Feliz 10 de Mayo - Dia de las Madres

   Today is a very special day in the hearts of all Mexicans, we remain a matriarchal society even amongst immense "machismo" repression, but still it is taught in most house holds that our mother is the closes to a Saint the closest to holiness, and you must respect her at all times. This is also the cause of the most common insult "chinga tu madre"... 


  All educational institutions in La Manzanilla take turns during this week to hold a Mothers Day Festival, from  Kinder to Secundaria all the children will perform poems, dances, sketches, etc, they have been rehearsing for weeks now. 


  This Friday night the Delegacion is putting on their own Festival de las Madres, it usually consists of a baile and free punch or beer for the Moms as well as a raffle of household products and kitchen appliances . This is a pretty interesting night, most Moms go all out this day and party it up! you can see them all celebrating intensely... hehehe... 


  This edition of our blog is to be dedicated to all the Madres Solteras in our town, some of them very young, some of them with multiple children, some with no education, but all of them with a strong maternal drive and instinct, extraordinary women all of them in deed. 
   In our town maternity is a teaching for the children as well as for the mother, through their unguided experiences they learn different values and cognitive capacities, qualities that they did not know they had; women in our community always step up to the plait whether they have a partner or not! Today lets show them our love and respect. 

Judith Requena Figueroa

Judy is the young single Mom of three beautiful little girls and she

 is responsable for the local daycare "Juguemos a aprender" she 

is also an active members of different social causes in town. 

Martha Martinez 

Martha is the proud owner of her self made business "Loncheria Mi Kasita", 

she serves some of the best tortas in town! After her husband Cesar passed away she started her business converting her then living room in to a small restaurant and grew from there...she was left to care for her three loving children Citlally, Jocelyn and Brian. 

Oralia Valdez

Our dear friend Oralia is a very hard worker and a great Mom to her daughter Ximena, 

she has a degree in Tourism and a specialty in event planing. As a young 

professional she struggles to find consistent work in La Manzanilla. 

Martha Virrueta Garibay

A few of you will recognize Martha as your server at Palapa Joe's, she is our rebel Mom!

Mother to 5 children, bilingual, opinionated and tattooed! Martha is a great friend 

and Mom to her kids, not to mention a hard worker as well! 

Ellie Rodriguez Garcia 

Our friend Ellie is one of La Manzanilla's local girls 

who is now living in California, as a single parent to her daughter 

she shares the same values as her female relatives back home. 

Dania Mercado

Dania is another amazingly strong female and loving Mom who just recently

 had to experience a terrible loss and tragedy for her and her family, 

she is the widow of our good friend Tony; the love of her life, 

they had three gorgeous girls together. 

Aby Ramos Hernandez

New owners of "La Mazanilla Fine Art Gallery" Aby and little Mia 

are a great Mother daughter team! Venturing together in a new business 

and a new house of their own, they have worked very hard 

to get here together...

Liliana Castillo Martinez

Liliana is another very bright young woman who is a single parent to her two children, 

she still manages to keep her son Diego at the top of his class and an honorary student 

every year in our local school. You may also recognize her filling as a secretary 

for the Ejido office.

Adela Cedano

One of our most beloved primaria teachers is "la Maestra Adela", she has been an important figure in our small towns history and she was a brave single Mom to two successful kids, now both college graduates. She is still incredibly mothering to all the small children she teaches at the primaria.

   To all our towns loving Madresitas, las queremos y las admiramos! 

Mujer, yo hubiera sido tu hijo, por beberte
la leche de los senos como de un manantial,
por mirarte y sentirte a mi lado y tenerte
en la risa de oro y la voz de cristal.
Por sentirte en mis venas como Dios en los ríos
y adorarte en los tristes huesos de polvo y cal,
porque tu ser pasara sin pena al lado mío
y saliera en la estrofa ?limpio de todo mal?.

Cómo sabría amarte, mujer, cómo sabría
amarte, amarte como nadie supo jamás!
Morir y todavía
amarte más.
Y todavía
amarte más
y más.

Pablo Neruda

Special thanks to Miriam Figueroa, Guadalupe Lopez and Lin Magali Loza!