Another delayed blog entry for a day that cannot go by unmentioned: Día de los Santos, or All Saints Day, celebrated on November 1st.
To celebrate All Saints Day we had mass. The kids had the opportunity the week leading up to the day to write in a book the names of their loved ones who had passed away. During mass, Father Phil read every name the kids had written. Over at least the next five minutes, more than 100 names were read. As the names of their passed parents, siblings, relatives and friends were read, the kids bowed their heads, some whose eyes were filled with tears.
It was a reminder for me of how much they have lost, but an even greater reminder of how strong they continue to be.
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