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One more year without you, one more year of not having you in this world, it hurts, it hurts so bad, but here we are, strong and ready to receive you.

My dear aunty Tina, here is your coffee, pan dulce and a variety of food, so you go back with a full stomach, there is no more hunger here and as long as I am alive I will make sure you have everything you need in this day, at least in your altar, even when I know it is too late, I will always regret not being there for you my beautiful aunty. I didn’t have enough time to put something for chucha (her dog), but I know she’d eat pretty much anything, so please take something for her. My aunty I hope that wherever you are, you are full of peace and happiness, I hope you spend your time playing loteria with all your friends, I love you my dear aunty and I am so sorry you never had the happy ending you so much deserved, but I hope that everything is ok now, I’m sure you are friends with my grandma, she was always super sociable…

My beautiful grandma I left chips for you, candy, your coke, food  and a Good shot of tequila, so you can toast with my uncle, I miss your blessings, the way you prayed, your laugh, and all the face gestures you used do to make a point and be very transparent, no filters lol whenever you didn’t like something…or someone, we all miss you, you left a lot of love here for you, Christmas are not the same without you, I send you tons of kisses to heaven my beautiful precious grandma, thank you for teaching us the secret of happiness, even though I feel we all failed to learn it, thank you for all your joy, for being so positive and for always having a place in your heart for each and every one of your grandkids, take care of Aunty Tina and uncle Julio.

Dear Uncle, I left some tequila for you, so you drink it with Doña Mague, and lots of food and Pan dulce, I also left some Pan de Pulque, I will always miss you, every time I watch your videos, I can’t help it and I burst in tears, even when those were happy moments that we shared with you, I just break, I miss you so bad, you know? Sometimes I’d like to know how you’d solved all the problems I have , I’m sure you’d found a solution, you were a problem solver, I’ve tried to sing that song that we sang together, but between you and me (Aca entre nos, name of the song), my voice breaks and I can’t say a word, but I promise to keep trying and maybe one day I can honor you by signing the whole song, you have no idea how hard is to live without you, we all miss you big time, you were everyone’s favorite, but I also know for many years I was your favorite niece, thank you for all those good moments my dear uncle, if you can,  visit me in my dreams, please come and say hi, deal? I have to tell you that Zoe knows you as uncle pops Julio 😂 I can only imagine your big laugh, and I’d swear I can hear you said “Say whaaaaat Berita??”, what do you mean with: POPS??!!”, “don’t let my Friends hear that”, “whaaaaaaaaat”…so yeah, lol sorry for that, it is your new name and it is how she knows you now, you are uncle pops Julio. When we placed the guitar in the altar, Zoe immediately said that it was for you because you like to play it, I miss you, God I miss you, I miss you so bad, please take care of the grannies and take care of Uncle Beto…

Mi uncle Beto, ese tiiioooooooooo, I’m sorry for the improvised picture, I didn’t have much time to print a color one, next year I’ll make sure you have the beer that you liked so much, but for now, I put some coffee for you, and Pan and food help yourself, hugs to heaven, please take care of aunty Tina.

Dear Family, I want to let you know that this year we have a special guest an international friend, he was very close to my friends Megan and Nat, his name is Chris, he does not speak Spanish but I’m sure that won’t stop my beautiful grandma from communicating with him, be nice to him, although I don’t need to tell you that, he will probably be very confused, because he doesn’t know this tradition, but I know you will find the way to guide him, uncle Julio, please translate everything !!!! So he can enjoy the day and the ofrendas that his beloved Friends left for him, they bought his favorite food, it’s something that looks like taquitos but it’s not taquitos and some chicken Nuggets and vodka, so you can make a toast together, please do share some tequila with him, so he knows what is good, and share Mexican food, my friend Megan helped to prepare some of that, so if you don’t like it, it wasn’t my fault, hahaha, make him feel welcome like only you know how.

Chris, it was really nice to get to know you thru your beloved friends, I wish I had the chance to meet you in person, I could see how special you were for them and how much love you left behind, my family is awesome, so I know they’ll make you feel welcome, I hope you like the food and the drawing Wesley made for you.

love you so much, I miss you tremendously I send you lots of love and if you can, visit me in my dreams and tell me how you are doing.

With all my love, here is my ofrenda.

 




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