Analysis Of Our Lady Of Santa Anita

Her face is oval, the nose and mouth are small, but well proportioned. Her olive-colored eyes are large and her look is nobel and calm. As she steps in a half moon, in her right arm, she holds a small child, and on her and the child’s head, rests a golden crown and steps on a half moon. This is the image of Our Lady of Santa Anita, from a town in Jalisco, Mexico named after her; she is best known to look out for the sick and for miracles. It is common for people in the town to devote hope on the image to help with their sickness. For this reason, there are annual parades where pilgrims walk to the town’s local Catholic church.
I remember attending every annual parade, but when I was about seven years old, I was selected to try on a special
As I was getting ready to be in the parade, the seamstress was telling me that the doll I was going to carry had arrived. When I tried carrying it, I could barely hold it up. I was a small young girl and I was expected to carry, what felt like an eight pound doll, over the course of about two hours. As the seamstress ironed the last piece of the dress, she picked up a pair of real pearl earrings that were enclosed in a small, soft, blue velvet box. As the needle pierced my earlobes, my ears instantly felt like they were as heavy as the pressured feeling in my heart, because I had an important task I was not prepared for- I was going to carry a heavy doll that symbolizes Jesus as a baby, for a long time, while standing on a moving vehicle, and I did not want to let it
You almost forgot the doll!”. When she put the doll in my arms, I thought to myself, how it would be nearly impossible for me to carry the doll while standing, but I did not want to disappoint anyone, because I knew it was a very important part of my float. A young man then said the road is bumpy, so he began to tie my ankles and waist with a rope he had secured to the float. I asked him to also tie my right arm in case I dropped the doll and he shrugged off the thought and said I would be fine. At that moment, I felt a strong sense of urgency to put all my energy and focus on maintain my posture and carried the doll as best I