Mercedes Hesselroth
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73 appearances
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 14 Jul
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And instead of commiserating with me or comforting me, she goes, well, now you know how I feel.
Because my whole life, she has heard me call myself things like ugly, stupid.
And this moment was like a mirror.
where I could see that I just wanted my tata to feel loved.
I wanted him to know that his life had value, and I wanted my love to keep him alive.
And it was hard to believe it, but other people like my mom also wanted the same thing for me.
In April, when flights came back, I hugged my tata goodbye for what I didn't know would be the last time.
I held his hand and told him every affirmation I could think of at once.
And he squeezed his eyes shut and shook his head like he couldn't carry all that love inside him.
And so in this process of caring for my tata toward the end of his life, I learned that you have to be able to accept love from others, but along with that, you also have to accept love from yourself.
This process is still ongoing for me.
It's a work in progress and some days are better than others.
But I hope that Tata is dancing with La Mama again and that he finally now knows how much we all love him.
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