After the earthquake, love remains

A letter to Venezuela, written from the heart of a mother who has also learned to live with absence

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There are moments when words feel too small for the weight of what the heart is carrying.

Today, Venezuela is grieving.

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.

If you are one of them, I want to wrap you in love from afar.

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.

I know that in moments like these, questions arise that may never find answers. Why? Why them? Why now?

I don’t pretend to have those answers.

But after walking through the unimaginable loss of my son, Matías, my soul has learned something that no tragedy has been able to take away from me:

We are not just bodies.

We are eternal souls having a human experience.

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.

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.

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.

Only a doorway back Home.

For those who remain, I know the road ahead may feel impossible.

There will be tears.

There will be silence.

There will be days when breathing itself feels like an act of courage.

Please don’t rush your grief.

Honor every tear.

Love has no timetable.

But when your heart is ready, allow hope to sit beside your sorrow.

Not to erase it...

but to gently remind you that separation is temporary, while love is eternal.

To everyone suffering in Venezuela today:

May you feel held, even when you feel alone.

May compassionate hands find you.

May strangers become family.

May kindness rise from every corner of the world.

And may the Light of God surround every soul—those who stayed, those who departed, and those who are now learning how to live with an empty chair at the table.

We do not heal because we forget.

We heal because love continues to find us.

One breath.

One memory.

One sunrise.

One act of kindness at a time.

Today I hold Venezuela in my prayers.

May peace reach every broken heart.

May hope find every weary soul.

And may we always remember:

Love is stronger than fear.

Love is stronger than tragedy.

And love... never dies.

With all my heart,

The mother of an angel who lives in heaven and in my heart 💙