One day, everything changed.
Her husband died in a workplace accident when a structure collapsed at the construction site where he worked. There was no fair compensation. There was no swift justice. Only silence… and debt.
From then on, Teresa was both mother and father at the same time.
They had no business. They had no savings. Just that little house and a small plot of land inherited from her husband’s family on the outskirts of town.
Each sunrise reminded her of her loneliness. But it also reminded her of her mission: to raise her children.
And if anything never allowed to fade, it was the dream of Marco and Paolo.
THE MOTHER WHO SOLD EVERYTHING
Every day, at four in the morning, Doña Teresa would get up to prepare tamales, atole, and sweet bread, which she would then sell at the neighborhood market.
