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| Nacia |
Nacia was known as the viajita, little old woman, who sold nopales. She sold the chopped edible cactus for $1.00 a bag so she could buy tortillas and beans for her household. Every time we drove through Nuevo Progreso we'd see Nacia and many times we gave her a ride home since she lived many blocks away. Besides food, we gave her ointment for her feet and aspirin for her headaches and toothaches. She often wore out her shoes walking up and down the sidewalks holding up her bags of nopales for sale.
Nacia called me her hermanita, little sister, and she told anyone who would listen that she had known us many years. She really was a sister because she had Jesus in her heart.
Nacia will be missed by her children and grandchildren who lived nearby in Colonia San Antonio. But she'll also be missed by the many others who knew her in Nuevo Progreso.
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| Nacia often wore out her shoes walking to the market area. On the day this picture was taken, she was using the ointment we gave her for the blisters on her feet. |
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