MAMA
- Aurelia Caragiu (born Aurelia Tomoiu) my mother lived a full life marked by love and sacrifice. She died in the same spirit of empathy that encompasses everything in its embrace.
Memories
matter, because believe it or not that's all we have (and I refuse to
talk about anything else, here I am a hard constructivist), the only
problem is in putting in an adequate effort to access said memories (but
it's worth it).
My mother was a respected Chemistry teacher at Teleajen
Oil Industrial High School near Ploiesti (where she brutally but so
resiliently commuted for many years, every day, rain or shine, snow or
storm, with two buses). She taught me to write, asked me to make
summaries of the materials that I was reading (so that I could
eventually focus better), facilitated, through her textbooks or other
nonfiction books, my first scientific explorations (even now I remember
how passionate I was about my readings on Electrolysis from her
textbooks when herself was a school student - those I found in the attic
and of course she approved those readings once she found my secret, and
how much I loved the books "Fun Physics" by Ia. I. Perelman,
"Physics in Everyday Life" by E. Aisberg, "Fun Biology" by Igor Akimuskin, "Fun Botanic" by Tudor Opris, "One, Two, Three...Infinity" by George Gamow, and others that she bought for me). She
also bought me big-sized student notebooks, in which I was supposed to
write everything I was thinking about. She was an efficient facilitator
in my early school years, giving me everything she had, especially
trust, when I needed it most.
RIP mom! You will never be forgotten.