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The warning Michelle Salas received from her grandmother Sylvia Pasquel before she was born
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The warning Michelle Salas received from her grandmother Sylvia Pasquel before she was born

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Sylvia Pasquel shared a heartfelt video message for her granddaughter Michelle Salas's 37th birthday.
  • In the video, Pasquel recounted a playful "threat" she made to a then-unborn Michelle to wait for her before arriving.
  • Pasquel expressed pride in seeing Michelle as a successful, elegant, and cultured woman.

Michelle Salas celebrated her 37th birthday surrounded by family, receiving a touching tribute from her grandmother, Sylvia Pasquel. In a video message, Pasquel recalled a unique "threat" she made to Michelle before her birth in 1989. Pasquel, who has two granddaughters, Michelle and Camila (both daughters of Stephanie Salas), shared a happy memory of Michelle's arrival.

That night I approached your mother's belly and said: 'Please don't be born, wait for me, I'm going to work but I'll be back in the morning and that's what you did, when I arrived your mother was in labor, so we went to the hospital.'

โ€” Sylvia PasquelRecounting her interaction with her pregnant daughter before Michelle's birth.

Pasquel recounted how she approached Stephanie Salas's belly and asked the unborn Michelle to wait for her, as she had to go to work but promised to return by morning. "And you did just that," Pasquel said, "when I arrived, your mother was in labor, so we went to the hospital." She described entering the delivery room with a camera in hand, ready to capture the "most beautiful thing" she had ever seen: the birth of her first granddaughter.

I, with the camera in hand, recording that very special moment, seeing the most beautiful thing I have ever seen in my life, the birth of my first granddaughter.

โ€” Sylvia PasquelDescribing the experience of witnessing Michelle's birth.

Thirty-seven years later, Pasquel expressed immense pride in seeing Michelle as a "fully-fledged" woman who is successful, beautiful, elegant, cultured, and happily married. "I wish you all the best in the world, my dear, I wish you to be very happy and to continue being as successful as you are. Your grandmother loves you," Pasquel concluded.

I wish you all the best in the world, my dear, I wish you to be very happy and to continue being as successful as you are. Your grandmother loves you.

โ€” Sylvia PasquelOffering birthday wishes to Michelle Salas.

Michelle responded warmly to her grandmother's emotional message, saying, "How I love you, grandmaaaaaa." Humberto Zurita, Stephanie Salas's partner, also commented on Pasquel's loving words, calling them "beautiful" and "full of love and great feelings," wishing Michelle happiness and good health.

How I love you, grandmaaaaaa.

โ€” Michelle SalasResponding to her grandmother's birthday message.
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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.