Today is Dia de los Muertos. It is, as Stace notes, a largely Mexican and Mexican-American holiday that celebrates the dead and welcomes them home for the two-day period coinciding with All Saints’ Day, today, and All Souls’ Day, tomorrow. The Chron has several stories about this holiday and how it is celebrated:
Mexico town becomes chic place to celebrate
Ofrenda celebrates life by honoring the dead
I’m not much for visual displays. I’m more of a words kind of guy. That’s what I’ve got to offer today, in remembrance of my two grandmothers, Jessie Mary McLaren Kuffner, and Ann Carasaniti Abbruzza Visco. If I could have one wish on this day, it would be for Olivia to know those two women as I did. Rest in peace, Nana and Red. You are always welcome in our home.