Life of a warrior 

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

Romualda Gonzalez Valentin was born in 1942, she spent her whole life in her hometown that is San Lorenzo Oyamel, Temoaya. She is my grandmother, mother of my father.

She lived with his parents, Lazaro and Marcelina, her sisters were Bartola and Gabriela, her brother were Antonino, Eduardo and Hilario. During her childhood she played with her sisters, my grandmother didn’t go to the school because her family was very large and her parents were low-income.

Romualda knew how to count, but she didn’t learn to read, she started working since she was in her teens, she learned to make clay pots, because her parents and uncles were dedicated to that. My grandmother sold her clay pots in different places near her hometown, this is how she met my grandfather, they married in 1961, both were engaged in the production and sale of clay pots. My grandfather and my grandmother always worked very hard, because that is how their parents had taught them

They had six children, 4 women and 2 men, they were very happy, unfortunately in 1987 my grandfather died, then my grandmother became a widow, so now she had to work longer, she told me that this was really difficult and quite tiring.

My grandmother was sick for many years, she had diabetes until the last day of life She died just seven months ago. My family and I miss her a lot, because she always told us things about her life or stories that left us surprised.

My grandmother is an example for me, because she never gave up. She is an example of perseverance for me.