ABSTRACT
When the girl I take care of calls her mother Mama, my heart jumps all the time because my children also call me “Mama”. When I pack her lunch … that’s what I used to do for my children … I think I should be taking care of them instead of another child … If I had wings, I would fly home to my children … Just for a moment, to see my children and take care of their needs, help them, then fly back over here to continue my work. (Parreñas 2001, 119)
