My Family Is Big On Tamales

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Different foods define different cultures. In Mexico we have a few. My family is big on tamales. Making them on thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. Tamales indicate unity, in my family; it means family gathering, and new memories. For as long as I can remember, my grandma would make tamales, it signifies family.
Christmas of 2005 will forever be my favorite memory. 2005 was the year my grandma came to visit us. The reason she did was because of her husband, Bartolo, was getting violent with her. Bartolo was never involved as a parent. Leaving my grandma, Rachel, to take care of eight children. She did an amazing job though. Three woman, including my mom, and five men, three of which are now lawyers. Bartolo was and probably still is an alcoholic,

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