They honor the memory of mothers who died in their day

Like every Mother’s Day, hundreds of La Laguna families attended public and private cemeteries in Torreón to celebrate those mothers who went ahead along the way. Although musicians were not allowed access to cemeteries like municipal No. 2, there were people who brought wireless speakers, as well as flowers and balloons of all colors. Other restrictions were not introducing food or alcoholic beverages.

Despite the intense rays of the Sun and the temperature that exceeded 36 degrees Celsius, many families arrived with brooms, buckets, shovels, paint and rags to clean the tombstones and touch up different religious images such as those of the Virgin of Guadalupe. , of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Saint Jude Thaddeus. On the outskirts of the cemeteries there were sellers of flowers, food and fresh water.

Don Isaías Pérez de la Rosa, 81 years old, is a resident of the Eduardo Guerra neighborhood and went to the municipal pantheon No. 2 to visit his wife Roberta Santellán Gallegos who died at the age of 74 on July 6, 2022. The tomb where Resting the body of the love of your life looks impeccable.

Don Isaías and his children placed light blue and red flowers, a small roof tile and it is also at the top. “A little grandson of mine told me: ‘Oh, how nice, grandpa, that you put it high so that no one tramples on my grandma.’ I remember her and I miss her a lot. She gave me a lot of love and one of the most beautiful gifts, my 11 children, like 37 grandchildren, 38 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren, if I put the whole family together in a large room, we wouldn’t even fit in,” said Don Isaías while cleaning Mrs. Roberta’s grave with a rag.

For a moment, the man stopped cleaning, looked down, and his eyes filled with tears. He remembered the 60 years of marriage with Doña Roberta and the El Refugio ranch in the municipality of Matamoros where he says they both fell in love.

“I liked everything about her, she was a very good person, very kind to everyone, she never fought. One day not too far away we will meet again, it’s good that God gave me the opportunity to talk to her and tell her that I miss her and “I’m still working hard here, until the higher up wants, for now I’m out there on my tricycle collecting plastic bottles and cardboard, every day because otherwise I’ll get lost,” he said.

The cemeteries remained open until 6 p.m.