<?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/$s_!rTz5!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c086337-1ec7-449e-9135-478e18f284c7_3232x3232.jpeg</url><title>Nubia Marquez</title><link>https://www.nubiamarquez.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:26:01 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[nubiamarquez@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[nubiamarquez@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[nubiamarquez@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[nubiamarquez@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[When the Pain Feels Like It Will Never End]]></title><description><![CDATA[Grief transforms life, but love remains]]></description><link>https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/when-the-pain-feels-like-it-will</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/when-the-pain-feels-like-it-will</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:08:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!B8_f!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F91bf1433-9414-4149-9955-8bc259d6ac3a_1920x1920.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>This post is also available in Spanish. Read it </span><a href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/cuando-el-dolor-parece-no-tener-fin">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/$s_!B8_f!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F91bf1433-9414-4149-9955-8bc259d6ac3a_1920x1920.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!B8_f!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F91bf1433-9414-4149-9955-8bc259d6ac3a_1920x1920.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!B8_f!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F91bf1433-9414-4149-9955-8bc259d6ac3a_1920x1920.jpeg 848w, 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Others are still searching for a loved one. There are families who do not know where to begin rebuilding their lives.</p><p>When tragedy strikes, words often feel too small.</p><p>I know this because one day I also discovered that there are pains for which there are no sufficient answers.</p><p>After the passing of my son Mat&#237;as, I understood something that no one can teach you until you experience it yourself: <em>love does not end when a life ends.</em></p><p>Love changes its form.</p><p>It can no longer be held in our hands, but it continues to embrace our hearts.</p><p>With time, I learned that remembering does not mean living trapped in the past. Remembering can also become a way of continuing to love.</p><p>So, to those who are walking through darkness today, I want to say this with all my heart: do not allow pain to make you believe that love has disappeared.</p><p>It has not.</p><p>It lives in every memory that makes you smile through your tears. It lives in every act of kindness that is born after loss. It lives in every person who chooses to keep going in honor of the one they love.</p><p>Today, I continue to pray for Venezuela, for those who grieve, for those who wait, for those who help, and for those who, even with broken hearts, find the strength to rise once again &#128591;.</p><p>Because I have learned that even in the darkest night, <strong>love remains stronger than despair.</strong></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/when-the-pain-feels-like-it-will?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-the-pain-feels-like-it-will?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-206051051&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-206051051"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cuando el dolor parece no tener fin]]></title><description><![CDATA[El duelo transforma la vida, pero el amor permanece]]></description><link>https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/cuando-el-dolor-parece-no-tener-fin</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/cuando-el-dolor-parece-no-tener-fin</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:08:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sGb9!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe8d27865-543d-45a2-b35e-9f4b73f8b160_1920x1920.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>Este post est&#225; disponible tambi&#233;n en ingl&#233;s. Puedes leerlo </span><strong><a href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/when-the-pain-feels-like-it-will">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/$s_!sGb9!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe8d27865-543d-45a2-b35e-9f4b73f8b160_1920x1920.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sGb9!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe8d27865-543d-45a2-b35e-9f4b73f8b160_1920x1920.jpeg 424w, 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Otros siguen buscando a un ser querido. Hay familias que no saben por d&#243;nde empezar a reconstruir sus vidas.</p><p>Cuando una tragedia golpea, las palabras parecen peque&#241;as.</p><p>Lo s&#233; porque un d&#237;a yo tambi&#233;n descubr&#237; que existen dolores para los que no hay respuestas suficientes.</p><p>Despu&#233;s de la partida de mi hijo Mat&#237;as entend&#237; algo que nadie puede ense&#241;arte hasta que lo vives: <em>el amor no termina cuando una vida termina.</em></p><p>El amor cambia de forma.</p><p>Ya no puede abrazarse con las manos, pero sigue abrazando el coraz&#243;n.</p><p>Con el tiempo comprend&#237; que recordar no significa vivir atrapados en el pasado. Recordar tambi&#233;n puede convertirse en una forma de seguir amando.</p><p>Por eso, a quienes hoy atraviesan la oscuridad, quisiera decirles algo con todo mi coraz&#243;n: no permitan que el dolor les haga creer que el amor desapareci&#243;.</p><p>No desapareci&#243;.</p><p>Est&#225; en cada recuerdo que los hace sonre&#237;r entre l&#225;grimas. Est&#225; en cada acto de bondad que nace despu&#233;s de la p&#233;rdida. Est&#225; en cada persona que decide seguir viviendo para honrar a quien ama.</p><p>Hoy sigo orando por Venezuela, por quienes lloran, por quienes esperan, por quienes ayudan y por quienes, aun con el coraz&#243;n roto, encuentran fuerzas para levantarse una vez m&#225;s &#128591;.</p><p>Porque he aprendido que, incluso en medio de la noche m&#225;s oscura, <strong>el amor sigue siendo m&#225;s fuerte que la desesperanza.</strong></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/cuando-el-dolor-parece-no-tener-fin?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-dolor-parece-no-tener-fin?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-206050333&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-206050333"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Después del terremoto, el amor permanece]]></title><description><![CDATA[Una carta para Venezuela, escrita desde el coraz&#243;n de una mam&#225; que tambi&#233;n ha aprendido a vivir con la ausencia]]></description><link>https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/despues-del-terremoto-el-amor-permanece</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/despues-del-terremoto-el-amor-permanece</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 14:09:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1k9Q!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1234f7dd-24d3-4e80-859e-b8c2af18e279_1024x1536.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>Este post est&#225; disponible tambi&#233;n en ingl&#233;s. Puedes leerlo </span><strong><a href="https://nubiamarquez.substack.com/p/after-the-earthquake-love-remains">aqu&#237;</a></strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1k9Q!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1234f7dd-24d3-4e80-859e-b8c2af18e279_1024x1536.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1k9Q!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1234f7dd-24d3-4e80-859e-b8c2af18e279_1024x1536.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 momentos en los que las palabras parecen demasiado peque&#241;as para sostener el peso de lo que siente el coraz&#243;n.</p><p>Hoy, Venezuela est&#225; de duelo.</p><p>Hay familias que han perdido a quienes m&#225;s aman. Otras han perdido su hogar, sus recuerdos, la sensaci&#243;n de seguridad. Muchas permanecen de pie en medio de un dolor inimaginable, pregunt&#225;ndose c&#243;mo la vida pudo cambiar en un solo instante.</p><p>Si t&#250; eres una de ellas, quiero abrazarte desde la distancia.</p><p><strong>El duelo es una de las expresiones m&#225;s profundas del amor. Solo lloramos con tanta intensidad aquello que hemos amado profundamente. Y aunque la p&#233;rdida transforma nuestra vida para siempre, el amor jam&#225;s desaparece.</strong></p><p>S&#233; que en momentos como estos surgen preguntas para las que quiz&#225; nunca encontremos respuestas. &#191;Por qu&#233;? &#191;Por qu&#233; ellos? &#191;Por qu&#233; ahora?</p><p>No pretendo tener esas respuestas.</p><p>Pero despu&#233;s de caminar por el dolor m&#225;s profundo que una madre puede experimentar con la partida de mi hijo, Mat&#237;as, mi alma aprendi&#243; algo que ninguna tragedia ha podido arrebatarme:</p><p>No somos solamente un cuerpo.</p><p><code>Somos almas eternas viviendo una experiencia humana.</code></p><p>El cuerpo regresa a la tierra, pero el amor no desaparece. La conciencia no desaparece. La esencia de quienes realmente somos contin&#250;a su viaje.</p><p>Creo, con todo mi coraz&#243;n, que quienes partieron no fueron abandonados. Fueron recibidos por un Amor infinitamente m&#225;s grande de lo que nuestra mente puede comprender. Hoy est&#225;n rodeados de paz, abrazados por Dios, libres del dolor, del miedo y del sufrimiento.</p><p>Y me gusta imaginar que entre ellos hay ni&#241;os sonriendo nuevamente, abuelos reencontr&#225;ndose con quienes tanto extra&#241;aban, animalitos corriendo libres, y cada alma descubriendo que la muerte nunca fue el final.