</p><p>And if you are reading this<br>and you also lost a child<br>or someone you love deeply&#8230;</p><p>I&#8217;m not going to tell you that &#8220;everything passes.&#8221;<br>I&#8217;m not going to tell you that &#8220;everything has a purpose.&#8221;</p><p>I&#8217;m only going to tell you this:</p><p>Maybe they didn&#8217;t leave.<br>Maybe they became bigger.</p><p>And maybe &#8212; without you realizing it yet &#8212;<br>they&#8217;ve already started waking you up too.</p><p></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" 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Puedes leerlo <strong><a href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/i-didnt-leave-i-became-bigger">aqu&#237;</a></strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VWtp!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe78bf182-1449-4c66-9cb1-3dc76987411a_1024x1536.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VWtp!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe78bf182-1449-4c66-9cb1-3dc76987411a_1024x1536.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VWtp!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe78bf182-1449-4c66-9cb1-3dc76987411a_1024x1536.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VWtp!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe78bf182-1449-4c66-9cb1-3dc76987411a_1024x1536.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VWtp!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe78bf182-1449-4c66-9cb1-3dc76987411a_1024x1536.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VWtp!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe78bf182-1449-4c66-9cb1-3dc76987411a_1024x1536.png" width="510" height="765" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e78bf182-1449-4c66-9cb1-3dc76987411a_1024x1536.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1536,&quot;width&quot;:1024,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:510,&quot;bytes&quot;:3219284,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/i/185130827?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe78bf182-1449-4c66-9cb1-3dc76987411a_1024x1536.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VWtp!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe78bf182-1449-4c66-9cb1-3dc76987411a_1024x1536.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VWtp!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe78bf182-1449-4c66-9cb1-3dc76987411a_1024x1536.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VWtp!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe78bf182-1449-4c66-9cb1-3dc76987411a_1024x1536.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VWtp!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe78bf182-1449-4c66-9cb1-3dc76987411a_1024x1536.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Inicialmente, pens&#233; que Mat&#237;as se hab&#237;a ido.<br>Como se van los cuerpos.<br>Como se van las personas cuando dejan este plano.</p><p>Hoy s&#233; que eso no es exactamente lo que pas&#243;.</p><p>Mat&#237;as no se fue.<br>Mat&#237;as <strong>se volvi&#243; grande</strong>.</p><p>No grande en tama&#241;o.<br>Grande en conciencia.<br>Grande en presencia.<br>Grande en amor.</p><p>Mat&#237;as vino a este mundo como hijo.<br>Pero no vino solo a ser hijo.</p><p>Vino a despertarme.</p><p>Y cuando digo despertarme, no hablo de religi&#243;n, ni de teor&#237;as espirituales, ni de cosas raras.<br>Hablo de algo mucho m&#225;s simple y m&#225;s profundo:</p><p>Vino a romperme la ilusi&#243;n de que la vida es solo esto que vemos.<br>Vino a romperme la ilusi&#243;n de que el amor termina cuando el cuerpo termina.<br>Vino a obligarme &#8212;con una ternura brutal&#8212; a mirar m&#225;s all&#225;.</p><p>Con el tiempo entend&#237; algo que hoy siento como una verdad muy clara:</p><p>No todas las almas vienen a este mundo a &#8220;vivir una vida larga&#8221;.</p><p>Algunas vienen a <strong>activar conciencia</strong>.</p><p>Un alma que viene solo <strong>a experimentar la materia</strong> quiere:<br>crecer,<br>reproducirse,<br>acumular,<br>pertenecer,<br>sobrevivir.