She sold everything so she could graduate her children — twenty years later, they arrived dressed in pilot uniforms and took her to a place she never imagined.

From then on, Teresa was both mother and father at the same time.

They had no business. They had no savings. Just that little house and a small plot of land inherited from her husband’s family on the outskirts of town.

Each sunrise reminded her of her loneliness. But it also reminded her of her mission: to raise her children.

And if anything never allowed to fade, it was the dream of Marco and Paolo.

THE MOTHER WHO SOLD EVERYTHING

Every day, at four in the morning, Doña Teresa would get up to prepare tamales, atole, and sweet bread, which she would then sell at the neighborhood market.