</p><p>Solo fue el regreso a Casa.</p><p>Para quienes permanecen aqu&#237;, s&#233; que el camino puede parecer imposible.</p><p>Habr&#225; l&#225;grimas.</p><p>Habr&#225; silencios.</p><p>Habr&#225; d&#237;as en los que simplemente respirar ser&#225; un acto de valent&#237;a.</p><p>No apresures tu duelo.</p><p>Honra cada l&#225;grima.</p><p>El amor no conoce calendarios.</p><p>Pero cuando tu coraz&#243;n est&#233; preparado, permite que la esperanza se siente a tu lado.</p><p>No para borrar el dolor&#8230;</p><p>Sino para recordarte, con infinita ternura, que la separaci&#243;n es temporal, mientras que el amor es eterno.</p><p>A todos los que hoy sufren en Venezuela:</p><p>Que puedan sentirse sostenidos, incluso cuando crean que est&#225;n solos.</p><p>Que manos compasivas lleguen hasta ustedes.</p><p>Que los desconocidos se conviertan en familia.</p><p>Que la bondad nazca en cada rinc&#243;n.</p><p>Y que la Luz de Dios envuelva a cada alma: a quienes permanecen aqu&#237;, a quienes partieron y a quienes hoy est&#225;n aprendiendo a vivir con una silla vac&#237;a en la mesa.</p><p>No sanamos porque olvidamos.</p><p>Sanamos porque el amor contin&#250;a encontr&#225;ndonos.</p><p>En una respiraci&#243;n.</p><p>En un recuerdo.</p><p>En un amanecer.</p><p>En un acto de bondad.</p><p>Hoy abrazo a Venezuela con mis oraciones.</p><p>Que la paz alcance cada coraz&#243;n roto.</p><p>Que la esperanza encuentre cada alma cansada.</p><p>Y que nunca olvidemos:</p><p>El amor es m&#225;s fuerte que el miedo.</p><p>El amor es m&#225;s fuerte que cualquier tragedia.</p><p>Y el amor... nunca muere.</p><p></p><p>Con todo mi coraz&#243;n, </p><p>La mam&#225; de un &#225;ngel que vive en el cielo y en mi coraz&#243;n &#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/despues-del-terremoto-el-amor-permanece?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/despues-del-terremoto-el-amor-permanece?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-204376312&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-204376312"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[After the earthquake, love remains]]></title><description><![CDATA[A letter to Venezuela, written from the heart of a mother who has also learned to live with absence]]></description><link>https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/after-the-earthquake-love-remains</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/after-the-earthquake-love-remains</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 14:08:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zSJM!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0e958a41-35bb-477f-a127-dd43d8a1f417_1024x1536.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>This post is also available in Spanish. Read it </span><a href="https://nubiamarquez.substack.com/p/despues-del-terremoto-el-amor-permanece">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/$s_!zSJM!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0e958a41-35bb-477f-a127-dd43d8a1f417_1024x1536.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zSJM!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0e958a41-35bb-477f-a127-dd43d8a1f417_1024x1536.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zSJM!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0e958a41-35bb-477f-a127-dd43d8a1f417_1024x1536.png 848w, 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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>There are moments when words feel too small for the weight of what the heart is carrying.</p><p>Today, Venezuela is grieving.</p><p>Some families have lost loved ones. Others have lost their homes, their memories, their sense of safety. Many are standing in the middle of unimaginable pain, wondering how life could change in a single moment.</p><p>If you are one of them, I want to wrap you in love from afar.</p><p><strong>Grief is one of the deepest expressions of love. We only grieve because we have loved so deeply. And although loss changes us forever, love itself is never lost.</strong></p><p>I know that in moments like these, questions arise that may never find answers. Why? Why them? Why now?</p><p>I don&#8217;t pretend to have those answers.</p><p>But after walking through the unimaginable loss of my son, Mat&#237;as, my soul has learned something that no tragedy has been able to take away from me:</p><p>We are not just bodies.</p><p><code>We are eternal souls having a human experience.</code></p><p>The body may return to the earth, but love does not disappear. Consciousness does not disappear. The essence of who we truly are continues its journey.</p><p>I believe with all my heart that those who left this world were not abandoned. They were welcomed by a Love greater than anything we can comprehend. They are now surrounded by peace, embraced by God, free from pain, fear, and suffering.</p><p>And I like to imagine that among them are children laughing again, grandparents reunited with those they missed, beloved pets running freely, and every soul discovering that death was never the end.</p><p>Only a doorway back Home.</p><p>For those who remain, I know the road ahead may feel impossible.</p><p>There will be tears.</p><p>There will be silence.</p><p>There will be days when breathing itself feels like an act of courage.</p><p>Please don&#8217;t rush your grief.</p><p>Honor every tear.</p><p>Love has no timetable.</p><p>But when your heart is ready, allow hope to sit beside your sorrow.</p><p>Not to erase it...</p><p>but to gently remind you that separation is temporary, while love is eternal.</p><p>To everyone suffering in Venezuela today:</p><p>May you feel held, even when you feel alone.</p><p>May compassionate hands find you.</p><p>May strangers become family.</p><p>May kindness rise from every corner of the world.</p><p>And may the Light of God surround every soul&#8212;those who stayed, those who departed, and those who are now learning how to live with an empty chair at the table.</p><p>We do not heal because we forget.</p><p>We heal because love continues to find us.</p><p>One breath.</p><p>One memory.</p><p>One sunrise.</p><p>One act of kindness at a time.</p><p>Today I hold Venezuela in my prayers.</p><p>May peace reach every broken heart.</p><p>May hope find every weary soul.</p><p>And may we always remember:</p><p>Love is stronger than fear.</p><p>Love is stronger than tragedy.</p><p>And love... never dies.</p><p></p><p>With all my heart,</p><p>The mother of an angel who lives in heaven and in my heart &#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/after-the-earthquake-love-remains?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/after-the-earthquake-love-remains?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-204377442&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-204377442"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first manifestation I remember]]></title><description><![CDATA[The cricket and my father]]></description><link>https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/the-first-manifestation-i-remember</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/the-first-manifestation-i-remember</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:25:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Gpvw!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5ee66a0b-6f86-493b-83fc-d342b6473ae7_1086x1448.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>This post is also available in Spanish. Read it </span><a href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/la-primera-manifestacion-que-recuerdo">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/$s_!Gpvw!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5ee66a0b-6f86-493b-83fc-d342b6473ae7_1086x1448.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Gpvw!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5ee66a0b-6f86-493b-83fc-d342b6473ae7_1086x1448.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Gpvw!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5ee66a0b-6f86-493b-83fc-d342b6473ae7_1086x1448.png 848w, 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It was a house that had grown along with our family. What began as a small space ended up becoming a home full of memories.</p><p>Among all the things in the house, there was one very special to my father: an old iron cabinet where he kept his tools. He loved it so much that, when he remodeled the house, he built it into a wall to preserve it.</p><p>For years, I heard a strange sound coming from there.</p><p>I always thought it was a cricket.</p><p>When we moved out and rented the house, I told the new tenants:</p><p>&#8220;If you hear a cricket around, don&#8217;t worry. We never managed to find it.&#8221;</p><p>A month later, I went back to visit them and asked:</p><p>&#8212;Is the cricket still making noise?</p><p>The young man answered something I never forgot:</p><p>&#8212;No, that wasn&#8217;t a cricket. It was your father. And it left with you.</p><p>I didn&#8217;t argue. I didn&#8217;t ask anything else.</p><p>I simply stored those words somewhere in my heart.</p><p>Many years have passed since then&#8212;almost 25, to be more exact.</p><p>And today, looking back, I think about that sound and that answer.</p><p>Perhaps some experiences are not meant to be explained.</p><p>Perhaps they are only meant to be remembered.</p><p>&#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/the-first-manifestation-i-remember?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/the-first-manifestation-i-remember?