I froze when I heard him say “give it to Mona, she’s a force to be reckoned with”.

I once saw a gun in the hands of my dad’s friend, a perpetual suicide who was comforting and dissuading him from committing suicide. He entered the house drunk and armed, shouting that he was going to kill himself, but that he was going to kill his dad first because he was not such an asshole that he would go to eternity alone. Mom locked us all in her bedroom, but I moved forward and saw the gun in the trembling hand of the failed suicide bomber. I didn’t really understand the situation, but I knew I had to pray. I did it like that. I think we have all done it: “Sacred Heart of Jesus, I trust in you”.

Inesita Alban was the most beautiful woman I remember. He lived in my grandmother’s house, but I was sure he escaped from the screen of the Rex Theater, which was next to that house. I played with his daughters and that’s why I went to his school fair. And when the mechs were real, I heard him say “hit Mona, she’s a force to be reckoned with,” and I followed.

minor dementia

Transfer of weapons

Pistols and shotguns came to mind. I thought the mission I had to complete, with what he was going to give me, would be terrifying. I saw myself in a cell in an old prison, where dad treated prisoners in exchange for hugs. Everything was black for me until Inesita’s friend gave me a book of raffle tickets. I breathed a sigh of relief and realized that I had to sell them all, that was “taking the weapons”.

The dictionary defines this term as a synonym for “strong-willed”; and the Royal Spanish Academy says it is used to qualify a person “who shows courage and determination to undertake risky undertakings”. I don’t know if selling tickets was risky, but when I went around the grounds of that school I managed to sell everything.

We need a person who takes risks, who has courage, who takes the bull by the horns and trades weapons for books.

In these times in which Ecuadorians live, we want this ship/country to be “captain” by someone with raised hands. A person who takes risks, who has courage, who takes the bull by the horns, but it seems that the people’s message does not reach the leaders as it should or is misrepresented.

I think President Lasso just heard the word “weapon”, just like that. And phew! He thought that since we have a problem with criminals (from whom he seems to have been saved), we must have/carry guns. But yes, it is regulated and responsible use. The holder/holder will be evaluated. No one who is half-mad, turulato, or impatient will be granted permission. Seriously, President Laso? What month of Valencia do you live in? You won’t tell me that you haven’t read some “police record cleared”, “thesis finished” offers on the posts of the capital of Ecuador. Haven’t you heard that disability benefits are handed out like circus flyers? Oh really?

We Ecuadorians call on the president to take up arms, not the one that defends the possession/carrying of arms, but the one that destroys; which is steeped in national reality; walking, seeing, smelling and feeling poverty; it hurts for injustice; and, it rules.

We need a person who takes risks, who has courage, who takes the bull by the horns and trades weapons for books. Is that too much to ask, President? (OR)