But then, in the afternoon, I got a message from them that — him and his mom, that he had wanted to do a Day of the Dead celebration. So, he learned about it in Spanish class, and his mom took him to Target to get some crafts and he made an ofrenda. Pretty much by himself, like they worked together but you know, he did some crafts. He did some, you know, they had some, some, skulls, and he had oranges, and he also had pictures from his, his great-grandma who had died and his great-grandpa, well, both his great-grandmas. And then a pet that he had lost, and it was a very, very nice — He made that on Saturday, and he called and they invited me to go, and I took, took a picture of my son who had passed away, and then also great-grandpa. So it was a really, it was a really beautiful experience.
One of the things that they talked about was having food that the person really liked, so they decided to have English muffins, with strawberry jam. Which was my mom’s favorite thing to have. So, that was really sweet, and then they asked me what did, what did my son like to eat? And the only thing it could really think of was chicken nuggets. From McDonald’s. And so they said, “Well, we just had chicken nuggets. We’re having chicken nuggets for dinner right now.” McDonald’s chicken nuggets, McNuggets. So that was very cool. That was on Saturday night so they had leftovers then to celebrate, but it was a very, very sweet, moving experience.
His other grandparents came on Sunday, to see the ofrenda and to share memories, and we shared memories about our people. And it was really a very, very sweet, nice, a nice experience. And I was really proud of him for, for, just for his empathy and, and, kindness that he shows. And you know he’s so sentimental. And he takes everything, he takes everything to heart.”