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-203427502&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-203427502"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[La primera manifestación que recuerdo]]></title><description><![CDATA[El grillo y mi pap&#225;]]></description><link>https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/la-primera-manifestacion-que-recuerdo</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/la-primera-manifestacion-que-recuerdo</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:25:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RKnx!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa2f76b52-4e6e-402f-a6b8-b4a3bf238a90_1086x1448.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>Este post est&#225; disponible tambi&#233;n en ingl&#233;s. Puedes leerlo </span><strong><a href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/the-first-manifestation-i-remember">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/$s_!RKnx!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa2f76b52-4e6e-402f-a6b8-b4a3bf238a90_1086x1448.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RKnx!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa2f76b52-4e6e-402f-a6b8-b4a3bf238a90_1086x1448.png 424w, 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Era una casa que hab&#237;a crecido junto con nuestra familia. Lo que comenz&#243; como un espacio peque&#241;o termin&#243; convirti&#233;ndose en un hogar lleno de recuerdos.</p><p>Entre todas las cosas de la casa hab&#237;a una muy especial para mi pap&#225;: un viejo gabinete de hierro donde guardaba sus herramientas. Lo quer&#237;a tanto que, cuando remodel&#243; la casa, lo incrust&#243; dentro de una pared para conservarlo.</p><p>Durante a&#241;os escuch&#233; un sonido extra&#241;o que ven&#237;a de all&#237;.</p><p>Siempre pens&#233; que era un grillo.</p><p>Cuando nos mudamos y alquilamos la casa, les coment&#233; a los nuevos inquilinos:</p><p>&#8220;Si escuchan un grillo por ah&#237;, no se preocupen. Nosotros nunca logramos encontrarlo.&#8221;</p><p>Un mes despu&#233;s regres&#233; a visitarlos y les pregunt&#233;:</p><p>&#8212;&#191;Sigue sonando el grillo?</p><p>El muchacho me respondi&#243; algo que nunca olvid&#233;:</p><p><code>&#8212;No, ese no era un grillo. Era tu pap&#225;. Y se fue con ustedes.</code></p><p>No discut&#237;. No pregunt&#233; nada m&#225;s.</p><p>Simplemente guard&#233; esas palabras en alg&#250;n lugar de mi coraz&#243;n.</p><p>Han pasado muchos a&#241;os desde entonces, casi 25 para ser mas exactos.</p><p>Y hoy, mirando hacia atr&#225;s, pienso en aquel sonido y en aquella respuesta.</p><p>Quiz&#225;s algunas experiencias no llegan para ser explicadas.</p><p>Quiz&#225;s solo llegan para ser recordadas.</p><p>&#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/la-primera-manifestacion-que-recuerdo?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/la-primera-manifestacion-que-recuerdo?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-203425481&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-203425481"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Un safari para agradecer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cuando las cebras, las jirafas y los leones cuentan una historia que comenz&#243; muchos a&#241;os atr&#225;s.]]></description><link>https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/un-safari-para-agradecer</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/un-safari-para-agradecer</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:08:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rDWs!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F800e46f5-b37f-40f8-b910-375c9aad8b2b_1080x1080.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Este post est&#225; disponible tambi&#233;n en ingl&#233;s. Puedes leerlo <strong><a href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/a-safari-to-say-thank-you">aqu&#237;</a></strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rDWs!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F800e46f5-b37f-40f8-b910-375c9aad8b2b_1080x1080.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rDWs!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F800e46f5-b37f-40f8-b910-375c9aad8b2b_1080x1080.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rDWs!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F800e46f5-b37f-40f8-b910-375c9aad8b2b_1080x1080.jpeg 848w, 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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>Hay regalos que parecen peque&#241;os cuando se entregan.</p><p>Una cebra.</p><p>Un le&#243;n.</p><p>Un animal de peluche.</p><p>Un detalle pensado para arrancarle una sonrisa a un ni&#241;o.</p><p>Pero el amor con que se entrega un regalo nunca es peque&#241;o.</p><p>Durante a&#241;os, Luisa llen&#243; de alegr&#237;a la vida de Mat&#237;as con detalles que sab&#237;a que &#233;l amaba. Le regal&#243; su cebra favorita y muchos otros figurines de animales que todav&#237;a conservamos con cari&#241;o.</p><p>Esta semana, mientras atravesaba un momento dif&#237;cil, lleg&#243; a su trabajo sin imaginar lo que la esperaba.</p><p>Sus compa&#241;eros le hab&#237;an preparado una celebraci&#243;n por sus 25 a&#241;os de servicio.</p><p>Y all&#237; estaban.</p><p>La cebra.</p><p>La jirafa.</p><p>El le&#243;n.</p><p>El safari completo.</p><p>Cuando vio todo aquello, se emocion&#243; hasta las l&#225;grimas.</p><p>Quiz&#225;s para otros fue simplemente una decoraci&#243;n hermosa.</p><p>Para nosotros fue imposible no reconocer a Mat&#237;as.</p><p>Porque si algo sentimos al ver esas im&#225;genes fue GRATITUD.</p><p>La gratitud de un ni&#241;o que am&#243; profundamente cada uno de esos regalos.</p><p>La gratitud por una mujer que siempre tuvo tiempo para hacerlo sonre&#237;r.</p><p>La gratitud por alguien que sembr&#243; alegr&#237;a sin imaginar cu&#225;nto permanecer&#237;a en el tiempo.</p><p>No sabemos explicar todos los caminos que toma el amor.</p><p>Pero s&#237; sabemos reconocer la gratitud cuando aparece.</p><p>Y esta semana, la vimos reflejada en cebras, jirafas, leones y l&#225;grimas de emoci&#243;n.</p><p>Gracias, Luisa.</p><p>&#128153;</p><p>La fidelidad era una de las cualidades m&#225;s hermosas de Mat&#237;as.</p><p>Cuando su querida cebra perdi&#243; la cola y comenz&#243; a mostrar las huellas de tantos a&#241;os de amor y aventuras, Luisa le regal&#243; otra exactamente igual. Pero Mat&#237;as sigui&#243; eligiendo la original. La nueva era hermosa, pero para &#233;l no era la misma, porque <code>Mat&#237;as no amaba las cosas por c&#243;mo luc&#237;an, sino por la historia que compart&#237;a con ellas.</code></p><p>Una vez incluso la perdi&#243;.</p><p>Hab&#237;amos caminado desde casa hasta un Mall, cerca de 1 milla, cuando nos dimos cuenta de que la cebra ya no estaba con nosotros. Mat&#237;as se desesper&#243;. Sin pensarlo dos veces, emprendimos el camino de regreso recorriendo el mismo trayecto, esperando encontrar alguna pista.</p><p>Y all&#237; estaba.</p><p>Al lado de un poste de madera.</p><p>Alguien la hab&#237;a encontrado y la hab&#237;a dejado cuidadosamente en un lugar visible para que pudiera regresar a las manos de su due&#241;o.</p><p>Cuando Mat&#237;as la vio, su alegr&#237;a fue indescriptible.</p><p>Aquella cebra volvi&#243; a casa.</p><p>Y desde ese d&#237;a, si era posible, la am&#243; todav&#237;a m&#225;s.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4tGr!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd69957e4-b2d4-4e8c-a713-984d4875d537_5636x5636.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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Parece una cebra.&#8221;</p><p>En la malla de la ventana se hab&#237;an formado unas rayas que recordaban sorprendentemente a una cebra. Andr&#233;s vio una grande. Yo descubr&#237; otra m&#225;s peque&#241;a.</p><p>Quiz&#225;s siempre estuvieron all&#237;.</p><p>Quiz&#225;s nunca las hab&#237;amos notado.</p><p>Pero despu&#233;s de pasar horas recordando la historia de su querida cebra, hablando de Luisa y de la fidelidad de Mat&#237;as hacia aquel compa&#241;ero de aventuras que lo acompa&#241;&#243; durante a&#241;os, fue imposible no detenernos a mirar.</p><p>No sabemos explicar todos los caminos que toma el amor.</p><p>Pero s&#237; sabemos que, a veces, los recuerdos encuentran formas inesperadas de hacernos sonre&#237;r.</p><p>&#128153;&#129427;</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ezvE!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdb051827-b30c-4d4a-9af1-3860119483b1_2525x3390.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source 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Marquez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:08:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MkW4!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2864f600-b81b-4f00-b51b-b55640bfd687_1080x1080.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This post is also available in Spanish. Read it <a href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/un-safari-para-agradecer">here</a></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MkW4!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2864f600-b81b-4f00-b51b-b55640bfd687_1080x1080.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MkW4!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2864f600-b81b-4f00-b51b-b55640bfd687_1080x1080.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MkW4!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2864f600-b81b-4f00-b51b-b55640bfd687_1080x1080.jpeg 848w, 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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>There are gifts that seem small when they are given.</p><p>A zebra.</p><p>A lion.</p><p>A stuffed animal.</p><p>A thoughtful gesture meant to bring a smile to a child&#8217;s face.</p><p>But the love with which a gift is given is never small.</p><p>For years, Luisa filled Mat&#237;as&#8217; life with joy through little things she knew he loved. She gave him his favorite zebra and many other animal figurines that we still treasure today.