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         We cannot live only with love , even if it is strong for us.

 While I was growing in my big family , we were living all the time under the limit of poverty. The food was not  often enough,the house was made to have space only for the half of us and our clothes were almost  always  cast- off garments. Despite all these  not only we survived but we improved in our lives. I knew of course that there were many people who had more things than us but the security which had its source in love compensated me to a great extend.

We had each other. We never felt alone .We had the sense of humour and the cooking alchemies of my mother . I will never  learn how she managed to prepare so great meals  with so humble and very little ingredients. We had the warmth and the gardening abilities of my father. I will never know how he managed to produce so many vegetables from such a small piece of land it will remain a mystery for me.

Love was there to help us to overcome our difficulties.And the most important of all , we all obtained a deep sense of what is really basic in life and what it isn't.