'Mary Joseph,' 'Little Town' and 'Holy Conception': The unusual names I hear in Mexico

'Mary Joseph,' 'Little Town' and 'Holy Conception': The unusual names I hear in Mexico

My 11-year-old just got a cat. It’s a long story, but it can be whittled down to this: she rescued a cat from her dad’s roof, they already have too many animals and we only have one. She wore me down, then I wore my cat-hating partner down — I am not proud of my behavior — and voila: We’ve got a cat now. The cat’s name? “Firulais.” Oof. I was a little heartbroken, as I’ve been waiting years to name a cat Miau-ricio Garcés. But first, it’s a girl…