</p><p>This week, while going through a difficult time, she arrived at work with no idea what was waiting for her.</p><p>Her coworkers had prepared a celebration in honor of her 25 years of service.</p><p>And there they were.</p><p>The zebra.</p><p>The giraffe.</p><p>The lion.</p><p>The entire safari.</p><p>When she saw it all, she was moved to tears.</p><p>To others, it may have seemed like a beautiful decoration.</p><p>For us, it was impossible not to recognize Mat&#237;as.</p><p>Because if there was one thing we felt when we saw those images, it was GRATITUDE.</p><p>The gratitude of a child who deeply loved each one of those gifts.</p><p>The gratitude for a woman who always took the time to make him smile.</p><p>The gratitude for someone who planted joy without ever imagining how long it would remain.</p><p>We cannot explain all the paths love takes.</p><p>But we do know how to recognize gratitude when it appears.</p><p>And this week, we saw it reflected in zebras, giraffes, lions, and tears of emotion.</p><p>Thank you, Luisa.</p><p>&#128153;</p><p>One of Mat&#237;as&#8217; most beautiful qualities was his loyalty.</p><p>When his beloved zebra lost its tail and began to show the marks of so many years of love and adventures, Luisa gave him another one exactly like it. But Mat&#237;as continued choosing the original. The new one was beautiful, but to him it was not the same, because <code>Mat&#237;as did not love things for how they looked; he loved them for the story he shared with them.</code></p><p>One day, he even lost it.</p><p>We had walked from home to a mall, nearly a mile away, when we realized the zebra was no longer with us. Mat&#237;as became frantic. Without hesitation, we retraced our steps, following the exact same route, hoping to find some clue.</p><p>And there it was.</p><p>Next to a wooden utility pole.</p><p>Someone had found it and carefully placed it in a visible spot so it could make its way back to its owner.</p><p>When Mat&#237;as saw it, his joy was indescribable.</p><p>That zebra came home.</p><p>And from that day on, if possible, he loved it even more.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!654i!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe5252cb3-16e3-4921-94c0-9d0bbd93b1ba_5636x5636.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p>And when I had just finished writing these lines about Mat&#237;as&#8217; zebra, something happened that made us smile.</p><p>Andr&#233;s looked up toward the window of our bedroom and said to me:</p><p>&#8220;Come see this. It looks like a zebra.&#8221;</p><p>On the window mesh, some lines had formed that surprisingly resembled a zebra. Andr&#233;s saw a big one. I discovered a smaller one.</p><p>Maybe they had always been there.</p><p>Maybe we had just never noticed them.</p><p>But after spending hours remembering the story of his beloved zebra, talking about Luisa and Mat&#237;as&#8217; loyalty to that companion from his adventures who accompanied him for years, it was impossible not to pause and look.</p><p>We don&#8217;t know how to explain all the paths love takes.</p><p>But we do know that, sometimes, memories find unexpected ways to make us smile.</p><p>&#128153;&#129427;</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OPoh!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3e066b45-823e-442b-9f99-c27e8e25c7be_2525x3530.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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Mat&#237;as on a special day.]]></description><link>https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/the-raccoon-and-uncle-marcos-birthday</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/the-raccoon-and-uncle-marcos-birthday</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 14:08:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cpKd!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8e8f733e-88bf-478f-8959-28bb37db7f6c_704x1227.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This post is also available in Spanish. Read it <a href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/el-mapache-y-el-cumpleanos-del-tio">here</a></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cpKd!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8e8f733e-88bf-478f-8959-28bb37db7f6c_704x1227.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cpKd!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8e8f733e-88bf-478f-8959-28bb37db7f6c_704x1227.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cpKd!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8e8f733e-88bf-478f-8959-28bb37db7f6c_704x1227.png 848w, 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While we were recording it, Mat&#237;as&#8217; giraffe started making noise, and I told Andr&#233;s:</p><p>&#8212;Record that too.</p><p>And just before sending the message, I added with a smile:</p><p>&#8212;Don&#8217;t worry, Mat&#237;as is going to send you a manifestation. He&#8217;ll probably send you some little animal.</p><p>It wasn&#8217;t a formal request.<br>It wasn&#8217;t a ceremony.<br>Just a sentence spoken with love.</p><p>A little while later, while Uncle Marco and Aunt Ida were listening to the audio with their son, the dogs started barking insistently.</p><p>They went outside to see what was going on.</p><p>And there it was: a beautiful raccoon &#129437;&#128153; calmly drinking water by the pool.</p><p>The curious thing is that they had never seen one there before.</p><p>So Uncle Marco listened to the message again and was left in shock.</p><p>Just as they were hearing that Mat&#237;as would send a manifestation through an animal, an animal appeared that they had never seen in that place.</p><p>And it was a raccoon.</p><p>The same animal that has appeared so many times in our story.</p><p>The one that first began crossing paths with Mar&#237;a and Andr&#233;s in New York.</p><p>The one that showed up as a small figurine dressed in blue.</p><p>The one that keeps appearing at unexpected moments, as if it simply finds a way to say:</p><p>&#8220;Hi. I&#8217;m here.&#8221;</p><p>Maybe the sign is never just the animal.</p><p>Maybe the sign is the exact moment it appears.</p><p>Because when something shows up exactly when you need it, exactly when you name it, and exactly when you think of someone you love, it stops feeling like just a coincidence.</p><p>And on that special day, on Uncle Marco&#8217;s birthday, the messenger appeared again.</p><p>With his little bandit mask, his tiny paws, and a quiet greeting for the whole family:<br>Happy birthday, Uncle Marco &#129437;&#128153;</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;7d4273bc-1b7d-44c9-9221-b1960eaad380&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Video:</strong> And so this small, special manifestation unfolded.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></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/the-raccoon-and-uncle-marcos-birthday?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/the-raccoon-and-uncle-marcos-birthday?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-199013973&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-199013973"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[EL MAPACHE Y EL CUMPLEAÑOS DEL TÍO MARCO 🦝💙]]></title><description><![CDATA[Una peque&#241;a se&#241;al de Mat&#237;as en un d&#237;a especial]]></description><link>https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/el-mapache-y-el-cumpleanos-del-tio</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/el-mapache-y-el-cumpleanos-del-tio</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 14:08:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9nTx!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fab1ac075-01ce-4c8a-b964-2113be133f23_704x1224.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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Mientras la grab&#225;bamos, comenz&#243; a sonar la jirafa de Mat&#237;as y le dije a Andr&#233;s:</p><p>&#8212;Gr&#225;bala tambi&#233;n.</p><p>Y antes de enviar el mensaje agregu&#233; sonriendo:</p><p>&#8212;Tranquilo, que Mat&#237;as te va a mandar una manifestaci&#243;n. Seguro te manda alg&#250;n animalito.</p><p>No fue una petici&#243;n formal.<br>No fue una ceremonia.<br>Solo una frase dicha con amor.</p><p>Un rato despu&#233;s, cuando el t&#237;o Marco y la t&#237;a Ida estaban escuchando el audio junto a su hijo, los perros comenzaron a ladrar insistentemente.</p><p>Salieron a ver qu&#233; ocurr&#237;a.</p><p>Y all&#237; estaba: Un hermoso mapache &#129437;&#128153;, tomando agua tranquilamente junto a la piscina.</p><p>Lo curioso es que nunca hab&#237;an visto uno all&#237;.</p><p>Entonces el t&#237;o escuch&#243; nuevamente mi mensaje y se qued&#243; sorprendido.</p><p>Justo cuando escuchaban que Mat&#237;as enviar&#237;a una manifestaci&#243;n a trav&#233;s de un animal, apareci&#243; un animal que jam&#225;s hab&#237;an visto en ese lugar.</p><p>Y adem&#225;s era un mapache.</p><p>El mismo animal que tantas veces ha aparecido en nuestra historia.</p><p>El que comenz&#243; a cruzarse en el camino de Mar&#237;a y Andr&#233;s en Nueva York.</p><p>El que apareci&#243; convertido en un peque&#241;o figur&#237;n vestido de azul.</p><p>El que sigue apareciendo en momentos inesperados, como si encontrara la manera de decir simplemente:</p><p>&#8220;Hola. Estoy aqu&#237;.&#8221;</p><p>Quiz&#225;s la se&#241;al nunca es &#250;nicamente el animal.</p><p>Quiz&#225;s la se&#241;al es el momento exacto en que aparece.</p><p>Porque cuando algo llega justo cuando lo necesitas, justo cuando lo nombras y justo cuando piensas en quien amas, deja de sentirse como una coincidencia cualquiera.</p><p>Y ese d&#237;a especial, en el cumplea&#241;os del t&#237;o Marco, el mensajero volvi&#243; a aparecer.