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My Beloved Patio Juan
Alfaro from Argentina
It was a colonial style house with an indoor patio, and all the rooms of the house opened on to this patio. The patio wasn't big; it was just big enough to let the whole family feel comfortable. There was a table and chairs, and space to walk around without touching the flowers. The patio, which was the center of the house, had very good sunlight and a good orientation for the winds, so it was a nice place to spend a long time playing or studying or to be with the family. Well, the patio was also special because my bedroom door was there; before becoming my bedroom it had been the service room. Before that I had slept in a small room under the staircase near my parents' room, and I had only a little space, where I couldn't study, play, or share moments with my friends. Then, one day my parents came with great news; they were going to restore and remodel that old room for me. I was eleven, so they thought that I wouldn't be afraid of living there, alone, and they were right. I was so excited to have my own room, with my own bathroom and a big window that overlooked that beautiful patio. The patio also had an aljibe, a kind of well that is very characteristic of Spanish colonial houses,...and to know all that was mine! On
some nights, the ones when there was a full moon, I
even climbed to the roof, like a cat, to see the
beautiful moonlight over my beloved
patio.
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