Only My Grandmother
For Alvara Prado, thank you for being my grandmother
For many years, my grandmother has dedicated herself to healing people. Although she’s not a doctor and she didn't even study, she says she cures the soul. In her home, she has many images, herbs, and symbols. She is a kind of healer. Some say she is a witch, but that is not true.
One time a man arrived, to whom they had supposedly bewitched. They had given him a herb that is only found in the desert which left him unable to think for himself. He did everything his wife asked for, even if his own life was put at risk. He was completely at her beck and call; foolish, some might say. It was his brother who brought him to my grandmother, but almost at gunpoint because the man refused to come willingly. When they arri