</p><p>Con su m&#225;scara de bandido, sus peque&#241;as patas y un saludo silencioso para toda la familia: Feliz cumplea&#241;os, t&#237;o Marco &#129437;&#128153;</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;4b758e8a-cd58-4b75-8a22-1691429bcadb&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Video: </strong>Y as&#237; se vivi&#243; esta peque&#241;a manifestaci&#243;n tan especial</p><p style="text-align: center;"></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/el-mapache-y-el-cumpleanos-del-tio?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/el-mapache-y-el-cumpleanos-del-tio?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-199013323&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-199013323"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Milk Heart]]></title><description><![CDATA[Perhaps the connection was always there &#8212; we just had to quiet the noise to notice it.]]></description><link>https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/the-milk-heart</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/the-milk-heart</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 14:08:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!O6d-!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0a38a0b6-780f-4a0f-9178-9de3464eab8f_1341x1775.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/el-corazon-de-leche">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/$s_!O6d-!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0a38a0b6-780f-4a0f-9178-9de3464eab8f_1341x1775.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!O6d-!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0a38a0b6-780f-4a0f-9178-9de3464eab8f_1341x1775.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!O6d-!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0a38a0b6-780f-4a0f-9178-9de3464eab8f_1341x1775.png 848w, 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Sometimes an elephant, an anteater, a sea lion, a giraffe, or a dog; other times a bird, or figures that are hard to explain. And we look for them the way someone listens to a language they&#8217;ve slowly learned to recognize.</p><p>Today Andr&#233;s said to me:<br>&#8220;Look, Mat&#237;as drew me an elephant.&#8221;</p><p>And I answered:<br>&#8220;Yes&#8230; and look at the upside-down heart he makes when he curls the trunk.&#8221;</p><p>It may sound strange to some people. But for us, it feels natural. Everyday. Like love finding ways to remain present.</p><p>The most beautiful part came afterward.</p><p>I never drink coffee. In fact, I usually don&#8217;t drink anything with breakfast, or maybe just a little juice. But today, without even thinking much about it, I said to my husband:<br>&#8220;I want milk&#8230; please pour me a glass of milk.&#8221;</p><p>We finished breakfast. I got up to bring the plates into the kitchen and left the glass behind on the table.</p><p>Then Andr&#233;s called me.</p><p>&#8220;Look what Mat&#237;as just drew for you here.&#8221;</p><p>At the bottom of the glass, <strong>the milk drifted toward the edges and left, at the center, a perfect heart. Waiting for me&#8230;</strong></p><p>And honestly&#8230; I didn&#8217;t feel surprised.<br><code>I felt love and peace.</code></p><p>Because when you live this kind of connection day after day, it stops feeling like coincidence and begins to feel like language.</p><p>Over time, I&#8217;ve come to believe that maybe it&#8217;s not about &#8220;learning&#8221; how to connect with the people we love who are no longer physically here. Maybe the connection has always existed.</p><p>Maybe what we really need is to unlearn.</p><p>To undo the beliefs that harden the way we see.<br>To let go of the need to control, to explain everything, to dismiss what is deeply felt.<br>To quiet the mind.<br>To set the ego aside, even just for a moment.</p><p>And then something begins to open.</p><p>I&#8217;m not saying everyone should see signs in a cup of coffee or a glass of milk. Every connection finds its own language. But I do believe, deeply, that love does not disappear, and that life continues to speak to us in very subtle ways.</p><p>Sometimes it arrives as a memory.<br>Sometimes as an unexpected animal.<br>And sometimes&#8230; as a tiny milk heart waiting at the bottom of a glass &#128153;</p><p><code>Matias, we love you&#8230;</code></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/the-milk-heart?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/the-milk-heart?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-198022577&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-198022577"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[El corazón de leche]]></title><description><![CDATA[Quiz&#225;s la conexi&#243;n siempre estuvo ah&#237;; solo ten&#237;amos que silenciar el ruido para notarla]]></description><link>https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/el-corazon-de-leche</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/el-corazon-de-leche</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 14:08:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nzkG!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2828ae0b-ffa6-4700-a474-a1295db3bef7_1341x1775.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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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>Cada ma&#241;ana, cuando Andr&#233;s prepara su espresso, ocurre algo muy especial entre &#233;l y Mat&#237;as.</p><p>Mientras la leche cae sobre el caf&#233;, aparecen formas de animales. A veces un elefante, un oso hormiguero, un le&#243;n marino, una girafe, un perro, otras veces un ave o figuras dif&#237;ciles de explicar. Y nosotros las buscamos como quien escucha un idioma que ya aprendi&#243; a reconocer.</p><p>Hoy Andr&#233;s me dijo:<br>&#8220;Mira, Mat&#237;as me dibuj&#243; un elefante.&#8221;</p><p>Y yo le respond&#237;:<br>&#8220;S&#237;&#8230; y mira el coraz&#243;n al rev&#233;s que hace cuando enrosca la trompa.&#8221;</p><p>Puede sonar extra&#241;o para algunos. Pero para nosotros es natural. Es cotidiano. Es amor encontrando maneras de seguir presente.</p><p>Lo m&#225;s hermoso vino despu&#233;s.</p><p>Yo nunca tomo caf&#233;. De hecho, normalmente desayuno sin bebidas, o apenas un poco de jugo. Pero hoy, sin pensarlo demasiado, le dije a mi esposo:<br>&#8220;Quiero leche&#8230; s&#237;rveme un vaso de leche, por favor.&#8221;</p><p>Terminamos de desayunar. Yo me levant&#233; para llevar los platos a la cocina y dej&#233; el vaso sobre la mesa.</p><p>Entonces Andr&#233;s me llam&#243;.</p><p>&#8220;Mira lo que Mat&#237;as te acaba de dibujar aqu&#237;.&#8221;</p><p>En el fondo del vaso, <strong>la leche se abri&#243; hacia los bordes y dej&#243;, en el centro, un coraz&#243;n perfecto. Esper&#225;ndome&#8230;</strong></p><p>Y honestamente&#8230; no sent&#237; sorpresa.<br><code>Sent&#237; mucho amor y paz.</code></p><p>Porque cuando uno vive este tipo de conexi&#243;n d&#237;a tras d&#237;a, deja de sentirse como coincidencia y empieza a sentirse como lenguaje.</p><p>Con el tiempo he entendido que quiz&#225; no se trata de &#8220;aprender&#8221; a conectar con quienes amamos y ya no vemos f&#237;sicamente. Tal vez la conexi&#243;n siempre ha estado all&#237;.</p><p>Tal vez lo que realmente necesitamos es desaprender.</p><p>Deshacer muchas creencias que nos endurecen la mirada.<br>Soltar la necesidad de controlar, de explicar todo, de ridiculizar lo sensible.<br>Hacer silencio mental.<br>Dejar el ego a un lado por un momento.</p><p>Y entonces algo empieza a abrirse.</p><p>No digo que todos deban ver se&#241;ales en una taza o en un vaso de leche. Cada conexi&#243;n encuentra su propio lenguaje. Pero s&#237; creo profundamente que el amor no desaparece, y que hay formas muy sutiles en las que la vida sigue habl&#225;ndonos.</p><p>A veces llega en forma de un recuerdo.<br>A veces en un animal inesperado.<br>Y a veces&#8230; en un peque&#241;o coraz&#243;n de leche al fondo de un vaso &#128153;</p><p><code>Matias, te amamos&#8230;</code></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/el-corazon-de-leche?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/el-corazon-de-leche?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-198021008&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-198021008"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[El racún que no era solo un racún]]></title><description><![CDATA[Porque algunas presencias no dependen del cuerpo para seguir acompa&#241;ando]]></description><link>https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/el-racun-que-no-era-solo-un-racun</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/el-racun-que-no-era-solo-un-racun</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 14:08:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!87yx!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fabd53425-a8e7-42af-b77d-2ff4c786d3dc_1152x921.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Este post est&#225; disponible tambi&#233;n en ingl&#233;s. Puedes leerlo <strong><a href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/the-raccoon-that-was-never-just-a">aqu&#237;</a></strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!87yx!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fabd53425-a8e7-42af-b77d-2ff4c786d3dc_1152x921.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!87yx!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fabd53425-a8e7-42af-b77d-2ff4c786d3dc_1152x921.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!87yx!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fabd53425-a8e7-42af-b77d-2ff4c786d3dc_1152x921.png 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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><br>No recuerdo que los mapaches (racunes) tuvieran un significado tan especial antes.