Day of the Dead

Ok so technically, my family does not celebrate Dia de los Muertos or "Day of the Dead". But what we do is respect those in our family who have passed away by placing fresh flowers on their grave. But since all of my deceased family is buried in El Salvador, we really don't do much today. But I wanted to do something special. Even though it took me several trips to different stores to find flowers and candles, I made a little memorial-thingy for the six family members that have passed away.

There are six flowers and candle for each of my family members. I chose yellow carnations with two red flowers because...that was all they had at WALGREENS! Well that and yellow is the color associated with death. I don't revere death as a holy thing or anything, but I do acknowledge that it is a natural process in life. I do re

spect death, as in I don't like to joke about it because you never know when God will call us to our end.

Here are the names of the family members from my dad's side of the family: my grandfather, my uncle and my aunt.

Here are the names of the family member's from my mom's side of the family: my grandfather, my great uncle and great aunt.

I loved each and everyone of my family members that passed away. Ironically enough, my maternal grandfather was dying on my thirteenth birthday. He live

d for about a month more after that. My aunt on my dad's side was supposed to die on my fifteenth birthday, but she held on for about a month in order for me to have a quinceañera. I am very thankful for the time that God allowed them to live on this earth. May they rest in peace.