</p><p>Pero hay almas que vienen a otra cosa:</p><p>Vienen a romper estructuras emocionales profundas.<br>Vienen a abrir corazones cerrados.<br>Vienen a provocar despertares espirituales en otros.<br>Vienen a ense&#241;ar desapego amoroso.<br>Vienen a sembrar sentido m&#225;s all&#225; del cuerpo.</p><p>Mat&#237;as hizo eso conmigo.<br>Y hoy, incluso, con personas que nunca lo conocieron &#8212;a trav&#233;s de m&#237;.</p><p>Eso no lo hace un &#8220;ni&#241;o com&#250;n&#8221;.</p><p>Eso lo hace un <strong>alma maestra</strong> en un cuerpo peque&#241;o.</p><p>Antes de Mat&#237;as yo viv&#237;a como vivimos casi todos:<br>en autom&#225;tico,<br>creyendo que el tiempo es lineal,<br>que la vida termina aqu&#237;,<br>que la realidad es solo materia.</p><p>Mat&#237;as me desarm&#243; esa narrativa entera.</p><p>No solo por su partida.<br>Sino por todo lo que vino despu&#233;s.</p><p>Por la manera en que sigue presente.<br>Por la manera en que responde.<br>Por la manera en que se deja sentir.</p><p>No como un recuerdo.<br>No como una nostalgia.</p><p>Sino como una <strong>presencia viva</strong>.</p><p>Y ah&#237; fue cuando entend&#237; algo que cambi&#243; todo:</p><p>Mat&#237;as no vino solo para vivir pocos a&#241;os.<br>Vino para cumplir una funci&#243;n mucho m&#225;s grande que una biograf&#237;a larga.</p><p>Vino a expandir conciencia.</p><p>Y no solo la m&#237;a.</p><p>Con el tiempo empec&#233; a notar algo muy claro:<br>otras mam&#225;s, otras personas, otras familias que han pasado por algo parecido&#8230;<br>todas dicen lo mismo con palabras distintas:</p><p>&#8220;Desde que mi hijo parti&#243;, ya no soy la misma&#8221;.<br>&#8220;Ya no veo la vida igual.&#8221;<br>&#8220;Algo se abri&#243; en m&#237;.&#8221;<br>&#8220;Ya no le tengo miedo a la muerte como antes.&#8221;<br>&#8220;Siento que hay algo m&#225;s.&#8221;</p><p>Eso no es casualidad.</p><p>Hay ni&#241;os que no vienen a este mundo a quedarse mucho tiempo.<br>Vienen a <strong>despertarnos</strong>.</p><p>Vienen a romper estructuras viejas.<br>Vienen a romper la idea de que somos solo cuerpos.<br>Vienen a mostrarnos que el amor no cabe en una tumba.</p><p>Son ni&#241;os&#8211;puente.<br>Ni&#241;os&#8211;portal.<br>Ni&#241;os&#8211;maestros.</p><p>No desde el ego.<br>No desde el discurso.</p><p>Desde la pura vibraci&#243;n de lo que son.</p><p>Mat&#237;as es uno de ellos.</p><p>Por eso hoy puedo decir esto sin drama y sin poes&#237;a barata:</p><p>Mat&#237;as no se fue.<br>Mat&#237;as <strong>se volvi&#243; grande.</strong></p><p>Se volvi&#243; tan grande<br>que ya no cabe en un cuerpo.<br>Que ya no cabe en una foto.<br>Que ya no cabe en una historia triste.</p><p>Cabe en mi conciencia.<br>Cabe en mi forma nueva de mirar la vida.<br>Cabe en mi manera distinta de amar.<br>Cabe en mi certeza de que esto no termina aqu&#237;.</p><p>Y si t&#250; est&#225;s leyendo esto<br>y tambi&#233;n perdiste a un hijo<br>o a alguien que amas profundamente&#8230;</p><p>no te voy a decir que &#8220;todo pasa&#8221;.<br>no te voy a decir que &#8220;todo tiene un prop&#243;sito&#8221;.</p><p>Solo te voy a decir esto:</p><p>Tal vez no se fue.<br>Tal vez <strong>se volvi&#243; grande.</strong></p><p>Y tal vez &#8212;sin que te dieras cuenta todav&#237;a&#8212;<br>ya empez&#243; a despertarte tambi&#233;n.</p><p></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading! 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Read it <a href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/una-madre-que-ya-sabe-que-el-amor">here</a></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WzxG!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd11f1a61-046c-49d8-aa0d-af2f9b3fc866_1536x1024.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WzxG!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd11f1a61-046c-49d8-aa0d-af2f9b3fc866_1536x1024.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WzxG!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd11f1a61-046c-49d8-aa0d-af2f9b3fc866_1536x1024.