</p><p>Sin embargo, recuerdo una vez que est&#225;bamos caminando alrededor del Lago de Minnewaska State Park. Yo cruc&#233; por un tronco improvisado como puente junto a Mar&#237;a, pero Andr&#233;s decidi&#243; irse por la parte de abajo con Mat&#237;as.</p><p>Y fue ah&#237;, lejos de nosotras, cuando un rac&#250;n apareci&#243; frente a ellos. Andr&#233;s se qued&#243; detenido un rato, ense&#241;&#225;ndoselo a Mat&#237;as.</p><p>Nada m&#225;s en particular, adem&#225;s de haberlo visto alguna vez en zool&#243;gicos, libros o videos.</p><p>La conexi&#243;n vino despu&#233;s de que Mat&#237;as parti&#243;.</p><p>Primero comenzaron a aparecerles mapaches a Maria y Andres mientras &#233;l conduc&#237;a el carro de Mar&#237;a en plena ciudad de Nueva York, cerca de la casa. Luego, Mar&#237;a encontr&#243; en su trabajo un peque&#241;o y hermoso figur&#237;n de mapache, vestido de azul &#8212;el color favorito de Mat&#237;as&#8212; colocado en un lugar com&#250;n, como si estuviera esper&#225;ndola. Mar&#237;a lo tom&#243; y desde entonces la acompa&#241;a siempre; lo puso en su carro rojo como adorno central.</p><p>Despu&#233;s, en la casita de campo de Mar&#237;a &#8212;la cual bautiz&#243; como <em>Mat&#237;as&#8217; House</em>&#8212; est&#225;bamos limpiando el frente lleno de hojas, y hab&#237;a dos animales decorativos muy sucios. Cuando los lavamos, descubrimos que uno era un rac&#250;n. Un animal poco com&#250;n para decoraciones de casa.</p><p>Y as&#237; siguieron apareciendo.</p><p>Debajo del carro. En momentos inesperados. Como peque&#241;os &#8220;hola&#8221; disfrazados.</p><p>Ahora Mar&#237;a vive en Texas.</p><p>Y esta semana, una vecina le toc&#243; la puerta para mostrarle algo &#8220;extra&#241;o&#8221;:</p><p>&#8220;Jam&#225;s hab&#237;amos visto racunes aqu&#237;&#8230;&#8221;</p><p>El video mostraba un rac&#250;n caminando tranquilamente&#8230; y luego subiendo justo hacia el techo donde vive Mar&#237;a.</p><p>Como si supiera exactamente d&#243;nde encontrarla.</p><p>Y ah&#237; es donde todo cambia de significado.</p><p>Porque quiz&#225;s no se trata de que el rac&#250;n representara algo desde antes.</p><p>Sino de que, despu&#233;s, ciertas presencias encuentran nuevas formas de hacerse notar.</p><p>Como si el amor &#8212;cuando ya no puede sostenerse en el cuerpo&#8212; empezara a usar la naturaleza como lenguaje.</p><p>Y en ese lenguaje, el rac&#250;n se convirti&#243; en algo profundamente personal para Mar&#237;a.</p><p>No porque lo fuera antes.</p><p>Sino porque empez&#243; a aparecer cuando m&#225;s necesitaba sentir que no estaba sola. &#129437;&#129293;</p><p>Y ah&#237; entend&#237; algo que quiz&#225;s el amor nos ense&#241;a demasiado tarde:</p><p>Ellos no se van.</p><p>Solo dejan de existir dentro de los l&#237;mites f&#237;sicos que nosotros entendemos.</p><p>Porque cuando el cuerpo ya no puede abrazar, el amor aprende otras maneras de aparecer.</p><p>A veces en canciones.<br>A veces en sue&#241;os.<br>A veces en recuerdos inesperados.<br>Y a veces&#8230; en un rac&#250;n que encuentra exactamente a la persona que necesita sentir que no est&#225; sola.</p><p>Hoy el rac&#250;n es la conexi&#243;n m&#225;s profunda entre Mat&#237;as y Mar&#237;a, su querida &#8220;del carro rojo&#8221;. Como si ahora que ella est&#225; lejos, &#233;l quisiera recordarle:</p><p><strong>&#8220;Todav&#237;a estoy aqu&#237; contigo.&#8221; &#129437;&#128153;</strong></p><p><code>Un rac&#250;n, una distancia y un v&#237;nculo que sigue vivo m&#225;s all&#225; del cuerpo.</code></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The raccoon that was never just a raccoon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Because some presences don&#8217;t depend on the body to keep accompanying us.]]></description><link>https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/the-raccoon-that-was-never-just-a</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/the-raccoon-that-was-never-just-a</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 14:08:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bK2z!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3b4f81b-5bbb-49b0-bbc6-d17402bf576c_1152x921.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This post is also available in Spanish. Read it <a href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/el-racun-que-no-era-solo-un-racun">here</a></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bK2z!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3b4f81b-5bbb-49b0-bbc6-d17402bf576c_1152x921.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bK2z!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3b4f81b-5bbb-49b0-bbc6-d17402bf576c_1152x921.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bK2z!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3b4f81b-5bbb-49b0-bbc6-d17402bf576c_1152x921.png 848w, 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I crossed an improvised log that served as a bridge with Mar&#237;a, but Andr&#233;s decided to go down the lower path with Mat&#237;as.</p><p>And it was there, away from us, that a raccoon appeared in front of them. Andr&#233;s stopped for a moment, showing it to Mat&#237;as.</p><p>Nothing particularly meaningful at the time, other than having seen raccoons before in zoos, books, or videos.</p><p>The connection came after Mat&#237;as passed.</p><p>First, raccoons began appearing to Mar&#237;a and Andr&#233;s while he was driving Mar&#237;a&#8217;s car in the middle of New York City, near their home. Then, Mar&#237;a found at her workplace a small and beautiful raccoon figurine, dressed in blue &#8212; Mat&#237;as&#8217; favorite color &#8212; placed in a common area, as if it had been waiting for her. Mar&#237;a took it, and since then it has stayed with her always; she placed it in her red car as a central ornament.</p><p>Later, at Mar&#237;a&#8217;s country house &#8212; which she named <em>Mat&#237;as&#8217; House</em> &#8212; we were cleaning the front covered in leaves, and there were two very dirty decorative animals. When we washed them, we discovered one was a raccoon. An uncommon animal for home decorations.</p><p>And they kept appearing after that.</p><p>Under the car. In unexpected moments. Like small disguised &#8220;hellos.&#8221;</p><p>Now Mar&#237;a lives in Texas.</p><p>And this week, a neighbor knocked on her door to show her something &#8220;strange&#8221;:</p><p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve never seen raccoons here&#8230;&#8221;</p><p>The video showed a raccoon calmly walking&#8230; and then climbing directly toward the roof where Mar&#237;a lives.</p><p>As if it knew exactly where to find her.</p><p>And that is where everything shifts in meaning.</p><p>Because perhaps it is not that the raccoon represented something from the beginning.</p><p>But rather that, afterward, certain presences find new ways of making themselves known.</p><p>As if love &#8212; when it can no longer exist within the body &#8212; begins to use nature as a language.</p><p>And in that language, the raccoon became something deeply personal for Mar&#237;a.</p><p>Not because it was before.</p><p>But because it began to appear when she most needed to feel she was not alone. &#129437;&#129293;</p><p>And there I understood something that perhaps love teaches us too late:</p><p>They do not leave.<br>They only stop existing within the physical limits we are able to understand.</p><p>Because when the body can no longer embrace, love learns other ways of appearing.</p><p>Sometimes in songs.<br>Sometimes in dreams.<br>Sometimes in unexpected memories.<br>And sometimes&#8230; in a raccoon that finds exactly the person who needs to feel she is not alone.</p><p>Today, the raccoon is the deepest connection between Mat&#237;as and Mar&#237;a, his beloved &#8220;girl with the red car.&#8221; As if now that she is far away, he wants to remind her:</p><p><strong>&#8220;I am still here with you.&#8221; </strong>&#129437;&#128153;</p><p><code>A raccoon, a distance, and a bond that continues to live beyond the body.</code></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where Embraces Still Exist]]></title><description><![CDATA[On those dreams that feel real&#8230; and the possibility of finding each other again while we sleep]]></description><link>https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/where-embraces-still-exist</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/where-embraces-still-exist</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 16:51:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2L_6!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F93544a37-a4f9-4cb8-b224-ff234c2da068_1376x768.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This post is also available in Spanish. Read it <a href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/donde-los-abrazos-siguen-existiendo">here</a></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2L_6!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F93544a37-a4f9-4cb8-b224-ff234c2da068_1376x768.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2L_6!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F93544a37-a4f9-4cb8-b224-ff234c2da068_1376x768.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2L_6!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F93544a37-a4f9-4cb8-b224-ff234c2da068_1376x768.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>I dreamed of you last night. </p><p>It wasn&#8217;t an ordinary dream.<br>It wasn&#8217;t blurry, or distant, or confusing.<br>It was one of those dreams that feel&#8230; real.</p><p>I felt you close, Mat&#237;as&#8230; I was able to hold you.</p><p>And in that embrace there was no absence,<br>no illness,<br>no goodbyes.</p><p>It was just you and me,<br>as always&#8212;together.</p><p>There are dreams that feel like more than dreams.<br>Dreams where time dissolves,<br>and the heart recognizes something the mind doesn&#8217;t need to explain.