Remember Tía, when you let me paint your toenails bright red and I pulled them apart and tickled them and you never even laughed. You said your feet were numb. Numb from walking in freezing weather without the proper shoes waiting for buses that never came. Bus signs that you couldn’t read. And you had to be waiting until someone told you the bus route had changed because of weather conditions. Then you walked mad miles, because you didn’t know where the trains were.
Profound memories, bonding. Also reveals some of the hardships faced. Language and literacy, cost of living, lack of understanding of the transportation system, needing to rely on strangers but afraid to ask unless there is no other choices, weather hazards
