09/30/2026
My grandma and I filmed this at the beginning of the year and I had to reshare it. I came across it this past Sunday and it made me smile ear to ear.
I remember being exhausted by the end of this day. Loading all my kitchen and camera equipment into the car, driving over an hour to my abuelita’s, then driving around town getting all the ingredients. We literally went to 5 different meat markets because she needed a specific one and refused to settle for the next best thing lol.
Then there’s making sure she eats, setting everything up, fixing things while my abuelita sits there like the princess she deserves to be treated like, cleaning everything up, packing everything back into my car, and driving another hour and a half home.
I’m extremely attentive with her and my parents. When I’m with them, they probably don’t even realize all the little things I do for them, but I think that’s what love is. You do it because you want to, not because you expect anything back.
Sometimes the reward comes on a random Sunday when an old memory pops up and makes you smile ear to ear. TBH, I had completely forgotten how exhausted I was at the end of this day. What I remembered was how much fun I had with my grandma. We laughed, gossiped, talked about aliens, our childhoods, and I got to learn a recipe my grandma created with her sister.
Funny how you forget how tired you were, but you remember how special the day was. It just reminded me how grateful I am that I took the time to make this memory with her ❤️
