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“—Mamá... —murmuró Esteban y la voz se le quebró en el pecho en un llanto contenido, borrando de una plumada los recuerdos tristes, la infancia pobre, los olores rancios, las mañanas heladas y la sopa grasienta de su niñez, la madre enferma, el padre ausente y esa rabia comiéndole las entrañas desde el día en que tuvo uso de razón, olvidando todo menos los únicos momentos luminosos en que esa mujer desconocida que yacía en la cama, lo había acunado en sus brazos, había tomado su frente buscando la fiebre, le había cantado una canción de cuna, se había inclinado con él sobre las páginas de un libro, había sollozado de pena al verlo levantarse al alba para ir a trabajar cuando aún era un niño, había sollozado de alegría al verlo regresar en la noche, había sollozado, madre, por mí.”

“We read in the paper about a fifty-five-year-old woman-you read right, that's fifty five- who had quadruplets! Since the pregnancy was in vitro, it was clearly on purpose. I've got to tell you, we were all pretty happy that we hadn't done this and also none of us had ever considered it. Nor had we considered pulling out all our teeth with pliers or slamming our fingers in the car door repeatedly just to see what it feels like.”

“I'm learning daily the walk that comes with the talk, can bear a heavy burden. Being a leader, a mentor, a STRONG WOMAN, means you will be tested, challenged, embattled. You don't get to just say you are "tough" and "no-nonsense" and declare you are not taking crap. You better be ready to withstand the shots that come with it. People aren't just gonna get out of your way or respect you simply because you say you are "that chick". You better be ready to defend that crown and protect it too! In the end, when you know you've stood for something, you protected your dignity, you can share the lessons because you live by what you teach, and you inspired someone to be true to who they are and to take control of their destiny and walk into their strength and greatness., you will understand why it is so important for you to shoulder the struggles. Your purpose is greater than the discomfort of hard knocks. In the end, owning all that is empowering is worth the price of admission. Push through Queens. It's what we do. And we are built for it!”