Tuesday, August 18, 2020

LOVE FOREVER ~ AMOR PARA SEMPRE

Two years without you. It is very sad and painful to accept that you, my dearest Carlos, was gone forever. That you lost your life. Each passing day, I miss you more and more and I feel a great lack of you don't stay by my side. I miss so much our life together. 
I've been thinking about how to do a homage to you today. What to write, which photos I would like to share on this blog. On Leaves of Grass, which since 2005, you was my great and important partner and collaborator, with your amazing ideas and inspirations, your beautiful and sensitives photos documenting our life together, with our daughter Sofia and our son Fernando, our daughter-in-law Camila, our grandchildren Daniel and Carolina, his Parents, brothers and family members.
Without you and your great talent, my blog would never have been as it was. Then, when I was choosing on our huge photos collections, I had the idea to start at the beginning of our Love. From our meeting when we were young, our dating and wedding, in September 6, 1971.
When choosing the photos, I have the joy and yearn of reviewing very beautiful photos, expressing so much joy and happiness in our life together. So then, I start my homage to you, my dear and very beloved Carlos, my companion of all hours, in this long and happy journey of our life.

Dois anos sem você. É muito triste e sofrido aceitar que você meu querido Carlos se foi para sempre. Que você perdeu a vida. A cada dia que passa, sinto mais e mais saudades de você e uma imensa falta por você não estar mais ao meu lado. Muitas saudades da nossa vida juntos. 
Tenho pensado em como fazer uma homenagem a você no dia de hoje. No que escrever, nas fotos que gostaria de partilhar neste blog. No Leaves of Grass, no qual desde o começo em 2005, você foi meu importante parceiro e colaborador, com suas ótimas ideias, sua inspiração e suas lindas e sensíveis fotos, documentando a nossa vida em comum, com nossa filha Sofia e nosso filho Fernando, nossa nora Camila, nossos netos Daniel e Carolina, seus Pais, irmãos e familiares.
Sem você e seu grande talento, meu blog jamais teria sido o que foi. Assim, ao procurar no nosso imenso acervo de fotos, tive a ideia de começar pelo início do nosso Amor. Do nosso encontro quando éramos jovens, do namoro e casamento, em 6 de Setembro de 1971. Ao escolher as fotos, tive a alegria e as saudades de rever fotos muito lindas, expressando muita alegria e felicidade em nossa vida juntos. Assim começa a minha homenagem a você, meu querido e muito amado Carlos, meu companheiro de todas as horas, nesta nossa longa e feliz caminhada da nossa vida.





Carlos loved old cars  ~  Carlos gostava de carros antigos




At São Paulo Athletic Club 


At Pardo River banks   ~  Às margens do Rio Pardo




Engagement party  ~  Festa de noivado


Arriving at our wedding  ~  Chegando ao nosso casamento 


Happiness and joyful!  ~  Felicidade e alegria! 




11 comments:

  1. Oh Sonia.
    This is a truly beautiful tribute to the love of your life.
    You made such a beautiful couple.
    As always, I continue to hold you in my heart.

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  2. Tão lindas as foto, Sonia! Momentos marcantes dessa linda vida a dois...Registros indeléveis esses. Pena o acontecido, nem gosto de imaginar! Uma enorme sensação de vazio, ainda mais esse ano, com esse distanciamento da pandemia, mas creio que ele ,de onde está, gostaria de te ver bem e, o melhor possível. è duro!!! Daqui, torcendo pra que fiques bem e ultrapasses a dor, ficando apenas com a doce saudade... beijos, fica bem, tudo de bom, chica

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  3. Woooooo look at that short skirt!
    Beautiful Pictures. Carlos was such a handsome young man, no wonder you fell in love with him. And now I know where Sofia gets her beautiful face from, you are so lovely in those photographs. Obviously Carlos was head over heels in love with you!
    I loved looking at these photographs. You have so many happy memories of a life spent together. Don't be sad, Sonia, be happy.
    Love you lots.... Fenella

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  4. My dear Sonia, these photos are so beautiful, so very precious. Two years is impossible to believe and many times it must feel like yesterday.
    Widowhood is not a journey any of us wish to take and I feel your pain so very much. Somehow we widows find the strength to carry on, somehow we learn to live without our beloved's but life is never and can never be quite the same. I read a quote once that resonates with me..."grief is only as big as the love lost" and yours my dear friend, as was mine a very, very big love.
    All my love to you Sonia

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  5. Sonia, this is a beautiful tribute to Carlos, to your many happy years together. Those years are something to be happy for, even in the midst of your sorrow. That's how I think about Errol, we had 30 years, more than so many get in this life. I loved to see the young couple that you and Carlos were. You in your mini-skirt, so pretty and Carlos so handsome. Thank you for sharing all that with us. I loved it.

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  6. A lovely tribute. He looks like a very nice man and he must have left a large blank space in your life right now.

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    1. Hello Tabor! I could not to found your blog, to thank you so much for your kindest words of comfort to me. Wishing that all is well with you and your family. Hugs and Love, Sonia.

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  7. Wow such a wonderful post and tribute to Carlos. I really loved seeing all the photos and what a handsome couple you were and still are in heart.

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  8. Dear Sonia
    What a magnificent tribute you are paying there to your husband, without a doubt, who left too early. I really like the photos that follow your tribute. You were both so beautiful.
    Of course Carlos is gone forever but he is so present in your heart, and the photos make sure you remember your beloved husband every day.
    Kisses and hugs

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  9. Grata por esta partilha, tão especial, Sonia!
    Um lindíssima e sentida homenagem! Felizmente, pelo que me foi dado a aperceber, foram sempre muito felizes! Pelo que tantas memórias boas, será de alguma forma reconfortante!... Carlos, pode não estar presente fisicamente... mas continua a morar no seu coração, e nas boas lembranças de toda uma vida... assim de alguma forma, ele está sempre por perto!
    Adorei as fotos! Deixo um beijinho! Estimando que se encontre de saúde, assim como todos os seus! Votos de tudo a correr pelo melhor... fazendo minhas as palavras da Chica... que a dor, dê lugar a uma doce saudade!...
    Tudo de bom!
    Ana

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  10. Lindas fotos do casal nos anos 60 e 70. Essas décadas têm um estilo fantástico. Imagino que os últimos 2 anos tenham sido muito difíceis pra você, depois de uma parceria tão longa e feliz.

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