Mexicans have a deeply rooted love and affection for their family. Considering I have no Mexican roots or ancestry, I am the first to admit how lucky I am to have all of my family here at Lake Chapala with me. They moved from Texas, California and Colorado to be here. Many of you know I have my husband and three children here….but did you know that my parents, brothers, my aunt and uncle and two cousins have also migrated south and all of them live within 15 minutes of me? This Thanksgiving one of the things I will be most thankful for is having my family and almost all of my extended family here at Lake Chapala. It is truly amazing to me that such different personalities from such different places have all converged in the most beautiful, simple and charming place I have ever been—and we all love it.
After settling in, I realized that despite the fact that I have almost all of my family here and being immersed in a completely family oriented culture in Mexico, we were all busy with our day to day lives and not spending enough time together. Weeks would go by and none of us had even talked! We were an American cliché living in Mexico. So we got together and decided to spend time together as a family, every Thursday night, come rain or shine.
