Last Sunday, I joyfully watched my two grandsons, children of my eldest daughter, Dr. Maria Krista Piñol-Solis, chase young chicken inside a yard in the farm of my young son, Bernhart Immanuel.
Even at a very young age, Kristoff Emmanuel, 1, and Duane Aniceto, 6, have shown interest in animals and the farm and may most likely follow the long line of farmers in the family.
My grandfather, Jose Cordero Piñol, who left Dingle, Iloilo before the Second World War to work in Upi, Cotabato as a “Sacada,” was a farmer.
So was Lolo Jose’s father and those from my the side of my grandmother, Azucena Malasador Magbanua.
My late father became a teacher but he never left the farm and his love for farming influenced all of us 11 brothers.
We are all farmers even if we have masters and doctorate degrees and even when we have assumed important posts in politics and governance.
I and the boys who will come after me in my line of the family will be farmers.
In fact, my son, Imman, will be taking up Veterinary Medicine this year so he could take over the chicken farm when I retire and eventually leave this world.
Seeing my two grandchildren enjoy chasing chicken last Sunday was an assurance that the long line of farmers in the family will not be broken.
They may take up other professional courses but I am certain that these kids will never leave the farm because their love for it comes natural.
This is what I would like my family to be known – a long line of people who love the smell of the earth, the fresh air, the cool raindrops, the chicken, the goats, the carabaos and the greens.
#FarmingIsAVocation!
#FarmersForever!
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