BajaNomad
Not logged in [Login - Register]

Go To Bottom
Printable Version  
Author: Subject: This Time of Year
Gypsy Jan
Ultra Nomad
*****


Avatar


Posts: 4275
Registered: 1-27-2004
Member Is Offline

Mood: Depends on which way the wind is blowing

[*] posted on 12-10-2013 at 02:08 PM
This Time of Year


It seems to bring a lot of memories to the forefront - of the recently passed and the not so recent who were landmarks in our lives.

Our housekeeper asked to rearrange her work days so she could march in Virgin of Guadalupe procession on Thursday.

She was embarrassed to be asking me at the last minute, in case it inconvenienced us and because she had forgotten the actual date, it took her kids to remind her.

I told her that it was no problem.

She wanted to tell me (with my imperfect Spanish, this is my interpretation) about her father, who passed four years ago and her mother who she takes care of who is fading away due to advanced diabetes.

She marches to honor them and pray for their redemption and salvation.

We moved on to speak of other things - I was apologetic because the dogs don't like to go out the doggie doors when its cold to do their business, so every morning there is something not nice to clean up inside.

She said that she didn't mind at all, then she went on to tell me that when the altars are set up in the cemetery for the Day of the Dead that there is always a statue or picture of a dog as a part of every altar.

She took my hands into her own and said that, regardless of the person's life, good or bad, or whether he/she liked dogs, the dogs are there to guide them along the road they are taking.

[Edited on 12-10-2013 by Gypsy Jan]




“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain

\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna

\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
View user's profile
DENNIS
Platinum Nomad
********




Posts: 29510
Registered: 9-2-2006
Location: Punta Banda
Member Is Offline


[*] posted on 12-10-2013 at 02:20 PM


Thanks for that, Jan.



"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
View user's profile

  Go To Top

 






All Content Copyright 1997- Q87 International; All Rights Reserved.
Powered by XMB; XMB Forum Software © 2001-2014 The XMB Group






"If it were lush and rich, one could understand the pull, but it is fierce and hostile and sullen. The stone mountains pile up to the sky and there is little fresh water. But we know we must go back if we live, and we don't know why." - Steinbeck, Log from the Sea of Cortez

 

"People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care." - Theodore Roosevelt

 

"You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who they think can do nothing for them or to them." - Malcolm Forbes

 

"Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you." - Jim Rohn

 

"The best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer." - Cunningham's Law







Thank you to Baja Bound Mexico Insurance Services for your long-term support of the BajaNomad.com Forums site.







Emergency Baja Contacts Include:

Desert Hawks; El Rosario-based ambulance transport; Emergency #: (616) 103-0262