Crazy Blog : Seven Sons
My grandfather Gerardo and grandmother Brigida later moved to Mandaluyong, Manila in the early '60s. My grandfather worked in an office and my grandmother worked in a telephone company. Between them, the family survived and their younger siblings who visited often. They had eight children. The eldest was afforded a soldiers scholarship from my grandfather. The second son named Gerardo paid for in education. The third named Cesar (my father), worked and paid for his education. They became the pillars of the now smaller family in Manila. The three sons became lawyers. They had several younger children and between the adults and the older siblings, they all took care of their new home. Struggling from the trauma of the war and dislocation, the city life offered a novelty and hope too. The youngest named Narciso, they eventually brought to America later on. Another son Roberto followed but eventually settled in Canada in adulthood. Another son Jose stayed in the Philippines. Daughters married and had their own families. We again had a big family but this time of a Bisaya and Aglog descent. We are the Bertiz - Roldan Family in Manila. My grandmother died while in America. My grandfather later married my stepgrandmother Saling and adopted children who also became Americans. Still surviving today in her years in her own house, my grandmother lives with grandfather's American pension.
There were more for the family yet there were also less. We never had the large mass land again to run around. I grew up in Mandaluyong where my grandfather and grandmother stayed and first settled in. There were a few of us here. The other three Roldan brothers left in Manila settled around and we became a compound of close relatives. I still think of all the struggles and triumphs the family had. I still imagine the roots that we nurtured. Yet life goes on and this time life will go on for a newer generation. I can't wait to see how our children grow to adulthood and lead their own lives.
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