Gathering Centavos to Make Pesos in Old Mexico
She was only eleven years old, living with relatives in Mazatlan, Mexico, who had taken her and her older sisters into their home when their parents died, when a well known older man came to ask for her hand in marriage. Her relatives insisted and she packed her favorite dolls into her suitcase, tearfully kissed her sisters good-bye and climbed into his big expensive car for the drive to her new home in Guadalajara. On the way, the car stopped at a small church in a small village and, after a... Sign in to see full entry.