Dia de los Muertos

Hi, My name is Johnny. I always wanted to write a blog but never had the audacity to publicly write. Well, tonight I am stepping out of my comfort zone. I watched a few days ago a movie called "Ask Me Anything" the one with Britt Roberts, she appeared on Disney's Tomorrowland this past summer. The movie told the story of a young lady that decides to write her adventures on a blog. I want to give it a try as well. I have a little experience on writing a journal. I started writing a personal journal of my life about 5 years ago when my English teacher commanded us to write a journal for a whole month. I enjoyed that experience, so ever since I been writing on that same notebook; with the purpose that one day maybe my 'future' great-grandchildren might be interested in reading about the adventures of the boy who grew up in the 2010s. I am sure that technology would be incredibly amazing by that time, but hopefully they would feel happy reading my handwriting anecdotes. 

I am drifting from the original purpose of writing this special night. Today is November 2nd, Day of the Dead for many cultures around the world. One half of my family is Hispanic, so today we paid our respects for the loved ones that have passed to a better life. It has been six years since the departure of my grandfather on this very specific day. Nowadays we focus on the positive, instead of wanting to cry our eyes out knowing that He is not with us anymore. Instead, there are smiles in our faces when we share happy moments that characterized this great beloved man; I guess that with time we learned that death is unavoidable. I personally admire the Mexican tradition of El Dia de los Muertos. Nationwide they gather to show the world a different side of death. I am not saying that death is great, but I think we should celebrate like the people in Mexico does it. It shows the bright side of remembering, a day where we take a look back at the people who made our lives possible. It is nice that the Day of the Dead is celebrated around the world because dying should not entirely signify sadness.