*Galera, esse post vai ser escrito em inglês ok? Uma exceção pra que uma amiga querida possa entender o que vou escrever!
We Brazilians have a word that no one else in the world (except countries that speak Portuguese) has it: saudade. English people try to translate it to “miss”, Spanish try to translate to “extraño”, but none of these words has the same meaning as “saudade”.
It’s not just a word. It has a huge meaning also… It’s something that we can fell so strong when we are away of some one we love, or away from a place. You can fell “saudade” also from moments. Moments that you had and it was important. I think if some one asks me which is the word that I like the most, I would definitely say: “saudade”.
Today it was a day I was dreaming about for the past 2 years. Today was the day that the feeling of “saudade” was gone and came back at the same time. I was happy and sad, but for sure happier than ever.
Two years ago I went to Mexico for an AIESEC Conference, and there I met lots of people, but one of them was special. Is a person that really touched my heart and makes a huge difference in my life.
And so, to make my year start “in the right foot”, this person came to Brazil. Better, she came to São Paulo, only an hour away from my house. Of course I wouldn’t miss this opportunity, so I took a bus from Curitiba on Sunday at 6am (after a graduation party, so you guys can imagine how drunk I was hehe) and head straight to where she was. After 8 hours traveling with a hang over I finally saw her. She was shocked! She stayed 2 min without talking at all, just looking at my face and not getting anything! She didn’t know I was going!
After that we had 1 and a half day to spend together and put away that feeling of “saudade” that we had for the past 2 years. We had this few time to catch up, take thousands of pictures, have some fun and of course, enjoy each others company.
At the end, when the time to catch the bus back came, all this weird feelings of happiness, sadness, “saudade”, more happiness, they just passed through my head in a flash! I think when she left I didn’t realized that it took 2 years for us to see each other, and who knows how long it will take for this happen again.
So here I am, writing to you Lulu! Telling everyone how lucky I am. How lucky I am to have a friend that lives so far away, that I haven’t seen for 2 years, but still I can call my sister! I hope you had a great time in my country. And be sure that doors in Brazil will be always open for you!
Miss you already! Better… Já sinto saudades!
Besos de tua hermanita!
