Anívia da Rocha Chaves
If there is something that has given me pleasure in my life, one is to “investigate” my roots. Its a hard work and takes your whole life, because while you live, you learn all kinds of things about your family. Going back to my roots, has given me great emotional moments. Today, I post something I could call a finished small project. A tribute to my beloved Great Grand Mother, Anívia da Rocha Chaves, a Great Lady. To the ones that brought her artistic genes, her English spoken, her dynamism, and so much more, I still want to learn, here it is… “The Beginning”
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“Aos vinte e nove dias do mês de Outubro do ano de mil novecentos nesta igreja paroquial de Nossa Senhora da Purificação, lugar de Santo Espírito, Concelho de Vila do Porto, e Diocese de Angra, baptizei solenemente um individuo do sexo feminino, a quem dei o nome de Anívia, e que nasceu nesta freguesia ás cinco horas da manhã, dezanove de Outubro do dito ano, filha legítima de João da Rocha pescador e de Antónia de Jesus empregada no serviço domestico naturais este da freguesia de Santo António ali baptizado, do Concelho de Ponta Delgada da dita Diocese, e ela desta freguesia, recebidos e paroquianos, moradores no termo da Fonte do Jordão desta freguesia, neta paterna de Manuel da Rocha e Maria de Jesus, e materna de Bernardino de José Carvalho e Antónia Jacinta de Lima. Foi Padrinho Henrique Pereira de Aveiga casado pescador, e Madrinha Maria Isabel Cordeiro solteira empregada no serviço domestico. Os quais sei serem os próprios. E para constar lavrei em duplicado este assento que depois de lido, e conferido perante os padrinhos comigo não assinaram por não saberem escrever.”
My special thanks to Luís and Fátima Cabral.
Exploration
At some point of our lives, the goodness of your heart, if any, starts to grow. There are days, the pain is so high, that the result is so pure. Today I have felt, and passed it from my heart to a piece of virtual paper:
“From all the good and bad, I went through, in this non-stopping life evolution, the only thing I have learned, is that when you give up exploring, all possibilities, you die. Learn how to bare with all mistakes, teach others how to bare with your own, and then, keep going, even if its until you die, but when you die, you will know, you have taught many, and one day, if its not you, some of yours, will find it”
Copyright “My heart”