Mexico Inspiration Journal_029

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A handwritten journal entry with two landscape photographs and text overlaying them.

Title: Mexico Inspiration Journal_029
Alternative Title: Mexico Inspiration Journal
Creator: Karen Blessen
Date: 2017
Description: The image shows an open spiral-bound notebook. On the left page, there are two landscape photographs with the words "DANIEL'S" and "STORY" overlaid in a handwritten font. The right page contains handwritten text, which appears to be a narrative or journal entry. The text is dated February 11, 2017, and discusses a conversation about Daniel's life and family situation.
Identifier: 017_2017_February 2017_Mexico Inspiration
Dates Completed: February, 2017 - February, 2017
Keywords: Cocooning; San Miguel de Allende; Mexico; 29 Pieces; Funding crisis; Photography; Beauty; Color; Doorways; Reckoning; High altitude; Breathlessness; Chronic pain; Expatriates; Demographics; Varanasi; Mortality; Health crisis; Butterfly Reserve; Pulmonary embolism; Hospitals; Epiphany; Limitations; Possibility; Self discernment; Calling; Belief; Habits; Divine guidance; Joy; Wounding; Prayer; Lightness; Friendship; Difficulty; Diminished strength; Defeat; Renewal; Disappointment; Admiration
Transcription: Feb. 11, 2017
On the flight back to Dallas after a one hour + narrative of my life from Daniel Hernandez - the house manager for Collette, (owner of 18 Callejon Blanco) president of the San Miguel Chamber of Commerce, restaurants and tour guide.
He has two brothers and a sister living in Plano, Texas. They are undocumented. Brothers work at restaurants and the sister cleans houses.
I asked how in our family 3 siblings would leave Mexico and he decided to stay. He said that his siblings were brave and that he was the one who was 'chicken!' There were not jobs in San Miguel, and they wanted to go to the USA to succeed and be able to send money home.
He made the point that if you enter a culture at a low level, you will probably stay there. Middle - you'll stay there. High - stay there. Only the interception of someone to help mold you would change things.
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Is Part Of: Mexico Inspiration Journal
Relation: Image Gallery