3) martina. (pamplona, navarra. spain.)

(this 87-year-old woman was zipping by me as I tried to find pamplona's cathedral. it turned out that i was standing right by it--as well as a cozy little flower shop that made me miss and picture my mom in her element.)

1. my native basque tongue, euskara. (the other language spoken in navarra besides spanish.) for a time, it was forbidden to speak it. but my roots are in our language. i am in our language.
2. that everyone takes care of each other. i would like to see us respect one another. respect our ideas. respect our religions. respect our personalities. respect our differences. we can learn from one another.
3. i'm so old now that it seems that my ideas and dreams are leaving me. i would just like to never lose who i am.