</p><p>Sometimes I think that when we sleep,<br>something within us softens,<br>opens,<br>and finds paths we cannot see during the day.</p><p>As if the soul remembers routes<br>the body has forgotten.</p><p>I don&#8217;t know how to explain it.<br>I don&#8217;t know what name to give it.</p><p>But I know what I felt.</p><p>I felt you close.<br>I felt you at peace.<br>I felt you&#8230; the way you used to be.</p><p>And I hold on to that.</p><p>To that quiet certainty&#8212;without proof&#8212;<br>that love does not break,<br>that there are encounters that do not depend on the physical world,<br>that there are embraces that continue to exist somewhere.</p><p>Maybe dreams are not just dreams.<br>Maybe they are small windows,<br>borrowed moments,<br>silent gifts.</p><p>Or maybe&#8230;<br>they are simply the purest way the heart finds its way home again.</p><p>Whatever they are, thank you for meeting me there. I will always be willing to dream you.</p><p><code>&#8220;And thank you, my son, for what you told me&#8230; you and I both know what it means.&#8221;</code></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/where-embraces-still-exist?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/where-embraces-still-exist?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-196676995&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-196676995"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Donde los abrazos siguen existiendo]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sobre esos sue&#241;os que se sienten reales&#8230; y la posibilidad de volver a encontrarnos mientras dormimos]]></description><link>https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/donde-los-abrazos-siguen-existiendo</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/donde-los-abrazos-siguen-existiendo</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 16:50:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zucU!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5d1b738e-ceb3-4195-97c9-666d2c98670e_1376x768.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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contigo.</p><p>No fue un sue&#241;o cualquiera.<br>No fue borroso, ni lejano, ni confuso.<br>Fue de esos que se sienten&#8230; reales.</p><p>Te sent&#237; cerca, Mat&#237;as... pude abrazarte.</p><p>Y en ese abrazo no hab&#237;a ausencia,<br>no hab&#237;a enfermedad,<br>no hab&#237;a despedidas.</p><p>Solo est&#225;bamos t&#250; y yo,<br>como siempre&#8212; juntos.</p><p>Hay sue&#241;os que parecen m&#225;s que sue&#241;os.<br>Sue&#241;os donde el tiempo se disuelve<br>y el coraz&#243;n reconoce algo que la mente no necesita entender.</p><p>A veces pienso que cuando dormimos,<br>algo en nosotros se suaviza,<br>se abre, y encuentra caminos que durante el d&#237;a no vemos.</p><p>Como si el alma recordara rutas<br>que el cuerpo ha olvidado.</p><p>No s&#233; explicarlo.<br>No s&#233; ponerle nombre exacto.</p><p>Pero s&#233; lo que sent&#237;.</p><p>Te sent&#237; cerca.<br>Te sent&#237; en paz.<br>Te sent&#237;&#8230; como antes.</p><p>Y me quedo con eso.</p><p>Con la certeza &#237;ntima &#8212;aunque no tenga pruebas&#8212;<br>de que el amor no se interrumpe,<br>de que hay encuentros que no dependen del mundo f&#237;sico,<br>de que hay abrazos que siguen existiendo en alg&#250;n lugar.</p><p>Quiz&#225;s los sue&#241;os no son solo sue&#241;os.<br>Quiz&#225;s son peque&#241;as ventanas,<br>momentos prestados,<br>regalos silenciosos.</p><p>O quiz&#225;s&#8230;<br>solo son la forma m&#225;s pura que tiene el coraz&#243;n de volver a casa.</p><p>Sea lo que sea, gracias por encontrarme ah&#237;. Siempre voy a estar dispuesta a so&#241;arte.</p><p><code>&#8220;Y gracias, hijo, por lo que me dijiste&#8230; t&#250; y yo sabemos lo que significa.&#8221;</code></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/donde-los-abrazos-siguen-existiendo?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/donde-los-abrazos-siguen-existiendo?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-196676341&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-196676341"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Esa madrugada a la 1:19]]></title><description><![CDATA[El lenguaje invisible del amor]]></description><link>https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/esa-madrugada-a-la-119</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/esa-madrugada-a-la-119</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:08:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2NwC!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbfee3cd1-e057-4784-b9bf-0be40363cc02_1086x1448.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/that-dawn-at-119">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/$s_!2NwC!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbfee3cd1-e057-4784-b9bf-0be40363cc02_1086x1448.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2NwC!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbfee3cd1-e057-4784-b9bf-0be40363cc02_1086x1448.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2NwC!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbfee3cd1-e057-4784-b9bf-0be40363cc02_1086x1448.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2NwC!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbfee3cd1-e057-4784-b9bf-0be40363cc02_1086x1448.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2NwC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbfee3cd1-e057-4784-b9bf-0be40363cc02_1086x1448.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2NwC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbfee3cd1-e057-4784-b9bf-0be40363cc02_1086x1448.png" width="1086" height="1448" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/bfee3cd1-e057-4784-b9bf-0be40363cc02_1086x1448.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1448,&quot;width&quot;:1086,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:2271285,&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/195663210?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbfee3cd1-e057-4784-b9bf-0be40363cc02_1086x1448.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2NwC!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbfee3cd1-e057-4784-b9bf-0be40363cc02_1086x1448.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2NwC!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbfee3cd1-e057-4784-b9bf-0be40363cc02_1086x1448.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2NwC!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbfee3cd1-e057-4784-b9bf-0be40363cc02_1086x1448.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2NwC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbfee3cd1-e057-4784-b9bf-0be40363cc02_1086x1448.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>El 24 de abril se cumpli&#243; un a&#241;o desde que Lala, la querida t&#237;a de Andr&#233;s, se fue al cielo.</p><p>Y, como muchas veces hacemos cuando extra&#241;amos profundamente, le habl&#233;.<br>Pero no desde la tristeza&#8230; sino desde esa mezcla de amor, curiosidad y esperanza.</p><p>Le ped&#237; algo muy espec&#237;fico.</p><p>Le dije:<br><em>&#8220;Si est&#225;s bien, si est&#225;s en paz&#8230; si est&#225;s con Mat&#237;as, con tus hermanas&#8230; manifi&#233;state.&#8221;</em></p><p>Y tambi&#233;n le ped&#237; una forma.</p><p>Le dije que usara la jirafa de Mat&#237;as.</p><p>Esa jirafa que guarda historias.<br>Esa que no suena porque s&#237;.</p><p>A la 1:19 de la madrugada, la jirafa comenz&#243; a sonar.</p><p>Pero no suave.<br>No por accidente.<br>Son&#243; con fuerza. Con intenci&#243;n.</p><p>Me despert&#233; de inmediato.<br>Mir&#233; el celular: 1:19.</p><p>Y en ese momento algo dentro de m&#237; se acomod&#243;.</p><p>Porque los n&#250;meros, a veces, tambi&#233;n hablan.</p><p>La mam&#225; de Andr&#233;s &#8212;que tambi&#233;n est&#225; en el cielo&#8212; naci&#243; un 19 de enero.<br>1&#8230; y 19.</p><p>No s&#233; explicarlo.<br>Pero lo sent&#237;.</p><p>Y no fue solo ese momento.</p><p>La jirafa son&#243; durante toda la madrugada&#8230;<br>y luego, durante el d&#237;a, volvi&#243; a sonar como nunca antes.</p><p>Como si hubiera algo que necesitaba ser dicho.<br>Como si hubiera una presencia&#8230; insistente, amorosa, clara.</p><p>Y luego&#8230; silencio.</p><p>Podr&#237;a intentar explicarlo.</p><p>Podr&#237;a buscar l&#243;gica, causas, razones.</p><p>Pero hay experiencias que no necesitan ser comprobadas para ser reales en el coraz&#243;n.</p><p>Creo que todos, en alg&#250;n momento, hemos sentido algo as&#237;.</p><p>Una canci&#243;n que aparece justo cuando la necesitas.<br>Un n&#250;mero que se repite.<br>Un objeto que se mueve.<br>Un sue&#241;o que se siente m&#225;s real que la vigilia.</p><p>Peque&#241;as formas en las que el amor&#8230; insiste en quedarse.</p><p>No se trata de convencer a nadie.</p><p>Se trata de permitirnos sentir.</p><p>De abrir un espacio &#8212;aunque sea peque&#241;o&#8212; donde lo invisible tambi&#233;n tenga lugar.</p><p>Si alguna vez quieres conectar con alguien que amas y que ya no est&#225;&#8230;</p><p>no necesitas hacer algo complicado.</p><p><code>Solo necesitas intenci&#243;n.</code></p><p><strong>Puedes hablarle.<br>Puedes pedir una se&#241;al.<br>Puedes proponer un s&#237;mbolo.</strong></p><p><strong>Y luego&#8230; observar sin ansiedad.</strong></p><p>Las se&#241;ales no siempre llegan como esperamos,<br>pero cuando llegan&#8230; se sienten.</p><p>Ayer, para m&#237;, fue uno de esos d&#237;as.</p><p>Un d&#237;a en el que el amor encontr&#243; la forma de hablar.</p><p>Y yo&#8230; eleg&#237; escuchar.</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/esa-madrugada-a-la-119?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/esa-madrugada-a-la-119?