domingo, 29 de diciembre de 2024
Comentando: La alegría duró 13 días.
Comentando: MI CANAL EN YOUTUBE
MI CANAL EN YOUTUBE
La alegría duró 13 días.
Mia Isabella, una nena que proporciona alegría, derroche de amor, ternura, y es capaz de llenar los espacios vacíos en cualquier lugar que ella se encuentre.
Así fué en nuestro pequeño apartamento, siempre tan lleno de soledad nuestra, de Nilita y mía, ya acostumbrados a vivir así en "La Gran Manzana", lejos de familiares y amigos de antaño, con pocas -o ninguna- visitas, saliendo en pocas ocasiones.
Pero vino a pasar unos días con nosotros este pequeño torbellino, tan llena de vida, de alegría, de ocurrencias propias de su edad en la que ha empezado a caminar, y ¡sálvese quien pueda! a tocar todo lo que esté a su alcance, a investigar, a averiguar para qué sirve esto o lo otro, a abrir todo lo que esté cerrado.
Y sus padres: "Isabella, no toques... deja eso allí... cuidado te aplastas los dedos..." y en fin, todo cuanto podían detenerla.
A mí, particularmente, me causaba mucha risa verla caminar de un lado a otro buscando que tocar, que agarrar, que tumbar. Y les decía a sus padres: "Déjenla, no pasa nada, está en la edad de la investigación. Los niños a esa edad y cuando recién empiezan a caminar, tienen gran curiosidad por todo".
De otro lado, es una nenita maravillosa, no molesta, no llora por gusto, no hace berrinches; todo lo contrario, es puro amor.
Pegó con Nilita mayormente. Tiene su explicación: ella es una mujer llena de ternura, capaz de dar amor por toneladas, y se las dió a Mia Isabella, y ella, a su vez, devolvió ese amor incondicional innato en los niños. Daba gusto verlas juntas, puros arrumacos, besitos, apapaches, risas...
En fin, que este humilde hogar de los Argudo Murillo se llenó de alegría, de amor, de ternura infinita por unos días.
Disfrutamos también de la linda compañía de nuestra "Negrita" Ginger y su esposo Ricardo, dichosos padres de la preciosa Mia Isabella.
Si antes de su venida ya la amábamos, hoy la amamos mucho más y la extrañaremos cada día.
New York City, diciembre 29 de 2024
jueves, 25 de julio de 2024
TREINTA Y CUATRO AÑOS
Durante un paseo a la pequeña isla en Manhattan (Little Island) en el Hudson River.
Fué en aquél inolvidable dia 25 de Julio de 1990, en la Explanada del Auditorio de la Facultad de Arquitectura de la Universidad de Guayaquil, en el momento que el público abandonaba la sala luego de la Clausura del Festival Internacional de Teatro que se realizó en Homenaje a la Fundación de Guayaquil.
Entre la masa humana que salía, pudimos notar a Rodrigo, alumno de Teatro nuestro, de Franco Galecio y mío, acompañado de dos señoras muy sonrientes.
Nos acercamos a saludar muy amablemente. Sólo recuerdo la voz de Rodrigo diciendo "Nilita, él es Iván, mi profesor de teatro; Iván, ella es Nilita, mi tía".
Tras una de mis tonterías habituales, le gasté una broma a la tía, quien respondió con cierta indignación y abriendo sus enormes y bellos ojos negros, poniéndome en mi sitio.
Me lo merecía por zoquete. ¿A quién se le ocurre hacer bromas a una persona que se está conociendo en ese momento? A mí, por supuesto. Entre la gente de teatro somos así, bromistas, dicharacheros, dizque "simpáticos", pero... no todo el mundo tiene por qué saber que somos así, medio locos.
Como es lógico, me desbarató, y me deshice en alhagos y disculpas.
La amiga, una colega Ginecóloga de Nilita sonreía nerviosamente, pero cuando todo el mal rato pasó, todos reíamos francamente.
