Days that conquer melancholy, I don't really know in which territory I should write, but I think photographs are a good option, since there are none about family or something similar. That stuffed animal is called "Pupi" (that's how it is in Spanish), my daughter named it that and it is her attachment toy, that's what child psychologists call it. In a post I wrote, I said that I am an immigrant and that my most beloved family is divided into 3 countries and for various reasons it has been years since we have seen each other and my daughter does not know them. Christmas, birthdays, Mother's Day, graduation and any "special date" we celebrate by video call, we laugh, talk and cry in each one of them, there is never a lack of: "I miss them, I wish they were here" or phrases like "V. .. she is very big, beautiful and intelligent." My daughter loves our family despite the distance and although she has never shared with them physically. When she was approximately 3 years old she told me that she wanted a plane so she could travel, when she was 4 years old she asked Santa Claus for tickets, a car or whatever she would use to go see the family. She makes me cry. The newest and most recent thing that breaks my heart is that, in each source of wishes, she asks to get the whole family together and that we take two vacation trips: Disney and to Santa's village in Rovaniemi, Finland. In Latin America, it is a tradition in the new year to make 12 wishes by eating 12 grapes when all 12 are made. I don't know if it is a tradition on other continents. The point is that on December 31, which just passed, my daughter wished that again, but Today she surprised me with something she said to me: "Mom, why do people make wishes with grapes? They're just grapes, to achieve what you want you have to work for it." I just hugged her, agreed with her and told her that's what I'm working on. Now what does "pupi" the dragon have to do with all this? My daughter was telling me that his family is also divided throughout the planet, and she began to point out different countries on that map, mentioning each relative of Pupi the dragon and made up a story about why the dragon family is not together. I find it incredible how children use games to process information and their feelings.