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-195663210&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-195663210"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[That Dawn at 1:19]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Invisible Language of Love]]></description><link>https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/that-dawn-at-119</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/that-dawn-at-119</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:08:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NP8N!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb134e343-d9a0-45dd-95d4-4b87e3d5e516_1086x1448.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This post is also available in Spanish. Read it <a href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/esa-madrugada-a-la-119">here</a></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NP8N!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb134e343-d9a0-45dd-95d4-4b87e3d5e516_1086x1448.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NP8N!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb134e343-d9a0-45dd-95d4-4b87e3d5e516_1086x1448.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NP8N!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb134e343-d9a0-45dd-95d4-4b87e3d5e516_1086x1448.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NP8N!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb134e343-d9a0-45dd-95d4-4b87e3d5e516_1086x1448.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NP8N!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb134e343-d9a0-45dd-95d4-4b87e3d5e516_1086x1448.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NP8N!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb134e343-d9a0-45dd-95d4-4b87e3d5e516_1086x1448.png" width="1086" height="1448" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b134e343-d9a0-45dd-95d4-4b87e3d5e516_1086x1448.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1448,&quot;width&quot;:1086,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:2219804,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.nubiamarquez.com/i/195664002?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb134e343-d9a0-45dd-95d4-4b87e3d5e516_1086x1448.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NP8N!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb134e343-d9a0-45dd-95d4-4b87e3d5e516_1086x1448.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NP8N!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb134e343-d9a0-45dd-95d4-4b87e3d5e516_1086x1448.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NP8N!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb134e343-d9a0-45dd-95d4-4b87e3d5e516_1086x1448.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NP8N!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb134e343-d9a0-45dd-95d4-4b87e3d5e516_1086x1448.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>April 24th marked one year since Lala, Andr&#233;s&#8217; beloved aunt, went to heaven.</p><p>And like we often do when we deeply miss someone, I spoke to her.<br>Not from sadness&#8230; but from a place of love, curiosity, and hope.</p><p>I asked her for something very specific.</p><p>&#8220;If you&#8217;re okay&#8230; if you&#8217;re at peace&#8230; if you&#8217;re with Mat&#237;as, with your sisters&#8230; show me.&#8221;</p><p>And I asked for a sign.</p><p>I asked her to use Mat&#237;as&#8217; giraffe.</p><p>That giraffe that holds stories.<br>The one that doesn&#8217;t just go off for no reason.</p><p>At 1:19 a.m., it started to play.</p><p>Not softly.<br>Not randomly.<br>With strength. With intention.</p><p>I woke up immediately.<br>I checked my phone: 1:19.</p><p>And something inside me settled.</p><p>Because sometimes&#8230; numbers speak too.</p><p>Andr&#233;s&#8217; mom&#8212;who is also in heaven&#8212;was born on January 19.<br>1&#8230; and 19.</p><p>I can&#8217;t explain it.<br>But I felt it.</p><p>And it didn&#8217;t stop there.</p><p>The giraffe kept playing throughout the night&#8230;<br>and later during the day, it played again like never before.</p><p>As if something needed to be said.<br>As if a presence was there&#8230; persistent, loving, clear.</p><p>And then&#8230; silence.</p><p>I could try to explain it.</p><p>I could look for logic, reasons, explanations.</p><p>But some experiences don&#8217;t need to be proven to be true in the heart.</p><p>I believe many of us have felt something like this.</p><p>A song that appears at the right moment.<br>A number that keeps repeating.<br>An object that moves.<br>A dream that feels more real than being awake.</p><p>Small ways love finds to stay.</p><p>This isn&#8217;t about convincing anyone.</p><p>It&#8217;s about allowing ourselves to feel.</p><p>To open a small space where the invisible is also welcome.</p><p>If you ever want to connect with someone you love who is no longer here&#8230;</p><p>you don&#8217;t need anything complicated.</p><p><code>Just intention.</code></p><p><strong>You can talk to them.<br>You can ask for a sign.<br>You can choose a symbol.</strong></p><p><strong>And then&#8230; observe without anxiety.</strong></p><p>Signs don&#8217;t always come the way we expect,<br>but when they do&#8230; you feel them.</p><p>Yesterday was one of those days for me.</p><p>A day when love found a way to speak.</p><p>And I chose to listen.</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/that-dawn-at-119?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/that-dawn-at-119?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-195664002&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-195664002"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Los sueños también son un puente]]></title><description><![CDATA[En el duelo, el amor encuentra nuevas formas de quedarse]]></description><link>https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/los-suenos-tambien-son-un-puente</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/los-suenos-tambien-son-un-puente</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nubia Marquez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:43:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DeSq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F96f79c80-b4ae-4eab-8062-3fed76a6a726_1264x843.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/dreams-are-also-a-bridge">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/$s_!DeSq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F96f79c80-b4ae-4eab-8062-3fed76a6a726_1264x843.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DeSq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F96f79c80-b4ae-4eab-8062-3fed76a6a726_1264x843.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DeSq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F96f79c80-b4ae-4eab-8062-3fed76a6a726_1264x843.png 848w, 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aparecen&#8230; uno no duda &#10024;.</p><p>He aprendido que no se trata de explicarlos, sino de recibirlos.</p><p>De abrir espacio.</p><p>De honrar ese momento como lo que es: <strong>un regalo</strong>.</p><p>En casa, Andr&#233;s tiene un ritual que me parece hermoso.<br>Cada vez que sue&#241;a con Mat&#237;as&#8230; lo escribe.</p><p>Sin analizarlo demasiado.<br>Sin tratar de entenderlo todo.</p><p>Solo lo guarda.</p><p>Como quien guarda una visita.</p><p>Porque eso es lo que sentimos:<br>que en esos sue&#241;os&#8230; Mat&#237;as viene &#10024;</p><p>Si est&#225;s viviendo un duelo, tal vez esto pueda ayudarte:</p><p>&#8211; Ten un cuaderno cerca de tu cama.<br>&#8211; Escribe apenas despiertes, aunque sean palabras sueltas.<br>&#8211; No juzgues el sue&#241;o.<br>&#8211; No trates de &#8220;forzarlo&#8221; a tener sentido.<br>&#8211; Solo rec&#237;belo.</p><p>Con el tiempo, te das cuenta de algo muy sutil&#8230;</p><p>El v&#237;nculo no desaparece.<br>Solo cambia la forma.</p><p>Y 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type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This post is also available in Spanish. Read it <a href="https://www.nubiamarquez.com/p/los-suenos-tambien-son-un-puente">here</a></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FSzZ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff3901707-bb36-4be3-bcc7-4ad144debd7d_1264x843.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FSzZ!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff3901707-bb36-4be3-bcc7-4ad144debd7d_1264x843.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FSzZ!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff3901707-bb36-4be3-bcc7-4ad144debd7d_1264x843.png 848w, 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happen&#8230; you don&#8217;t question them &#10024;.</p><p>I&#8217;ve learned that it&#8217;s not about explaining them,<br>but about receiving them.</p><p>About making space.</p><p>About honoring that moment for what it is: <strong>a gift</strong>.</p><p>At home, Andr&#233;s has a ritual that I find so beautiful.<br>Every time he dreams of Mat&#237;as&#8230; he writes it down.</p><p>Without overanalyzing.<br>Without trying to understand everything.</p><p>He simply keeps it.</p><p>Like someone preserving a visit.</p><p>Because that&#8217;s what it feels like&#8212;<br>that in those dreams&#8230; Mat&#237;as comes &#10024;.</p><p>If you are grieving, maybe this can help you:</p><p>&#8211; Keep a notebook by your bed.<br>&#8211; Write as soon as you wake up, even if it&#8217;s just a few words.<br>&#8211; Don&#8217;t judge the dream.<br>&#8211; Don&#8217;t try to force meaning.<br>&#8211; Just receive it.</p><p>Over time, you begin to notice something very subtle&#8230;</p><p>The bond doesn&#8217;t disappear.<br>It simply changes form.</p><p>And sometimes&#8230;<br>it finds its way back to you through something as gentle as a dream &#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/dreams-are-also-a-bridge?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" 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