An Absent-minded Mother

An absent mother writting to her son....



Dear son I'm put this lines here to let you know I'm alive. I 'm writting slow because I know you can't read fast. If you got this letter is because you got , if not let me know and I can sent you it again. You father read about the accidents occur one kilometer of home, so we move very far away; you are not recognoze the house, the place is nice the house have laundry, but I not sure if it work, Yesterday I put some clothes and I pull the chain and I don't see the clothes anymore. The weather here is not to bad last week just rained two times, the first time for three days and the second time four days. We send your jacket but your uncle Pepe said if we send this with buttos can be very expensive so we took the buttons and put those on the pocket. Finally we bury your grandfather. We found his body when we moved, it was in the closet since the day when he won playing Hide and Seek.


Then other day was an explosion in the kitchen, you father and my fly away out home, I got so exited, tha was the first time that we go out in many years....The doctor came to our hause and put me small tub in my mouth also ask me to not open my mouth for ten minutes you father want to buy tha tub to the doctor. About your father , I'm pround, he have a nice jao, he have more than 500 people under him. He cut the grass opn the cementery. Your sister ana who get marry with her husband, had a baby, but I don't know if is boy aor girl, so i can't tell you if you are ant or uncle. If the baby is girl your sister is going to name her like me. I kdon't know why she want to name her daugther "MAMA". Your cousin Paco get marry and he pray to his wife every night because is 'virgen'..


We don' see your uncle Fredy any more, can be because he died last year. Ok son I can't put my adress in the letter because I don't know it. The family who were living here took it with they when they have move. to don't chanche their adress. Please said hi! to your ant Pera, if you see her if don't just ask her to writte me.


P>D> I would send you 100 dollars but alredy close the envelop.

My Little Princess Jaely.

I never gave much attention to children with special needs until my daughter was born. She is a special needs child with down sindrome. She was born premature , was a tiny baby and she weighed only 3 lb 4 onz. She was 30 weeks of gestation at the moment of her birth, she spent three months in NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) on Children's Hospital in St. Paul and when was just four months old she got an open heart surgeory in Fairview at the U of M. Things didn't go well during the surgeory, so she need to be conected to a "Bipass" machine for seven days. After that her heart didn't respond well and for that reason she got a pace maker implanted. She spent her first year running to one hospital to and other. She has had seven surgeries at the moment and she is a very fragil baby.

But she is still so pretty, playful, and nice little princess to me. She smile amost all the time, she throws kisses, can clap, makes gestures when she plays. She is learning sign language and she can say mom, dad, more, play, eat, water and other words. She is adorable, but some times she makes me crazy and when she knows I am mad at her she stars kissing me and smile to me. Maybe she tries to say: 'sorry mamy'. I enjoy everything that she does because she learns slower than other babies of her age because her down sindrome. She is my little princess and I love her a lot. And she loves me.

My House.

I like my house because is nice, warm and welcoming, it have two bedrooms but just one bathroom. Is big so we have lot space in our livinroom, the kitchen is large so I likeit because I have lot space to cook or bake when I need do this. And my house has nice windows they are big so light can come in easly. I have lot of plants inside and outside my house. The yard or garden where I live is big, and it already had plants but I planted more because a love plants. My neighboor always plant vegetables but I do just flowering plants so I always tell him my garden is more prettier then yours, or look my garden is so beautiful, and he responds but I'm going to have lot things to eat and your not. He is a good neighboor. I like my house because all the things I've mention and because it nice place to live in.

About Me

My name is Carmen. I'm from a small town or village named Atoyac in Jalisco, Mexico. I love our traditional food like birria, pozole, sopes, enchiladas, menudo, tamales etc. I've been in the United States about seven years. Before I came to Minnesota I was living in California. I liked it, and it is a very nice state but I prefer Minnesota because it has more jobs and opportunities, that is my opinion. I also like to live in Minnesota because of the snow. I have a big family. It consists of six sisters and three brothers, seventeen nieces, five nephews and a lot of cousins. Most of my family lives in California. My mother and older sister live in Mexico. They have a Visa card to come to the USA often to visit us. My dad died five years ago. I'm the youngest in my family. I have my sister Ana and two nephews in Minnesota. I'm studying English because I want to improve my vocabulary and learn more to take my GED and go to college and maybe be a nurse. But English is hard and dificult for me, because I have some problems with my hearing. I'm married and have a beautiful daughter. Her name is Jaely and she is my inspiration, my little princess, my angel. That is all about me. Thanks for your interest.

Religion and Bullfigthing Celebrations in Atoyac Jalisco.

I'm goin to talk about a part of my culture in my village, that is not in all Mexico just my town. My village in about one hour away from the city of Guadalajara, and every year we have two big celebration 'Fiestas patrias y eclasiaticas' this is ' Religion and Bullfithing Celebrations'. That happens during feburary and march every year. Religion Celebrations are around fourteen days, these ones are at the Catholic Church, the priest trade four services a day and sometimes five for special events, the times for the service is at 5:00am., 11:00am., 5:30pm., and 7:00pm. when the prist trade extra preaches ussually it is at noon. Most of the catholic people come to service everyday during celebrations because they offered God to go everyday. At night people can enjoy the fireworks we name those fireworks Castles becase they are maked like that, they have diferents forms, shapes, colors and times to be burned is when you can see bikes, bull, names, plants, etc. this is so beautiful. Also we burn a little bull, name like that because the shape is a small bull with a lot gumpowder, having 'crackers [fireworks]' those can burn you so it is dangerous but is very funny and exciting. There are some very spacial days for service one of the most importat is "The service in honor to the people who are living out our town' 'Misa de hijos ausentes' Other important day is 'Wenesday of Ashes' Thas is about Religion celebrations. Bullfighting celebrations are at the same time [date] we do 'recibimientos' that is welcomings, are at noon to 3:30pm. People come from other villages and cities we offer food, drinks and party with music to dance, [the goverment pays for that with our taxes]. After welcomings we have bullfigthings matches from 3:30pm. until 7 or 7:30pm. then we can go home to prepare to be ready for the big dance at nigth time,9:00pm. to 2:00am., this is every day for about two weeks or more. People have lots fun during this celebrations. Those are the most important traditions in my village and this is part of our culture, we enjoy that and have lot of fun.