Building an ofrenda in tribute to her late brother allowed Zócalo’s Bianca Collins to not only call back his spirit, but her own Mexican soul. (Photo by Bianca Collins/Zocalo). At the age of 35, I decided to build my first ofrenda, to invite the spirit of my older brother Thomas, whom I lost to suicide, into my home. It was a ceremony I hoped would help me heal from the trauma of his death. One problem: I had no idea how to do it. I opened my laptop and typed “how to build an ofrenda for Día de los Muertos” into Google, with clammy hands. I might as well have asked the all-knowing search engine to explain the impossible: “how to be me.” Ofrendas are altars for Día de los Muertos, o
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