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- Emily (E): What was it like for you
- Emily (E): ¿Cómo fue para ti
- Maria Rivas (MR): I didn't know besides, "Good morning,
Unidos?
and, "What's your name?" when I came here.
y "¿Cómo te llamas?" cuando vine aqui
And when you were baby,
Y cuando eras bebé,
I, I used to read to you the Dr. Seuss books.
yo, solía leerte los libros del Dr. Seuss.
Red Fish, Blue Fish."
mo "Un pez, dos peces, pez rojo, pez azul".
And that's how I learned English, reading to you.
Y así es como aprendí inglés, leyéndote.
- E: You know, I, I never really put in much thought
- E: Sabes, nunca pensé mucho en eso
that you were an immigrant.
I just thought that, you know, you're my mom.
un inmigrante.
And I never thought that you would have to leave.
Y nunca pensé que tendrías que irte.
I was at school when my phone buzzed,
Estaba en la escuela cuando sonó mi teléfono,
and I just saw the notification that TPS was going to terminate.
y acabo de ver la notificación
empecé a llorar.
- MR: When you called me, I tried to calm you down.
- MR: Cuando me llamaste, traté de calmarte.
I am like, "Okay, this is happening.
Esto realmente está sucediendo."
This is really happening."
So I put myself together, because I knew
Así que me armé, porque sabía
that I have to be strong for you.
que tengo que ser fuerte para ti.
And I didn't promise something that I cannot keep.
y no prometí algo que no puedo cumplir.
So I didn't promise you that everything will be okay.
Así que no te prometí que todo estaría bien.
But I promise, I'm going to make sure that you are okay.
Pero lo prometo, me aseguraré de que estés bien.
- E: What are you most afraid of?
e creciendo.
or.
[trying not to cry] I think that I'm more afraid of that
Creo que tengo más miedo de eso que
than to go back to my country.
- E: Yeah. I'm scared that I'm gonna have to do everything
all by myself.
- MR: You're not going to be alone, I promised to you that.
mismo.
And I'm very hard to get rid of.
y soy muy difícil de eliminar.
- E: [laughs]
- MR: So I'm going to be on the phone all the time.
- E: What are your hopes for the future?
o el tiempo.
uro?
r en tu cuello todo el tiempo. [Risas]
- E: [laughs while crying]
- E: [Risas]
- MR: And make sure that you find strength,
- MR: Y asegúrate de encontrar fuerza,
even in a bad moment.
incluso en un mal momento.
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