People often include photos of their favorite singers, actors, and public figures on their dia de los muertos altar. Candles are said to light the way to the after-life. He is in our hearts and we will light a candle for him as well. Last week was the funeral of my husband’s uncle. On our table, we will add soccer items for Coach Alex, books and word-game pieces for my beloved Sue, and more pictures, as we continue to talk about more people. The food offerings are referred to as ofrendas, which just means offerings.

We will also add a dia de los muertos bread, a very common tradition for altars. During the week, as I share stories with the youngest children about special people in my life, we will begin to add things of special meaning to those people, to our altar. Our dia de los muertos altar this year is a base altar. There is certainly no wrong or right way to observe dia de los muertos, but there are common traditions, such as a dia de los muertos altar. This, all of it, simple as it might sound, means everything to me! I find deep meaning in simple happenings. The cereals came from Walmart, which as most of you know, is a main character in much of my sponsored content, which is what allowed me to stay home and care for the triplets, their special needs, and still contribute financially.

Like I said, the triplets are my rainbow babies, so Kaitlyn’s suggestion to add Trix felt ironic, in a beautiful way! And this site, was born from the triplets. The triplets were actually eating Cocoa Puffs that morning, so wanting to put Trix on the altar was immediately symbolic to me. If you know me at all, you know that I have a special appreciation for irony. I had to choke back the tears when my only daughter Kaitlyn (6) suggested we put her Trix cereal for the baby I we lost. The triplets are my “rainbow babies” following a terrible miscarriage that could have taken my own life. This is the first year that my 6-year-old triplets are participating in the observation, and we’re doing that at home. In the past, my older sons (17 & 12) have always created school projects and presentations in observation of this special day. It’s an important part of my family’s culture. It’s an opportunity to share stories about their lives with others and honor their legacies. Really, it’s about life the lives of the people we’ve lost. It can be difficult for some people to talk about it too, so they don’t.ĭia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is not some scary day of colorful masks and death. Sometimes, it hurts so bad, we fail to find our way back to smiling when we remember the people we’ve lost. Death is the hardest part of life, for the living. We all deal with this, too often, whether directly or vicariously. One of the hardest things about being an adult is having to deal with the loss of people we love. All opinions are my own! How To Make A Dia De Los Muertos Altar This post has been sponsored by General Mills.

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