Loose Strife

Today is the Day of the Dead and so the girls and I spent some time remembering Laura. This afternoon we stopped by the cemetery to clean up, plant some tulip bulbs, and hang out for a while.
As we’ve done in year’s past we created an ofrenda in the living room with various things that are becoming tradition: favorite photos of Laura, numerous calaveras and calacas, papel picado and a purple string of lights strung high on the wall, a miniature table with tiny plastic food, a loaf of pan de los muertos, Lily’s blanket called “purple” that Laura knitted, and a doll that Laura made, which Naomi calls “Mommy”.
This year I added an old pair of Laura’s glasses that some of you might remember. She wore these glasses in high school and college and she jokingly called them her birth control glasses. Of course they were really part of that hip persona that she carried so easily.

I’m pulling together some loose ends to Loose Strife and will be posting photos of memorabilia that I dug up last spring. They are all quirky things that shout “Laura” to me in various ways. Here’s Lily modeling the glasses and Laura’s 7-11 shirt.