Quedamos en vernos en otro momento, en visitarnos, a fin de consolidar esta nueva amistad, la que había nacido por "culpa" del teatro y gracias a él, porque resulta que a Nilita y su amiga les encantaba el teatro, y yo era un teatrero, así que, al menos, había algo en común.
¡Viva el teatro, carajo!
Y esos ojazos negros, que me embrujaron...
New York, Julio 25, 2024
Leonardo (Ivan) Argudo.
jueves, 27 de junio de 2024
DOROTHY MULLER
DOROTHY MULLER
She has been an extraordinary woman who lived a full, happy life, full of the love of her children, grandchildren, nephews, children-in-law, lifelong friends, people who had the joy of knowing her, treating her and coming to love her like everyone else. They surrounded her.
Of Irish ancestry, she was born in this country, the United States of America, nearly ninety years ago, which she would have turned next August. She preferred to leave for the Eternal Peace of the Infinite before fulfilling them. Maybe it was one of her whims, who knew!
She worked a lifetime. She was an example of an honest, tireless life, capable of taking care of herself, facing everything with height and dignity, as only the great women of the world do. Even the separation from her husband stoically overcame her, continuing her productive life without fainting.
Dorothy was a very beautiful woman. In her youth, she could be said to have descended from Olympus, with the authorization of the gods, who allowed her to join mortals to enjoy that incomparable gift. In her later years, she maintained her stately beauty with great dignity.
At a very young age, she met Ernst Muller, of German ancestry, but also born in the United States. They fell in love and got married like any excited young couple. He was a man of Art: actor and theater director, and writer. They lived their love intensely, eventually having six children: Ernst, Pat, Gretchen, July, Patrick and Jane. They, in turn, gave Dorothy beautiful grandchildren, and one of them has even given her a beautiful great-granddaughter. The marriage lasted as long as it had to, they separated, but her life continued forward, with her strengthened and determined not to let herself be defeated by adversity.
Today she has left us full of pain and sadness, but knowing that Dorothy gave everything of herself for her family, that she knew how to be kind, cordial and very loving. All of us, in due time, have received from her her affection and tenderness, as well as the stories of her life that have given us the example to follow.
Rest in Peace, Dorothy. We know that today you will be enjoying a pleasant conversation with that adorable grandson who left before you,
Owen, so beautiful and full of virtues.
Grandmother and Grandson, beings of incalculable value.
New York, July, 2024
Leonardo (Ivan) Argudo.
DOROTHY MULLER
DOROTHY MULLER
She has been an extraordinary woman who lived a full, happy life, full of the love of her children, grandchildren, nephews, children-in-law, lifelong friends, people who had the joy of knowing her, treating her and coming to love her like everyone else. They surrounded her.
Of Irish ancestry, she was born in this country, the United States of America, nearly ninety years ago, which she would have turned next August. She preferred to leave for the Eternal Peace of the Infinite before fulfilling them. Maybe it was one of her whims, who knew!
She worked a lifetime. She was an example of an honest, tireless life, capable of taking care of herself, facing everything with height and dignity, as only the great women of the world do. Even the separation from her husband stoically overcame her, continuing her productive life without fainting.
Dorothy was a very beautiful woman. In her youth, she could be said to have descended from Olympus, with the authorization of the gods, who allowed her to join mortals to enjoy that incomparable gift. In her later years, she maintained her stately beauty with great dignity.
At a very young age, she met Ernst Muller, of German ancestry, but also born in the United States. They fell in love and got married like any excited young couple. He was a man of Art: actor and theater director, and writer. They lived their love intensely, eventually having six children: Ernst, Pat, Gretchen, July, Patrick and Jane. They, in turn, gave Dorothy beautiful grandchildren, and one of them has even given her a beautiful great-granddaughter. The marriage lasted as long as it had to, they separated, but her life continued forward, with her strengthened and determined not to let herself be defeated by adversity.
Today she has left us full of pain and sadness, but knowing that Dorothy gave everything of herself for her family, that she knew how to be kind, cordial and very loving. All of us, in due time, have received from her her affection and tenderness, as well as the stories of her life that have given us the example to follow.
