DENNIS RAPHAEL GARCIA, AWA

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This Holiday Season I’m reminded how the simplest moments during the Holiday Season often are the most meaningful — a shared meal, a familiar laugh, a quiet conversation.

It’s in those ordinary moments that people are drawn togethe

In Las Madres, a favorite moment unfolds at Christmas — a quiet gathering that bridges family, distance, and time.

“In November 1920, Candelaria sent word to Manuel in El Paso that Rafaela and Irene had survived and were healthy. Manuel

In Las Madres, prayer and Sunday Mass were not unwelcome disruptions in the daily routines of Candelaria and her family.

They were moments that renewed the faith, hope and determination that steadied life in times of uncertainty and difficulty.

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Everyone celebrates the holiday season in their own way — with the food, music, and storytelling that brings everyone back to the warmth of home.

In my family, the highlight of the holiday was the dinner where each family brought a dish to gra

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“There’s one place that all of the people with the greatest potential are gathered, one place, and that’s the graveyard. People ask me all the time, ‘What kind of stories do you want to tell Viola?’ And I say, ‘Exhume those stories, the stories of the people who dreamed big and never saw those dreams to fruition, people who fell in love and lost.’”

— Viola Davis

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