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WzxG!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd11f1a61-046c-49d8-aa0d-af2f9b3fc866_1536x1024.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WzxG!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd11f1a61-046c-49d8-aa0d-af2f9b3fc866_1536x1024.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WzxG!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd11f1a61-046c-49d8-aa0d-af2f9b3fc866_1536x1024.png" width="1456" height="971" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/d11f1a61-046c-49d8-aa0d-af2f9b3fc866_1536x1024.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:971,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:2298424,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/i/183796040?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd11f1a61-046c-49d8-aa0d-af2f9b3fc866_1536x1024.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WzxG!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd11f1a61-046c-49d8-aa0d-af2f9b3fc866_1536x1024.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WzxG!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd11f1a61-046c-49d8-aa0d-af2f9b3fc866_1536x1024.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WzxG!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd11f1a61-046c-49d8-aa0d-af2f9b3fc866_1536x1024.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WzxG!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd11f1a61-046c-49d8-aa0d-af2f9b3fc866_1536x1024.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>There are stories you don&#8217;t read &#8212; you <strong>recognize</strong> them.<br>They arrive to gently rearrange your heart.<br>Ximena&#8217;s story touched me because it doesn&#8217;t try to explain the unexplainable&#8230; it simply illuminates it.</p><p>Ximena was <strong>10 years old</strong> and lived through a very hard battle: <strong>brain cancer</strong>.<br>Even so, in the midst of what felt deeply unfair, she carried a quiet strength, as if somewhere inside she already knew something that those of us still here may take years to understand.</p><p>Her mother, <strong>Mar&#237;a Elena Carmona Rodr&#237;guez</strong>, wrote a book &#8212; <em>I Will Win: Life Does Not End Here</em>, available on Amazon &#8212; as an act of love and memory.<br>Within its pages are details that stay with you: <strong>the notebook, the pencil, and the way Ximena would look upward</strong>, as if searching for something you cannot see, but can feel.<br>It wasn&#8217;t just a look &#8212; it was a presence.<br>As if a silent conversation were taking place.</p><p>And that&#8217;s when everything connected with Mat&#237;as.</p><p>Mat&#237;as also speaks to us in ways that don&#8217;t always fit into words.<br>Sometimes through small signs, sometimes through dreams&#8230; sometimes through the sound of the <strong>giraffe</strong>, which to this day still feels like a wink, as if he were telling me, <em>&#8220;Mommy, I&#8217;m here.&#8221;</em></p><p>There is a scene I hold like a treasure:<br>Mat&#237;as and us &#8212; Andr&#233;s and I &#8212; playing bingo with a <strong>farm animal</strong> <strong>bingo set</strong>.<br>He would draw the pieces and do something that always caught our attention: he made sure <strong>all three of us won at the same time</strong>.<br>And when it happened, he would say happily, <em><strong>&#8220;We won!&#8221;</strong></em></p><p>The three of us would clap.<br>It was simple, it was tender&#8230; but it held a strange magic, as if he were rehearsing a much greater truth.</p><p>When Mat&#237;as departed, that word stayed with us.<br>And when we speak to his energy, when we feel him close, we tell him:<br><em>&#8220;Son&#8230; you won.&#8221;</em></p><p><code>Because yes &#8212; he won. He won love. He won light. He won eternity.</code></p><p>And deep inside, Andr&#233;s and I feel that one day we will say the other thing too &#8212; the one he had already been practicing without us realizing it: <em><strong>&#8220;We won.