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Widowed at 28 and evicted from her home, Priscila's mother occupied an abandoned house on the outskirts of Taboão da Serra to provide a roof over her head for her four children. There she raised them all and began transforming her family's life, until her departure three years ago. About 40 years ago, Priscila's father died of cancer, leaving his four children and his wife, Sonia, alone. Sonia, illiterate, was a housewife and found herself destitute at that time. Things worsened when the landlady of the house where she had lived with her husband kicked her out because she "wouldn't pay the rent" since she had no job. On the street, with four children, she ended up squatting in an abandoned house that served as a drug trafficking hub in the area. The house was like the one in the song "A Casa" by Vinícius de Morais: it had no roof, nothing. No bathroom, no tiles, nothing. The situation wasn't easy. Priscila says she would wake up in the middle of the night, still very young, and see her mother crying in the kitchen, praying to God that they wouldn't go without food the next day. With the help of neighbors, the family got back on their feet, and Dona Sonia found work. With a little push from fate, a young woman stopped by and asked if she worked as a manicurist. She lied, saying yes, but it was from that moment on that life began to change for her and her children. Dona Sonia supported her family with her informal job as a manicurist, went back to school, finished her high school diploma, went to nursing school, passed a civil service exam, and moved on with her life, always telling her children that education was the most important thing in life because "no one can take knowledge away from us." Being a single father, mother, and entire support network, like many Black women across Brazil to this day, Dona Sonia raised her four children and had a fifth daughter with another partner. Everything that was once denied her, from a very young age, she gave to her children: love, affection, and acceptance. And her children reciprocated as best they could. All of them, now adults, got together and built a house for Dona Sonia, where she lived until she was 63, when she died of a heart attack. Her passing was very sudden and left a huge void in her entire family. But all her perseverance was passed on to each of her children, who now try to pass on what they learned from her in their own homes. Dona Sonia's death certificate stated that she had a heart attack due to dilated cardiomyopathy, meaning her heart was too large. Something she always told Priscila and her siblings: that her heart didn't fit in her chest. Everything she overcame was because she loved her family so much, and that love continued until her passing. Support the channel and join our WhatsApp group: http://apoia.se/historiasdeterapia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 💙 Did you like this story? ✍️ Leave your comment 📢 Share with your friends 🕵 Visit our website http://historiasdeterapia.com