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It is time to put an end to this. A simple question has gotten blown out of proportion. I am not some ogre coming to Costa Rica to change them or things nor do I have any wish to. I read on the internet that my husband and only my husband could apply for Residency (My concept of a step toward Citizenship), and then I read a chapter in Costa Rica The Last Country The Gods Made page 137, Women Under Tico Paternalism. I was an Equal Opportunity Specialist, enforcing civil rights laws for 15 years. I wondered if I was being hypocritical in considering going where the laws did not give women equal opportunity. Yes the laws in the US give women equal opportunity but they still do not receive equal pay. I admire what Costa Rica has evolved into. I have always stood for people being allowed to be who they are. I worked with a very poor community to get a community center that they wanted, not some other project that officials wanted to subject them to. I worked with a community that lost its economic base when the mines closed and we brought new industry, jobs and training. I have been the president of a construction company; president of a development company; and owner of other businesses. I have been a feature story writer and named Presswoman of the Year. I have been named Toastmaster of the Year, and more. Most of all, I am the mother of seven children, all college educated and successful, nineteen grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. I am sorry if I have caused you to misjudge and bruised your egos. When I come to Costa Rico, I will seek out a small village or city with very few foreigners, such as you. I will become a part of the community, going to church, helping and learning their customs at gatherings, festivals, etc. After all I am 81 years young and I intend to relax and enjoy genuine people.
I have sent you an email. I asked a question and did not receive an answer. I received an insult. I have done my homework on Costa Rica, it peoples, the area, the climate. We would be a part of the community and its peoples. We would not come to exploit the land or its people. I have worked all my life with and for minorities and women’s rights. It would be our final move, permanent. Yes, my Spanish is rusty but my love of people is not. We would come looking for a better life than where we live. Your retort floors me!
