On the morning of her wedding day, a beautiful senorita awoke with a song in her heart. As she dressed and combed her hair, the name of her intended was like a kiss upon her lips. While she walked to the small chapel where she was to be wed, she skipped, laughed and smiled at passers-by.
But when she approached the church, the bride-to-be knew something was terribly wrong. The heavy wooden doors were barred and chained and her fiancé was nowhere in sight.
Letting out a mighty yell, she fell to her knees, clutching her bridal bouquet. An unanswerable anger welled up in her as a shadow – a dark storm cloud – was cast over her heart.
Then in the distance she heard the sound of a scuffle. There were shouts and the intoxicating melody of flesh hitting canvas. She followed the sound and found two wrestlers facing off amid a crowd of cheering villagers. Without thinking, she pulled her bridal veil over her face to hide her tears and pushed her way into the ring.
After she laid waste to the fighters in the ring, and more than a few members of the crowd, the referee asked, “Who are you? Why do you fight?” She replied, simply, “I am La Abandonada. And I am the enemy of love.”
La Abandonada is sponsored by Planned Parenthood of Central NC.