&#8221;</strong></em></p><p>That is why Ximena&#8217;s story pierced me so deeply.<br>Because her <em>&#8220;I will win&#8221;</em> doesn&#8217;t sound like competition or denial of pain.<br>It sounds like <strong>certainty</strong>.<br>As if some children &#8212; those who love in an immense way &#8212; arrive with a knowledge that takes us a lifetime to remember.</p><p>And there is something more.</p><p>In Mat&#237;as&#8217;s <strong>last week</strong>, Andr&#233;s and I have photographic records that still take my breath away: <strong>Mat&#237;as looking steadily upward</strong>.<br>In one of the photos, <strong>there is even a small tear in his eye</strong>.<br>I truly feel &#8212; I really do &#8212; that in those moments his soul was <strong>coming and going</strong>, as if preparing itself.<br>As if he were already practicing the journey&#8230; while at the same time saying goodbye with immense tenderness.</p><p>When I read about Ximena &#8212; her notebook, her pencil, her upward gaze &#8212; I feel that life sometimes gives us <strong>echoes</strong>.<br>Two different stories, two different children, but one same language: <strong>the language of love that does not go out.</strong></p><p>Today I simply want to leave this here, like lighting a small candle:</p><p><strong>Ximena and Mat&#237;as&#8230; &#8220;I will win.&#8221;</strong><br>Because perhaps <em>winning</em> was never about staying.<br>Perhaps <em>winning</em> was teaching us how to love without fear, even after.<br>And reminding us that when love is real, absence never has the final word.</p><p></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share Nubia Marquez&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share Nubia Marquez</span></a></p><div class="directMessage button" data-attrs="{&quot;userId&quot;:332760931,&quot;userName&quot;:&quot;Nubia Marquez&quot;,&quot;canDm&quot;:null,&quot;dmUpgradeOptions&quot;:null,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}" data-component-name="DirectMessageToDOM"></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ximena y Matías: Voy a ganar]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dos ni&#241;os, una certeza, un amor que contin&#250;a]]></description><link>https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/ximena-y-matias-voy-a-ganar</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/ximena-y-matias-voy-a-ganar</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 15:09:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T8a8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7da2cea3-876b-4144-b570-a05020e21a65_1536x1024.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Este post est&#225; disponible tambi&#233;n en ingl&#233;s. Puedes leerlo <strong><a href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/a-mother-who-already-knows-that-love">aqu&#237;</a></strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T8a8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7da2cea3-876b-4144-b570-a05020e21a65_1536x1024.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T8a8!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7da2cea3-876b-4144-b570-a05020e21a65_1536x1024.png 424w, 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Aun as&#237;, en medio de lo que parec&#237;a injusto, ella sostuvo una fuerza serena, como si por dentro ya supiera algo que nosotros, desde aqu&#237;, tardamos a&#241;os en entender.</p><p>Su mam&#225;, <strong>Mar&#237;a Elena Carmona Rodr&#237;guez</strong>, escribi&#243; un libro &#8212;<em>Voy a ganar: la vida no termina aqu&#237;</em>, disponible en Amazon&#8212; como un acto de amor y memoria. En sus p&#225;ginas aparecen detalles que se te quedan pegados al alma: <strong>el cuaderno, el l&#225;piz, y esa manera tan suya de mirar hacia arriba</strong>, como buscando algo que no se ve, pero se siente. No era solo una mirada: era una presencia. Como si estuviera ocurriendo una conversaci&#243;n en silencio.</p><p>Y ah&#237; fue cuando todo conect&#243; con Mat&#237;as.