Rest in Peace, Dorothy. We know that today you will be enjoying a pleasant conversation with that adorable grandson who left before you,
Owen, so beautiful and full of virtues.
Grandmother and Grandson, beings of incalculable value.
New York, July, 2024
Leonardo (Ivan) Argudo.
lunes, 13 de mayo de 2024
EIGHT YEARS NOW, MY BELOVED NILITA
Eight years have already passed. Eight years! You were about to say goodbye to us forever. Anguish had taken hold of us, more specifically, me, because there was no quick and true solution to save your life. What they told us in the Hospital was "you have to wait; maybe a liver will appear for you." But he did not appear, and on more than one occasion they discharged you, sent you home to "wait," and that you were better off at home than in the hospital, where you ran the risk of a serious infection.
That Friday, May 13, 2016, you had been discharged. The usual speech: "Wait at home; it will be better there." The departure was after doing Dialysis in the morning. But this didn't happen in the morning... nor in the afternoon... maybe it would be at night. That cut short your departure, because on the weekend, and especially at night, no patient can leave the hospital.
Dialysis was about to end, when a group of doctors, nurses and others arrived at the unit, urging them to disconnect you because they had to take you. That's how it went. On the way a nurse asked you "do you know where we are going?" You replied, "Yes, to Nine Center," which was the area where your room was.
"No, let's go to the operating room," the nurse said. You, scared, asked why? Is something wrong with me?
"We are going to transplant you... we found a liver for you."
At midnight the very complicated intervention began.
At six in the morning on Saturday, May 14, 2016, you were reborn. That liver that saved your life is the one donated by that wonderful boy who went to Eternity the night before, Owen Muller.
Your rebirth was - and is - the enormous joy for those of us who love you, for those who adore you beyond Eternity, your Ivan, your Leonardo, me.
Here we are. Here we continue as always. Both. But now with a family that we adore and that loves us, the Mullers.
New York, 05-14-2024
Leonardo (Ivan) Argudo
OCHO AÑOS YA, MI ADORADA CHIQUITA
Ocho años han transcurrido ya. ¡Ocho años! Estuviste a punto de decirnos adiós para siempre. La angustia había hecho presa de nosotros, más concretamente, de mí, porque no aparecía una solución pronta y verdadera para salvarte la vida. Lo que nos decían en el Hospital era "hay que esperar; tal vez aparezca un hígado para usted". Pero éste no aparecía, y en más de una ocasión te dieron "el alta", te enviaron a casa a "esperar", que en casa estabas mejor que en el hospital, donde corrías riesgo de una grave infección.
Aquel viernes 13 de mayo de 2016 te habían dado el alta. El discurso de siempre: "Espere en casa; allí va a estar mejor". La salida era después de hacerte la Diálisis en la mañana. Pero esta no se dió en la mañana... tampoco en la tarde... tal vez sería a la noche. Eso truncó tu salida, porque en fin de semana, y menos en la noche, ningún paciente puede salir del hospital.
Estaba por finalizar la Diálisis, cuando llegó a la unidad un grupo de médicos, enfermeras y demás, urgiendo te desconecten porque tenían que llevarte. Así fué. En el camino te preguntó una enfermera "¿sabes a dónde vamos?" Tú respondiste: "Sí, a Nine Center", que era el área donde estaba tu habitación.
"No, vamos a quirófano", dijo la enfermera. Tú, asustada, preguntaste ¿por qué?, ¿me pasa algo?
"Te vamos a trasplantar... encontramos un hígado para tí".
A la media noche empezó la muy complicada intervención.
A las seis de la mañana del sábado 14 de mayo de 2016, habías vuelto a nacer. Ese hígado que salvó tu vida, es el que donó ese maravilloso muchacho que partió a la Eternidad la noche anterior, Owen Muller.
Tu renacer fué -y es- la enorme alegría para quienes te amamos, para quien te adora hasta más allá de la Eternidad, tu Ivan, tu Leonardo, yo.
