My Lolo came from a family of farmers. He, like many Salvos and Salises before him, were farmers from Barrangay Anas in Valencia.
My great grandfather, Ricardo Salvo, who raised my Lolo Ciano and his 7 siblings, was a farmer. And his father and father's father before him were of such noble profession.
My great grandmother, Donisia Salise-Salvo, too, came from a farming family. Many of the Salises in Valencia come from such noble profession. Many have moved away from farming and have become lawyers, municipal policy makers, etc.
But it was the profession of farming that has been the basis of growth.
The same blood that flows in my Lolo Ciano, and his father and grandfather, who, too, were farmers; also flows in my blood.
Perhaps, someday, I will be able to care for my Lolo's basaks. Someday. Maluuy ang Ginoo.
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