The Cuban content creator Maydalina Valdés Fernández, known on social media as @maydalina_valentina, announced her return to Cuba in an emotional video posted on Instagram, where she confessed that loneliness and family distance were the main reasons that motivated her to come back.
“I’m going to Cuba. Well, by the time you’re watching this video, I’ll probably already be in Cuba,” said the influencer at the beginning of her message, in which she acknowledged that making the decision “has not been easy, it has been a mix of what is right and what is wrong.”
Maydalina explained that she couldn't adapt to life outside her country and that the distance from her family ended up affecting her emotionally.
I don't know if I gave up too quickly, I just know that I want to get up every day and shout to my neighbor across the way: 'Have you made coffee yet?', or be able to run into my mom's arms if I'm having a bad day, she expressed. Loneliness was killing me, she added.
In her testimony, the young woman reflected on the sacrifices that many people make when they emigrate.
Many people have spent years away from their families to give them a better future, and I would say: why can't I be capable? However, she admitted that her happiness is in Cuba and that she doesn't want her daughter to "keep growing up away from my mom and my family".
Time does not come back, and if there is something that money cannot buy, it is time. All that time one loses being with their family, that will not return, he stated.
“When one leaves, they leave behind some people, and when they return, most are no longer there, and I don’t want that to happen to me”.
The influencer also acknowledged that, although she had access to material comforts in other countries, the lack of emotional connections weighed more heavily on her.
“What use is it for me to be in a country where I can buy whatever I want, if in the end I will be the only one eating it?”, she wondered. “If I'm going to go through a blackout, I'd rather go through it under a mango tree with my family”, she joked.
Finally, he assured that he feels at peace with his decision: “Since I knew I was going to return, I've felt happy.”
Hours after posting the video, Maydalina confirmed her arrival in Cuba with another post on Instagram, where she appeared smiling and surrounded by family.
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