</p><p>Mat&#237;as tambi&#233;n nos habla de maneras que no siempre caben en palabras. A veces a trav&#233;s de se&#241;ales peque&#241;as, a veces a trav&#233;s de sue&#241;os&#8230; a veces con ese sonido de la <strong>jirafa</strong>, que todav&#237;a hoy sigue sonando como un gui&#241;o, como si me dijera: <em>&#8220;Mami, estoy aqu&#237;.&#8221;</em></p><p>Hay una escena que guardo como un tesoro: Mat&#237;as y nosotros &#8212;Andr&#233;s y yo&#8212; jugando bingo con un <strong>bingo de</strong> <strong>animales de granja</strong>. &#201;l sacaba las fichas y hac&#237;a algo que siempre nos llamaba la atenci&#243;n: <strong>lograba que gan&#225;ramos los tres al mismo tiempo</strong>. Y cuando pasaba, dec&#237;a feliz: <strong>&#8220;&#161;Ganamos!&#8221;</strong></p><p>Aplaud&#237;amos, los tres. Era simple, era tierno&#8230; pero ten&#237;a una magia rara, como si &#233;l estuviera ensayando una verdad m&#225;s grande.</p><p>Cuando Mat&#237;as parti&#243;, esa palabra se qued&#243; con nosotros. Y cuando hablamos con su energ&#237;a, cuando lo sentimos cerquita, le decimos: <strong>&#8220;Hijo&#8230; ganaste.&#8221;</strong></p><p><code>Porque s&#237;: gan&#243;. Gan&#243; amor. Gan&#243; luz. Gan&#243; eternidad.</code></p><p>Y en lo profundo, Andr&#233;s y yo sentimos que un d&#237;a volveremos a decir lo otro, lo que &#233;l ya practicaba sin que lo supi&#233;ramos: <strong>&#8220;Ganamos.&#8221;</strong></p><p>Por eso la historia de Ximena me atraves&#243; tanto. Porque su &#8220;voy a ganar&#8221; no suena a competencia ni a negaci&#243;n del dolor. Suena a <strong>certeza</strong>. Como si algunos ni&#241;os &#8212;los que aman de una forma inmensa&#8212; vinieran con un conocimiento que a nosotros nos toma toda una vida recordar.</p><p>Y hay algo m&#225;s.<br>En la <strong>&#250;ltima semana</strong> de Mat&#237;as, Andr&#233;s y yo tenemos registros fotogr&#225;ficos que todav&#237;a me dejan sin aire: Mat&#237;as <strong>mirando fijamente hacia arriba</strong>. En una foto, incluso, tiene <strong>una peque&#241;a l&#225;grima</strong> en un ojo.<br>Yo siento &#8212;de verdad lo siento&#8212; que en esos momentos su alma <strong>entraba y sal&#237;a</strong>, como prepar&#225;ndose. Como si ya estuviera practicando el viaje&#8230; y al mismo tiempo, despidi&#233;ndose con una ternura inmensa.</p><p>Cuando leo a Ximena &#8212;su cuaderno, su l&#225;piz, su mirada hacia arriba&#8212; siento que la vida, a veces, nos regala <strong>ecos</strong>. Dos historias distintas, dos ni&#241;os distintos, pero un mismo idioma: <strong>el del amor que no se apaga.</strong></p><p>Hoy solo quiero dejar esto aqu&#237;, como quien deja una velita encendida:</p><p><strong>Ximena y Mat&#237;as&#8230; &#8220;Voy a ganar.&#8221;</strong><br>Porque quiz&#225;s &#8220;ganar&#8221; no era quedarse.<br>Quiz&#225;s &#8220;ganar&#8221; era ense&#241;arnos a amar sin miedo, incluso despu&#233;s.<br>Y recordarnos que, cuando el amor es verdadero, la ausencia no tiene la &#250;ltima palabra.</p><p></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share Nubia Marquez&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share Nubia Marquez</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://substack.com/@nubiamarquez/note/p-183791821&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://substack.com/@nubiamarquez/note/p-183791821"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><h3></h3>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Una madre que ya sabe que el amor no muere]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sobre vivir, sostener y seguir amando...]]></description><link>https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/una-madre-que-ya-sabe-que-el-amor</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/una-madre-que-ya-sabe-que-el-amor</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 15:08:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RUwS!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fee7cf678-cf15-4e46-9e7f-6b09e179e2e4_1536x1024.