The youngest of my family is my baby-girl cousin, born this year on January 23rd, in Caracas, Venezuela. Is the first-born daughter of my mom's younger sister, Ana Teresa Gomez Luciani, and her husband, José Francisco Rodriguez - "Uncle Paco" – Venezuelan (but his roots are Gallegos, from Galicia, Spain). Despite being the smallest, she has a respectably big name: Ameliana Isabel de La Virgen del Valle.
Having this name has more than one reason: To begin the first name comes from the combination of the name of my aunt with the name of uncle Paco’s mom, Amelia. The second name comes from being a very expected and highly elusive baby; after many attempts, years and treatments, my uncles finally got pregnant, dedicating her daughter to Santa Isabel, biblical character whose pregnancy was also miraculous. But when she was less than 24 hours old, the baby began to suffer internal bleeding and therefore had to be translated to the intensive care unit in a much compromised state of health. My family is Catholic, devoted to the Virgin Mary in her title of Our Lady of the Valley, and our prayers for the recovery of Ameliana were heard. The girl is a constant overflow of joy, as if she understood the gift of life, and the love and tenderness that she awakens all around her.
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