From our partner Irene Tarragó
It just so happens that I wrote this document on the day I celebrate 46 years of marriage. Our story is simple and based on mutual respect and admiration. Knowing how to give in and make decisions together. I have been very lucky. I found an extraordinary man who did not leave me when he found out I had epilepsy, what’s more, he married me knowing it. Because I already had it when we were dating. He has been my support all these years and I owe him the fact that I have not stopped doing what I liked.
Because society’s ignorance of this disease means that, many times, we believe the things they tell us, like that we are useless, that how are we going to do this or that if at any moment we can have a crisis. And they convince us that it is like that. Well, no, it is not like that and we have to prove it to them. Let them not intimidate us, that we are capable of doing many things and doing them well. We have to teach them that epilepsy is something that is with us but that does not limit us.
For this reason, finding a person like my husband has been like winning the lottery for me, because he has always been there helping, pushing, not letting me hide behind the illness so as not to do something, out of fear. He has given me life. People like him are very healing.
On the other hand, the cold and the snow have arrived. The normal thing for these dates.
And we are already immersed in the preparations for Christmas, with our relatives making plans to come, us preparing menus for these days, buying gifts… As the years go by, on the one hand, I am becoming more and more lazy, but on the other hand, I see my granddaughters and the excitement they have, and the joy of my youngest son who lives in Barcelona when he gets together with his brother, his nieces, with us, with his cousins… that laziness goes away and I throw myself into all the preparations.
Unfortunately, there are many people who will not be able to spend a Christmas as fabulous as ours, for example, many families from the villages of Valencia, the people of Ukraine and so many countries at war, I don’t know where the world is going. If we can do something for them, let’s do it. And let’s not waste these days to argue or be on bad terms with our people. We have no right to.
My best wishes to everyone and a happy new year!
Irene Tarragó Pascau