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Este post est&#225; disponible tambi&#233;n en ingl&#233;s. Puedes leerlo <strong><a href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/a-mother-who-already-knows-that-love">aqu&#237;</a></strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RUwS!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fee7cf678-cf15-4e46-9e7f-6b09e179e2e4_1536x1024.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RUwS!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fee7cf678-cf15-4e46-9e7f-6b09e179e2e4_1536x1024.png 424w, 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Hay un momento &#8212;no tiene fecha&#8212;<br>en el que una madre deja de buscar a su hijo en el tiempo<br>y empieza a reconocerlo en otra dimensi&#243;n.</p><p>No ocurre de golpe.<br>No ocurre sin atravesar la vida tal como es.<br>Pero ocurre.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>Este a&#241;o me ense&#241;&#243; eso.</p><p>Que el amor no se va con el cuerpo.<br>Que no desaparece con los calendarios.<br>Que no se diluye porque el mundo siga avanzando con sus propias exigencias.</p><p>El amor cambia de forma.<br>Se vuelve m&#225;s sutil.<br>M&#225;s hondo.<br>M&#225;s consciente.</p><p>Vivimos tiempos complejos.<br>Para muchos, tiempos duros.<br>La vida no se detiene para nadie,<br>y cada d&#237;a &#8212;para distintas personas, en distintos lugares&#8212;<br>trae su propio peso, sus propias luchas, sus propias p&#233;rdidas.</p><p>A eso se suma lo personal, lo &#237;ntimo,<br>y tambi&#233;n lo colectivo:<br>las decisiones que afectan, las pol&#237;ticas que golpean,<br>las incertidumbres que no elegimos<br>pero que igual debemos aprender a sostener.</p><p>Hubo momentos en los que el esp&#237;ritu pidi&#243; pausa.<br>No porque faltara amor,<br>sino porque la vida, en toda su intensidad,<br>necesitaba ser respirada con m&#225;s profundidad.</p><p>Por eso el silencio.<br>Por eso el recogimiento.<br>Por eso las semanas sin palabras.</p><p>A veces, honrar la vida no es avanzar,<br>sino quedarse quieta<br>y permitir que el alma alcance al coraz&#243;n.</p><p>Mat&#237;as no es un recuerdo.<br>No es una ausencia.<br>Es una presencia que no depende de las circunstancias.</p><p>Est&#225; en la forma en que miro ahora.<br>En lo que aprend&#237; a sostener sin endurecerme.<br>En la certeza de que el amor verdadero<br>no necesita condiciones favorables para existir.</p><p>Hoy no cierro un a&#241;o.<br>Reconozco un aprendizaje.</p><p>Soy una madre que ya sabe<br>que el amor no muere.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading! 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many, hard times.<br>Life does not stop for anyone,<br>and each day&#8212;for different people, in different places&#8212;<br>carries its own weight, its own struggles, its own losses.</p><p>Added to this is the personal, the intimate,<br>and also the collective:<br>the decisions that affect us, the policies that strike,<br>the uncertainties we do not choose<br>but must nonetheless learn to hold.</p><p>There were moments when the spirit asked for pause.<br>Not because love was lacking,<br>but because life, in all its intensity,<br>needed to be breathed more deeply.</p><p>That is why the silence.<br>That is why the inward turning.<br>That is why the weeks without words.</p><p>Sometimes, honoring life is not about moving forward,<br>but about staying still<br>and allowing the soul to catch up with the heart.</p><p>Mat&#237;as is not a memory.<br>He is not an absence.<br>He is a presence that does not depend on circumstances.</p><p>He is in the way I look at the world now.<br>In what I have learned to hold without hardening.<br>In the certainty that true love<br>does not need favorable conditions in order to exist.</p><p>Today I do not close a year.<br>I acknowledge a learning.</p><p>I am a mother who already knows<br>that love does not die.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading! 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