4 Reasons Your Abuelita Would Say You Were Sick Growing Up

So it's that time of year when everyone is getting the sniffles and if you grew up like I did, latino, in Texas then you know it's not entirely germs but other forces at work.

Now for those of you that know what it's like then you know that your mama or abuelita would scold you for doing anything that would, probably, get you sick. We would act like we didn't care and that we were on top of the world until those warnings became reality and we became sick. That's when the "te dije!" and "por no hacerme caso!" would come flying out of our beloved mothers mouths and hit us right in the head like a word chancla. No, I was never actually hit with a chancla growing up, that's a stereotype...sometimes.

After the initial scolding is when all the cariño (care) and love come out to take care of you. Sometimes that care went above and beyond to make you feel extra special about being sick but sometimes they were just weird remedies. We will forgive those weird remedies though and look at what initially got you sick in the first place. Some of these reasons could be your own fault, the fault of the powers that be, and sometimes someone else's fault.

All in all though we love those that took care of us growing up when we were sick, whether it was your parents, grandparents, tios or tias, and give thanks for the knowledge they passed onto us. For those of us that are older how many of these do you say to other younger people and in general?