Aquí estamos. Aquí seguimos como siempre. Los dos. Pero ahora con una familia que adoramos y que nos ama, los Muller.
New York, 05-14-2024
Leonardo (Ivan) Argudo
HASTA SIEMPRE, OWEN
Hoy hacen ya ocho años que nos dejó nuestro Héroe, Owen Muller, aquél joven alegre, sincero, amoroso hijo, hermano, sobrino, primo de una familia extraordinaria, amigo como muy pocos, caritativo y capaz de ayudar a cualquier persona que se encuentre en apuros.
Su capacidad de servir a los demás, quedó plasmada en un gesto que muy pocos jóveners son capaces de realizar: inscribirse como DONADOR de órganos en el Estado de Nueva York. Por supuesto que él no estaría pensando en marcharse tan pronto. Había toda una vida por delante, en la que servir a los demás sería su destino, dar todo el amor posible a su adorada madre, a su hermanita menor, a su familia, a quien lo mereciera.
No tuvimos la oportunidad de conocerlo. Lo que sabemos de él, es a través de relatos de su madre, de sus familiares, de amigos suyos y de la familia. Su corta vida causó tanta felicidad a quienes lo rodeaban, porque su alegría era contagiosa, su forma de ser, su capacidad de darse a los demás, sus modales de un caballero a carta cabal, su don de deportista, en fin, todo él un dechado de virtudes.
Mas, la vida es así. Hay momentos en que nos golpea cruelmente, y nos arrebata lo que más queremos, lo que amamos profundamente.
Es lo que sucedió con la familia Muller. De un momento a otro, Owen cayó muy grave en un hospital. Los médicos hicieron hasta lo imposible por salvarle la vida, pero no fue posible. Le declararon muerte cerebral. No había ya ninguna posibilidad.
Siendo un donador de órganos, los médicos consultaron a su madre si autorizaba desconectarlo de las máquinas que lo mantenían con "vida". Fué un momento muy duro y difícil para ella. ¡Que terrible decisión para una madre!
Ella, Jane, se armó de valor para autorizar se cumpla la palabra de Owen. Lo desconectaron, y se marchó a la paz eterna al anochecer de aquél viernes 13 de mayo de 2016.
Te recordaremos y amaremos por siempre, Owen del alma.
New York, Mayo 13 de 2024
Leonardo (Ivan) Argudo.
UNTIL FOREVER, OWEN
Today it has been eight years since our Hero, Owen Muller, that young, cheerful, sincere, loving son, brother, nephew, cousin from an extraordinary family, left us. Friend like very few others, charitable and capable of helping anyone who finds themselves in trouble.
His ability to serve others was captured in a gesture that very few young people are capable of: registering as an organ DONOR in the State of New York. Of course he wouldn't be thinking of leaving so soon. There was a whole life ahead of him, in which serving others would be his destiny, giving all the love possible to his beloved mother, to his little sister, to his family, to whoever he deserved it. .
We didn't have the opportunity to meet him. What we know about him is through stories from his mother, his relatives, his friends and his family. His short life caused so much happiness to those around him, because his joy was contagious, his way of being, his ability to give of himself to others, his manners of a true gentleman, his gift as an athlete, in short, he is all a paragon of virtues.
But, life is like that. There are times when it hits us cruelly, and takes from us what we love most, what we love deeply.
This is what happened with the Muller family. From one moment to the next, Owen fell into a very serious condition in a hospital. The doctors did everything possible to save his life, but it was not possible. They declared him brain dead. There was no chance.
Being an organ donor, doctors asked his mother if she authorized disconnecting him from the devices that kept him "alive." It was a very hard and difficult moment for her. What a terrible decision for a mother!
She, Jane, mustered up the courage to authorize Owen's word to be fulfilled. They disconnected him, and he left for eternal peace at dusk on that Friday, May 13, 2016.
We will remember and love you forever, Owen of the soul.
New York, May 13, 2024
Leonardo (Ivan) Argudo.
lunes, 1 de abril de 2024
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