Sep 22 - Day 12 to 50
Selvino Linco was my great-grandfather, lolo Bino. My uncle was named after him. He was a short footnote in the long life of
our great-grandmother, Lola Peling because he died when his one and only son
was barely a year old. Everyone knew
more, the man who came after him, Lola Peling’s second husband, Lolo
Pecto. Still his progeny sired me and
thus, I owe him my life.
Having nothing more to say about him, I’d like to look back
in history to see what happened on this same day.
In 1692, the last of the Salem witch trials were
hanged. In 1792, the first French
Republic was formed by the National Convention, stripping the French monarchs
their powers. In 1965, India and
Pakistan agreed on a cease-fire ending the Indo-Pakistani war. Quite significant events worldwide for such
an ordinary looking day.
A significant lesson learned here was that no matter how seemingly minute or mundane something is, that could impact greatly towards something else. The quiet man, lolo Bino, in his short life impacted all us his descendants. We carry a piece of him in each one of us. He is no longer here but he is not forgotten.
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