I have celebrated Día de los Muertos for over 10 years honoring my grandma, the matriarch of our family, and honoring other close family and friends who have passed away since then. Celebrating is very spiritual and healing for me. Día de los Muertos is a holiday rich in culture and history and manifests itself in bright and visual ways and the tone is positive – it is a time to pray and remember friends and family who have passed away, not to grieve. But to remember them at their best with the hope that the deceased soul will hear these prayers and celebrations made just for them. The foods, the decorations, and the candles are designed to entice the spirit back. To spend that short amount of time with their loved ones who remain on earth. Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a time of celebration in Mexican culture. We create altars, or ofrendas, that celebrate the lives of the family members we have lost. Visit my blog to learn how to celebrate Day of the Dead in your o...