A tribute to SeA得r Benito
SeA得r Benito was an old man whom my father used to hire to care for us while him and my mother were gone to church services on Sunday and Wednesday's nights. My sister, the oldest, my three brothers and myself, liked this old man. He was a humble peasant, working at the coffee plantation where my father used to work. He was a short, gray haired man in his late 50's. I have never seen a person who works in agricultural labor being overweight, and SeA得r Benito was not the exception. He was slim, but strong, used to the hard labor in the field. Although he had to do hard work during the day, SeA得r Benito always accepted with good grace to care for us each time my father asked him to do it. He was a kind person; he loved us as if we were his own grandchildren. I think he saw a grandchild in each one of us, but we did not see a grandfather in him, at least not until we grew up and came to understand the magnitude of his influence in our lives.Our parents never missed a church service, either a Sunday morning or a weekday night service. They used to take us with them for Sunday morning services, and leave us behind for the night services when we were still small kids. The church was about a t
SeA得r Benito passed away some years ago. I regret not being there to see him in his last days. I left my country in 1981 and never went back. Although he was only a humble peasant, his legacy is a great one. He taught us to love and to care. Requiescat in Pace. Most of the time, Sunday and Wednesday's nights, when we were still small kids, we stayed at home with SeA得r Benito caring for us. He knew my parents would leave for church around 6:00 p.m. so he came over to our house at that time. As soon as my parents left the house, we will all gather around him to listen to children's stories. He knew children's stories, and we had a favorite one "Tio Conejo y Tio CoyoteaE?, a story about a rabbit and a wolf. He had a unique way of telling those stories. Sometimes we had to wait until the next night to listen to the second half of the story. We all shared the same bedroom, so around 8:00 p.m. he would put us to bed and continue with the story until we were asleep. I was usually the last one to fall asleep, and always asked him to continue with the story, but he never did. He would tell me that the others were already asleep and it was time to stop. Then he will leave the room, close the
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SeA得r Benito, Tio CoyoteaE, sea得r benito, , Requiescat Pace, continue story, children's stories, humble peasant, wednesday's nights, gone church, service morning,
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