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When my grandma was 97 years old I interviewed her and edited a mini-documentary of her life called “La Historia de Nosotros” and made DVDs (before YouTube existed). It’s amazing how alert she was and remembered so many details of her life as a young girl living in Chihuahua, Mexico. In 1916, my grandma was only 10 years old and had to leave her rancho during the Mexican Revolution with her family because Pancho Villa and his soldiers stole their land and home and threatened their lives. They left everything behind and fled in a horse carriage with only the clothes on their backs. Four months after I filmed my grandma she passed away at the age of 98 (two days after her birthday). I was so thankful that I filmed her story. We also wrote about her story in the published “Muy Bueno” cookbook. I have always been drawn to old family photos and when I saw this photo I was in awe. This is the oldest photo I have ever seen of my grandma. My grandma, Jesusita was 14 years old in this photo h...

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