And so she did with an old remedy that’s been handed down to us from long before the Spanish arrived to conquer her tribe deep in the Andean Mountain chain. And that’s not all…
Her sister lived here in the United States for years and was pained no end that through all that time the Doctors and specialists would charge their fee’s to tell her she could not bear children. Finally, with no other option offered, she flew home to Colombia to visit a bruja…or witch doctor… in order to fix this problem that our specialists couldn‘t . You might laugh at her superstitious folly and she might laugh with you….she gave birth 14 months later and now has two kids .
But they can’t all be success stories I’m afraid. I once developed a large and extremely painful abscess at the edge of the most sensitive spot of the human posterior and was doubtful of my ability to actually go to work one very ugly morning…..
“ No problemo “ Maggie said as she quickly called forth the knowledge her family learned some 500 years ago and cooked up the ingredients to solve my very painful problem . She looked proud and confident as she stood there with all the solutions to my ailments spread out on the kitchen table. But I must have hurt her feelings as she looked crushed over my remarks alluding to the fact that……
“ Mag….there is absolutely no way that I can go to work with a spice and herb marinated slice of tomato duct taped to my ass “ …….
