![]() ![]() As I place each photo of the altar, I feel a tug on the other end of the thread between myself and the loved one.Īs I sit two days before Day of the Dead, I find myself late with everything this year. There is something deeply soothing about these rhythms, this honoring, the sense of connection between past and present, and the familiar scents and sounds. Known in English as All Soul’s Day, this tradition honors loved ones who have passed. While I wasn’t raised with this tradition, it speaks deeply to me and is an integral thread in the fabric of our family.Įvery year, we create the altar of loved ones, make the traditional foods, scatter the marigold flowers, and light the candles. November 1 approaches, ushering in one of the most sacred rhythms of the year for our family – the Mexican tradition of Day of the Dead( Dia de los Muertos). If you make pan de muerto or celebrate Dia de los Muertos today, I’d love to hear from you and share these traditions together. A box will be on its way to you on Monday. These recipes and rhythms will fill our day today, as we create the altar, take our the sugar skulls, and Yes, Wyatt, make pan de muerto. I wrote this piece about Dia de los Muertos last year. This call came on the heels of Wyatt coming home from college briefly a few weeks ago and telling me, “Mom, do you know what I really miss? Home cooked snacks and food.” This inspired a 12-hour flurry of baking and cooking, as I prepared a big box of food to send back to Colorado with him. ![]() “Mom, are you going to make pan de muerto (bread of the dead )?” Wyatt asked me on the phone from his dorm room three hours away. Life has been a swirl of blessed busyness in the past weeks with my focus on that day and that place. I realized that Day of the Dead, Día de los Muertos, was here. A baking and cooking flurry to send homemade food and snacks back to college with Wyatt. ![]()
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