First of all, before presenting the new number and acknowledgements, I would like to stop for a moment to reflect to be able to transmit what we are experiencing and how being able to bring Verbeia number 5 to light today has made this lockdown more bearable. Since the notification of the State of Alarm in our country, seeing how other countries had already started this process and seeing how others were joining the lockdown has generated, both in our spirit and in our hearts, surprise, heartbreak and helplessness. I present number 5 of Verbeia with contradictory feelings, but the process of publishing one more issue, knowing that we continue working to make Verbeia possible, makes us move forward, move forward and overcome the unimaginable, the desperate reality that we have had to live. It's not just me presenting Issue 5 today. My fellow editors join in these “Preliminary Words” to share with you our feelings and gratitude. Once again, thanks to all of you who make Verbeia possible.

Sonia Sánchez Martínez

Editora de Verbeia