My Inventor... Sonia Azevedo!

In this picture: Sonia, my Dad (R.I.P) and Nuno (The Doll)

My older and beautiful sister Sonia, who is not my biological sister, is a person who i have great admiration for. I remember when i was younger, my family used to tell me that Sonia was my Inventor! She had a doll called "Nuno"(which is also my name) way before i was born. She used to ask my Mother and my Father R.I.P. who raised her, to have a baby like her doll and eventually my Mother got pregnant and here i am: Paulo Nuno de Azevedo Pascoal... and i looked just like her doll. Distance and time has made me and Sonia grow apart, we have very different lives, always lived in different countries, and never really got the chance to get to know each other. A couple of months ago, i was a little upset at Sonia for something i heard she did to my other sister, but there's no need to mention that any longer... I assumed things, she assumed things, but we never really talked about it, until this past Saturday, while i was out with my friends and i got a call from her. I got a bit nervous, i am just not used to have her call me and say: "I'm coming to meet you". When she finally got to the place i was, we got in and asked for 2 Tequila shots, yes, we cheered, i could feel that the day to set things clear had come. After some drinks and the club about to close, we were intoxicated enough to decide to get emotional, we sit outside on the ground, looking towards the river and seeing the sunrise, it was definitely one of the most beautiful mornings i've had in a long time, we spoke about everything and we realized how similar we are, although we are not biological brother and sister, we do love each other as if, at end, we do own the same blood, Sonia is the daughter of my Mother's older Brother Carlos, who lost his wife way too soon and got a bit edgy. My Mother took Sonia and her Brother Helder under her custody! But then my Mother also lost my father she was only 26 yeas old, and she couldn't follow her promise, she couldn't even take care of us. I wish i could speak about all we spoke, but i need to keep it private on her behalf. I will never forget when i was 11 years old and Sonia was 19 years old, my Mom sent both of us for holidays in South Africa, it was one of the best vacations i've had, Sonia smoked cigarettes and she didn't want the family to know at the time, and i took her first smoking picture to blackmail her, HaHa... it was when on the New Year's Eve of 1994 i was drunk for the first time in my life.

I'm really happy with the talk we had, although drunk, i hope we keep, as of now, growing together and learning from each other, and no matter what happens in the future, Sonia, i'll stand by you and i'll ask you first instead of assuming nonsense. I LOVE YOU SISTER!

The night ended past 10am, with both of us in the kitchen, crying, laughing, bonding, drinking champagne and smoking cigarettes!