Begging at the Big Box

Today is Children’s day here in Mexico, schools have parties and stores have give aways and constests for kids. Not all kids get celebrated today, too many are on the roads and not in school. Here is a story I wrote years ago, when my daughters were still children. I Leer más…

Why «the Madrina»?

So I guess the first thing I need to explain is why I am called, Madrina. It is Spanish for godmother and when I first came to Juchitan in 1993 I did volunteer service at a small children’s home.  When I got there they were lacking in many things, especially diapers for the five infants who were under a year old, and the five two-year-olds.  They were using Leer más…