Ideas en libertad

Es una serie de relatos autobiograficos basados en la vida del autor y su madre, la politica colombiana y nominada al premio Nobel de paz Piedad Cordoba. Por medio de estos relatos, el lector puede dar un vistazo general a la situacion politica en Colombia. [Este texto fue escrito sin tildes ni otros caracteres especiales para evitar errores con el navegador.]

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Alemania, año 1106. Hildegarda, de ocho años, ingresa en un monasterio benedictino del Palatinado. Es una niña enfermiza con un don especial: tiene visiones. Durante largo tiempo su vida transcurre, externamente, tranquila y apacible, pero Dios tiene otro camino para ella. A los cuarenta y tres años le ordena que escriba sus visiones. Y, a partir de ese momento, se convierte en un referente de la Cristiandad al manifestarse su compleja y riquísima personalidad de visionaria, profeta, teóloga, música, médica, boticaria, científica, fundadora, consejera de emperadores y papas, de...

I was born into the family of William Julius and Emilie (Baudat) Gayle on August 30, 1919 They decided to name me Luella Celestine for my two grandmothers...Luella Love (Sanders) Gayle and Celestine (Pichon) Baudat. I did not like the name and was very happy that they decided to call me “Celeste.” At the time of my birth, my brother Milton was almost two, having been born September 2, 1917. Unfortunately, he died with Diphtheria on December 11, 1921, when I was only two. Mom and Dad had previously lost a son, Dalton, who died April 13, 1915 at the age of 16 months. He was born December 8, ...