La planta maravillosa - The marvellous plant

En varios rincones de nuestra casa hay varias piezas que pertenecieron a los padres, abuelos e incluso bisabuelos de mi marido, como el reloj que veis arriba - si no recuerdo mal tiene unos 150 años. Siempre he pensando que es algo muy especial el conservar parte de la historia de tu familia y es por eso que se que nunca habra en nuestro comedor otra mesa distinta a la que tenemos ahora, que pertenecio a mi suegra, una persona increible a la que no tuve el honor de conocer. Cuando la limpio o estoy sentada en esa mesa me encanta pensar que sus dedos estuvieron donde ahora estan los mios.

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In various places in our house there are several pieces that belonged to my husband's parents, grandparents and even great-grandparents, as the clock that you can see above - if I remember correctly is about 150 years old. I always think it's something very special to keep part of your family's history, and that's why it will never be another table in our dining room than the one we have now, which belonged to my mother-in-law, an incredible woman that I did not have the honor of meeting. When I clean it or I am sitting at that table, I love to think that her fingers were where mine are now.

Esa consola que veis arriba tambien pertenecio a la familia de mi marido (y complementa la mesa del comedor de lo que os hablaba) y me fascina. 

Por cuestiones geograficas - ya que me seria complicadisimo traer muebles de mi familia al otro lado del oceano - y tambien porque en mi familia no es tradicion pasar piezas de generacion en generacion, siempre he sentido cierta "envidia" de mi marido. Pero en mi casa hay algo muy especial que ha pasado de mi abuela, a mi madre y ahora a mi: mi planta maravillosa. Mi planta maravillosa es una planta del dinero que pertenecio a mi abuela. Cuando mi abuela fallecio, mi madre se quedo con esta planta. Cuando yo me vine a vivir a Estados Unidos, mi madre lllego a mi casa en una de sus visitas con una ramita de la planta para que yo tambien la tuviera. Os confieso que, para lo anti-domestica que soy, la jardineria se me da muy bien y creo que tiene mucho que ver con esta planta. Fue la primera planta que tuve y era tal mi empeño en cuidarla, que busque informacion de como alimentarla, transplantarla, orientarla hacia la luz, etc. Mi planta ahora es enorme y no creo que tenga nada que ver con la cantidad de dinero que va a llegar a la casa, sino con la energia que mi abuela dejo en esa planta y que ahora me acompaña y protege nuestra casa. Mi abuela se llamaba Maravillas y aqui os presento mi Planta Maravillosa. 

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That piece that you see above also belonged to my husband's family (and complements the dining table that I just told you about) and I love it.

For geographical reasons - it would be very complicated to bring my family's furniture from across the ocean - and also because is not tradition in my family to pass pieces from one generation to the next, I've always been kind of "jealous" of my husband. But in my house there is something very special that belonged to my grandmother, my mother and now me: my wonderful plant. My wonderful plant is a "money plant" that belonged to my grandmother. When my grandmother passed away, my mother kept this plant. When I came to live in the USA, my mother brought a little branch to my house during one of her visits, so I could also have it. I confess that, even though I am completely anti-domestic, I'm very good at gardening, and I think that it has much to do with this plant. It was the first plant that I had and such was my determination to take care of it, that I looked for information on how to feed it, transplanting it, orient it towards the light, and so on. My plant is now huge and I do not think it has anything to do with the amount of money that's going to come to out home, but with the energy that my grandmother left with that plant, which is now with me and protects our home. My grandmother's names was Maravillas (Spanish for "wonders"), and I here's my Wonderful Plant.