I’m not going to be controlled because those are the rules of men and that’s not my religion. She carved out her own religion and said I’m going to express myself, I’m going to reach out to others and not live in this closed off way. Yet there was something that rebelled against all of that all of the time from day one, but in a way that was a form of rebellion of exuberance. Certain things like silence and obedience were expected of women especially. MT: My mother grew up, as did I, in this very closed and controlled community, very authoritarian and patriarchal and fundamentalist. What are you gonna do? I’m not dying, it’s just pain.” This is a strange concept to me because when I’m in pain I’m not exactly laughing and throwing out bits of wisdom. And yet almost on a daily basis she says, “Don’t worry about it, it’s just pain. She is in constant physical pain and she’s on tons of different medications to try to mitigate it. That’s another remarkable thing about Elvira, my mother. MT: The pain that she has survived emotionally and mentally and in life, with loss and everything she’s experienced in her childhood and the community she comes from, is one thing. MK: In the book Elvira has the ability to laugh even when she’s in a lot of physical pain.
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