I love Día de los Muertos. I go to the festival here every year and I really like the years I go alone, or just with my son more. I have never participated in the festival other than just a patron, but I feel so close to my own dead loved ones when I am in that space. Thank you for writing!
If this is too dark I apologize, but your essay stirred the dark of my mind and I recalled dozen'sh calls I had been to in my career. When I first saw it, it made me angry. It was always old men. They had reached a point where they decided it was time to go. Some had medical histories, some psychiatric, but most were just lonely or fighting demons of their past.
Almost without exception we would find them on their couch in their home or apartment. Their dog laying next to them our on their laps.
They would shot the dog then themselves.
The older I became the more I understood why they did what they did.
My anger changed to sorrow as I gradually comprehended why they did what they did.
I love the day of the dead celebration.
That is a powerful read, and it explains loss beautifully.
I love Día de los Muertos. I go to the festival here every year and I really like the years I go alone, or just with my son more. I have never participated in the festival other than just a patron, but I feel so close to my own dead loved ones when I am in that space. Thank you for writing!
Día de los Muertos
If this is too dark I apologize, but your essay stirred the dark of my mind and I recalled dozen'sh calls I had been to in my career. When I first saw it, it made me angry. It was always old men. They had reached a point where they decided it was time to go. Some had medical histories, some psychiatric, but most were just lonely or fighting demons of their past.
Almost without exception we would find them on their couch in their home or apartment. Their dog laying next to them our on their laps.
They would shot the dog then themselves.
The older I became the more I understood why they did what they did.
My anger changed to sorrow as I gradually comprehended why they did what they did.
It still brings tears to my eyes as I write this.
Keep up the strong work.
Thank you for sharing something this heavy. I don’t think it’s too dark — I think it’s honest.
I already do that
It is such a lovely custom.