{"id":5501,"date":"2019-04-23T07:28:18","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T11:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silvercentury.org\/?p=5501"},"modified":"2019-05-30T18:39:59","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T22:39:59","slug":"a-gift-from-abuela-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2019\/04\/a-gift-from-abuela-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A Gift from Abuela"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Cecilia Ruiz \u2014 Candlewick Press, 2018<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

The day Ni\u00f1a is born is one of the happiest of Abuela\u2019s life. She adores having a granddaughter. As Ni\u00f1a grows, the pair spends much time together, making cutout paper banners called <\/span>papel picado<\/span><\/i> and eating <\/span>pan dulce<\/span><\/i> in the park. Abuela decides she would like to give Ni\u00f1a a very special gift, so she begins to save a few <\/span>pesos<\/span><\/i> a week in a jar on top of the refrigerator. But times get hard in Mexico. Some weeks, Abuela can barely afford food, let alone savings. She has to work more, so she has less time for an older Ni\u00f1a, who wants to spend her free time with her friends anyway.<\/span><\/p>\n

One day, Ni\u00f1a realizes how long it has been since she has seen Abuela, so she goes to her house. Abuela is out, and Ni\u00f1a decides to surprise her by tidying up. She discovers the jar of <\/span>pesos<\/span><\/i>, now worthless because Mexican currency has changed. When Abuela returns to a clean kitchen, she and Ni\u00f1a decide to do something they always loved: they make <\/span>papel picado<\/span><\/i> from the old pesos and enjoy their time together.<\/span><\/p>\n

This intergenerational tale is a reminder that togetherness is the best gift and that we can still enjoy the simple things, even as time changes both us and the world around us.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The day Ni\u00f1a is born is one of the happiest of Abuela\u2019s life. She adores having a granddaughter. As Ni\u00f1a grows, the pair spends much time together<\/span><\/p>\n

Read more A Gift from Abuela<\/span> ›<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n

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