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«They were a normal family with eight children, with the
problem of dressing them: what should I buy for them? What should
I put on them? I noticed the climate in that family and actually I was
gathering ideas so that in the future my family would be like theirs».
(Isabel Bueno, Alvira’s baby sitter)
EVERYDAY LIFE OF THE ALVIRA FAMILY
ideas For reFlection
• How much importance do we place on example? Let’s reflect
on the fact that every gesture we do carries a message, which reaches
our children and the people around us.
• Small gestures of affection and attention, repeated often, can
create in our couple and in our family an atmosphere that our children
experience and that can be much more effective than many words.
4. teacHinG cHildren to love eacH otHer 16
«They both encouraged us to love each other very much as
brothers and sisters. It is something that remains true to this day».
(Rafael Alvira)
ideas For reFlection
• In what particular situation that we are experiencing, can we
be witnesses to unconditional and generous love, even though it is
exhausting?
16 Ibidem.
