1. Your parents constantly ask you if you're eating enough.
2. You grew up with these candles in your house.
3. All your tios and tias have nicknames like "Papo" or "Chela."
4. Anything can, will, and has been cleaned using Fabuloso.
5. You watched El Chapulin Colorado on the weekends, and maybe even dressed up as him for Halloween.
6. You always had to have a spare jacket around otherwise you would be interrogated: "Where's your jacket?!"
7. Your parents have been recycling everything since before recycling was cool.
8. When Walter Mercado was on TV, you knew better than to talk because his words are golden.
9. These cans were everywhere, but none of them ever had cookies inside.
10. Spanglish is your mother tongue.
11. Hot sauce had a permanent spot on the dinner table.
12. You have tortillas or rice with practically every meal.
13. You knew to never, ever walk around barefoot, unless you wanted to start an argument.
14. Your parents are always reminding you that they are taking care of you so you can take care of them when they get old.
15. Your friends would bring PB&Js for lunch, but your mom would wrap you last night's leftovers instead.
But then they follow it up with...
16. Vicks is the answer to everything.
17. Your parents would tell you that "La Llorona" or "El Cucuy" would come and find you if you didn't go to sleep on time as a child.
18. You knew to never question the authority that is your mother.
19. Taking trips to the panaderia was the best thing ever.
20. Your house is filled with these spice bags that included things like canela and oregano.
21. You've played loteria with bottlecaps or beans.
22. Your house always had a calendar like this somewhere.
23. You've watched Sabado Gigante so many times that you consider Don Francisco a part of the family.
24. You greet every single relative with a kiss on the cheek and then again as goodbye.
25. Every relative calls you "mijo" or "mija" even if they aren't your parents.
And you let them, because let's face it: You're more proud of the family you have than anything else.
