My grandmother—God bless her soul—
a Yaqui Indian from northern Mexico,
was the greatest teacher I’d ever had!
And do you know what she taught me,
she taught me that each and every day
is un milagro [a miracle] given to us by God,
and that work, that planting corn and squash
with our two hands is holy.
She taught me all this with kindness and invitation.
Victor Villasenor, Burro Genius: A Memoir
