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De: R K <…@comcast.net>
Date: mié, 25 mar 2020 a las 19:27
Subject: Re: To K Jorge from Guadalajara
To: Jorge CURIEL FLORES <jorgecurielflores@gmail.com>

Jorge:

I will never forget you and the time we spent together. You are one of the most wonderful people I have met during my foreign travels and I truly grateful for that opportunity. I thought I knew something about the culture of Mexican from classes in high school but you showed me just how little I actually knew. Since our meeting, that has greatly changed me and my attitudes towards your country.

I am not all that healthy and American’s downright stupidity in not taking necessary actions to respond to COVID-19 is evidence that my country is in big trouble. I live in New Jersey and that is the second worse infected state in my country. The resort island I live on is shut down and the beaches and marinas are closed. Streets and summers homes are empty and we are just plain scared at how high a rate the virus is spreading. The governor of New York state appears to have a handle on taking action but our president and his party members are more concerned about our stock market crashing than the death of our country’s citizens.

I apologize for not responding with “just few words” but it is getting real where I live. Your photographs are beautiful and I have been looking for the beauty of nature where I live. However, we are not suppose to leave our homes. I hope we may be able to remain friends and if I survive this, I would love to see you again one day.

My sincere best wishes to you, your family and all of your friends as well as admiradoras and admiradores. (I am an admirador!)

k…

On March 25, 2020 at 7:07 PM Jorge CURIEL FLORES <jorgecurielflores@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear R…:

This is Jorge, the Tour Guide, from Guadalajara, Jalisco, México.

People is very concerned how Coronavirus is spreading around the world. And I impressed how it has grown in the USA. So, just few words, to ask how are you, and your loved ones. I hope you are ok, and I am happy to tell you, that up to now, we are ok too.

We are praying to God, for this crisis to pass as soon as possible. I think the world had forgotten God, and this has been a good opportunity for reflection.

I’ll be looking to hearing from you.

Receive a big Mexican hug and my best regards.

Attached are two beautiful photos of a pink spring tree, as a message of hope.

Jorge.