Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There's magic in the word "mi'jo," which I grew up hearing. Left: Me, on the right in yellow, with my dad and brothers. Right: Me ...

I was probably 4 years old the first time anyone called me “mi’jo,” colloquial Spanish for “my son.” My Mexican American family lived in the front house on a two-unit lot on the east side of Los ...