An Ambulance Took My Mother to the Hospital—When I Returned for Her Medical Folder, I Found My Mother-in-Law Moving Into Her Apartment

Aunt Chayo continues objecting.

Beto found permanent work in Puebla and eventually married a woman who apparently makes excellent mole.

The onions became family mythology despite my efforts.

At one Christmas dinner, Chayo handed Ophelia a beautifully wrapped package.

Inside:

One onion.

Ophelia laughed so hard she cried.

I allowed that joke.