The best week of my life?

I’ve posted this picture of Violeta taken by her mother, Victoria Munr,o because it captures the way I feel these days.

For many children, joy comes as the result of mining something unique
and wondrous about themselves from some inner shaft.
Cottle, Thomas J.

I don’t know at this point but if everything comes true, it will definitely  rank right up there with the best.  First of all, it looks like I am going to sell my house. I have been very torn In a way this house has become my identity. On the other hand it is a difficult house for a person of a certain age  with a hurt knee to walk four flights of stairs to my bedroom on the top floor of my home as beautiful, comfortable and cherished as it is. But also it is too much home f or a single person. Besides, I’ve lived  very happy moments here  and the house is full of memories.

You may not know this but most Mexican girls are  brought up on the principle that it is preferable to starve than be without good help..In Mexico even maids have maids. I am one of those women. Apart from physical barriers, I make warm and cozy homes but am definitely not a good or willing home keeper. My mother only insisted we wash our underwear, make our beds and set the table.  That was the extent of our duties besides cleaning one blue pewter bandeja full of beans every day. We never learned to clean.

We were expected to treat the help, especially the cook, like gold. That was the key to eternal happiness. Lupita had learned to make everything exactly  like my mother would.

All of this preamble just to say that I will be moving into a one-floor, smaller apartment that I can manage by myself.  And I am happy about this.

But I started to tell you this because this week started out wonderfully with a dinner I gave to the owners of Casa Mezcal to reciprocate  their recent kindness during our Food is Arte retablo auction.  I’ll continue this with  a description of the dinner that has  led to the start of  several beautiful friendships.

But also why one of the happiest?  Because all sort of interesting business opportunities are popping up.  All I can say is Right on Time.  I’ve finished my archive an it will be picked up next week.  And I’ve started to give things away to people who have been extremely kind, generous, loving during this most difficult year of loss and now rebirth.