Ofrenda for Nana

Today as we celebrate Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead), my memory takes me back to the days of my youth when I lived with nana and pop. Pop and I fought like crazy because he was stubborn and hot-headed and well, I inherited that from him, but nana was a different story. 

She always had a gentle and loving manner. She loved you through whatever it was you were going through. She had an accepting spirit of whatever God brought her way, and always believed that good would prevail and that God had magnificent plans for us all even if it didn’t quite feel that way in the moment.

So I built this ofrenda for nana who taught me to love coffee from a young age, to love people for eternity, and to love yourself through the difficult seasons of life. Like the orchids she planted, the earth is full of beautiful people and things. Treat them with grace and kindness but most of all. Honor who you are and where you came from because you were divinely inspired!