Living with Grief

Dia de Los Muertos comes only weeks after the day my daughter died. I knew even that first year I wanted to honor her on that day every day for as long as I live.  I had moved  from Santa Fe to a town south of Albuquerque just a few months before she died and I discovered that Tomé Hill was only a couple of miles from my home.  I began leaving offerings for her on the altar at the top of the hill.  It became a very special place for me. I got married there in 2023 to the love of my life whom I had dated over 25 years earlier. I contacted him knowing he would want to know.  He came immediately to try and help me, even though I tried to dissuade him from coming.  He was aware of how devastated I was and still am,  yet he is still by my side today. 

We celebrate Dia de Los Muertos every year and it has become an ongoing tradition we  share with others honoring their loved ones.