Dia de los Muertos [Mexico]

Death by chocolate

Feliz Dia de los Muertos. Today is the day when Mexicans remember the dead. They wear wooden skull masks and eat sugar skulls engraved with the name of their loved ones. It’s a great way to deal with losing someone you love. While in Mexico City, I met a young woman whose 20-something-year-old brother had recently died. She told me that the Mexican view of death helped her come to terms with his demise. She didn’t see it as an end but as the continuation of something else. It also made her appreciate her time on this planet a little more.