A new reason to smile

tions, I let the tears run down my fa

, I

kissed it. He slowly stood up, dried my tears

miles on our faces, and I couldn't stop looking at the r

were almost late for dinner. While we were getting ready

el

g! I have some news! Mom

ed out of control, while I held t

, took the phone from my hand and resumed the call wi

. I promise we won't go out on the ro

e of my life, the one who took me out of a lonely life, hug

o. I need to be there w

the night on the road. Try to get some sleep, I'll

le to rest, mu

d the hotel, but I promised your mother that I'll take care of y

father lying in a hospital bed after a car accident, incapable of any react

s by my side, and this was comforting. He

e bath, and then back to his room? he was working hard to take care of his studies, work, and help my mother wi

ere postponed indefinitely, we no longer talked about marriage, but the fact was that Mu

my eyes I saw my father wasting away... and my mother along with him, as strong as she trie

g in the next bed, hear her whispered cries in the bath. I saw how difficult it was for her to feed her

ontinue, to feel that everything was worthwhile. My mother had left with Murilo, after much insisten

. But holding his warm hand, looking into his eyes, and cuddling up next to him made

on the window, on the flashes of lightning that illu

s eyes to me, and tears began to stream down his face, making it im

nly feel. And then, I cuddled up next to him like a child, caressed his unshaven

ce again fixed on the window. I sat up again and held his hands between mine. He look

the

st as he could, clearly trying to get rid

u need t

nd slowly, as if

the

is eyes... his hands were heavy between mine... And in that moment I u

d... Wake up,

y cell phone and call 911, as much as I knew how much my fath

n just a lit

ext to him and could only cry. I cried for all the memorie

any mercy. The rescuers tried everything, and when the head of the team looked me straight in the eye and