I have always been an overly sentimental person! Last week, my Mom and I talked about setting up our Christmas trees. CORRECTION: we talked about my Mom setting up our Christmas trees! Remember, I just have a supervisory role when she puts mine up now!
As she was putting the ornaments on my tree, I was recounting the stories of each one of them. We even started talking about all of the ornaments on her tree and the memories I have regarding them! There is this purple gingerbread house cookie that looks like it would taste so good and my brothers and I used to bite it! It NEVER tasted good!
I also started to tell her about the tamale girls we used to have. Two girls who were made from corn husks so they looked like they were tamales. I told her that I used to take them off the tree and play with them all the time! Sometimes, a G.I. Joe would talk with them too because he was their same size!
My Mom has always had the tamale girls for as long as I can remember. I remember that one of them (the taller one) got lost when I was in high school. As she was decorating my tree, I asked her if she still had the one and she did!
Saturday, my Mom brought this over to my house (on the right):
She brought it over and put it right on the front of my tree next to my favorite ornament of Sean and his preschool school picture! I was shocked! She told me that since I had so many memories of them that I should have it on my tree! I screamed in delight and was so excited!
She told me that it was originally on my Abuela’s tree! Talk about sentimental! Completely warms my heart! I have visions of my granddaughter having it on her tree one day as well!