The main theme of April was my latest music video “Adiós ríos, adiós fontes“. I talked to you about Galician Literature Day already, but we always love to celebrate with music, because…duh, we are musicians. 

We had this song in mind for a couple of years. In 2019 I suggested Carlos to make a short video for Social Media and we ended up doing it. 

I’ve always loved this song by Amancio Prada and of course Rosalía de Castro’s poem. I though it would be nice to play it on Día das Letras Galegas.

In 2021, Carlos suggested we could make a studio version and release it that same year. But then, we thought about asking Amancio to sing a bit in the song. 

We started working together and things got delayed. In the midst of everything we had a couple of mishaps going on. Carlos started rebuilding the studio and creating a new one (all his merit, I was developing my own Multidimensional business at the time, and I still am).

We bought some new material and the decided to re-record the song to have a better sound. Which we achieved. Then, after some gatherings with Amancio (in which he was the perfect host…ahem…food 😁) he recorded some vocals. 

And the Odyssey started. The music video. 

We thought: “If we are representing Galiza, why not ask some Galician people and actors to collaborate so we show a real and modern picture of our beloved land” 

Ha! It turned out amazing, I must say. But the amount of work is indescriptible. We did all ourselves (Carlos and I) which is something we are used to, but also, this project was a bit more ambitious. 

Of course you know that whenever I’m too busy, my nutritious meals become “whatever-I-can-find”. Still working on this part of my life, actually. I might hire a personal chef 😅

But when it seems that life can’t throw any more curved balls at you, something unpredictable happens. A very dear family member had a health issue that took her to the hospital and I had to deal with a week of complete devotion to that cause. 

The music video was coming up, the clock was ticking, but whenever you need to find the time for something that is so important, you do whatever it takes. 

Now, she’s a bit better and I am trying to re-establish everything I was working on, but I felt the toll it took on my mental and physical health. 

In the middle of everything, when it seems like it’s impossible to stay strong and do the things that make you feel good, I found time (I don’t really know how) to keep running. I made myself the promise, at the beginning of the year, that I’d run every Saturday Morning, no matter where I am or what happens. 

If I’m physically incapable, like that time I got the Covid, I would walk. But I’d go out on my Saturday morning run to run my 5K that will become 10K as soon as I am in shape for that. i don’t want to force my knees, been there.

When everything was being tough and I had to be at the hospital and arranging things with the family, I got invited to a wine tasting event. For a minute, I doubted. I was suffering a lot emotionally and I didn’t want to force myself to have fun. But then I remembered what I tell my coachées every single time. You can balance pain with joy. You can do things that make you happy when you are being sad and that’s the only way to heal. 

I met some beautiful people there and also I had some fun with friends I already knew. The tasting was nice, but the connection with the people there was the best part for me. It was fun, and I needed fun those days. I’ll be forever grateful for that pinch of light in the midst of the darkness. 

My life those days was summed up easily: hospital, family, sadness, uncertainty and pain. But, there was also hope, light and joy each time something tiny happened. It’s amazing how much you appreciate the smallest things in life when it feels like there’s no hope. 

I kept repeating myself this sentence in April and I keep doing it: “Hope isn’t the last you lose in life, it’s humour” Whenever you are not willing to laugh, to have fun…life seems like death.

You need to find joy in the smallest things and laugh at everything you can. That’s why having kids around is so empowering, their laugh is contagious.

Nature is something that keeps comforting me in my toughest moments. I am so happy whenever I’m surrounded by animals. Also, the sea is not my favourite place to go when I need a dose of nature, I’m a forrest witch…you know that. But going to the sea when I’ve been through a lot, especially when the sun is setting…that’s just perfect. 

I found there was a gastronomic event near Ares to celebrate the sea urchin. Carlos loooooooves sea urchin so much (emphasis on purpose). I like it, I could say I love it, but watching Carlos eat them is amazing. I remember eating mine, talking, enjoying the feeling of being there while Carlos, well, he seemed to have disappeared even though he was next to me. 

It must be his favourite food, it reminds him to when he was a little boy and that sort of things get stuck on you.

I think it was my first time in Ares, so I wanted to explore a bit. Wow! Such an amazing place. We went to have some tapas at a bar and then for a night walk. I loved the feeling I got there. It’s hard to explain, but the energy there felt like some places in France I’ve been to.

It might have been the temperature, the smell, the people, the sea. I don’t know. But whenever something reminds me of France, it feels like home to me. I’m half Galician, half French. 

The month ended with a gig. At last 🙂. We were asked to play at a charity event for the children and women in Ukraine. We had fun there, we always love playing music and Ourense has always treated us kindly. We found some old colleagues and went to eat at some lovely places we like. 

Running in Ourense for a change was nice (it was a Saturday, you guessed it right) I love rivers and running next to them makes it easier for me. Even if it’s uphill 😅.

The rest was all music video, music video, music video…so I guess my monthly blog ends here. I hope you enjoyed your April, with everything you had to suffer and celebrate.

I hope there was more to celebrate. There’s always more, we just tend to overthink and focus on the “problems” because they take up more energy and feel heavier. But that’s OK, I’m still learning too. That’s part of the charm of life. 

Have fun and keep fooding. And if you want to have more updates from me, you can follow both of my instagram accounts: @silviafooding and @silviarabade Oh! and my music account @escuchando_elefantes

Thanks for reading! Talk to you next month! 💙