27 May 2022 May I tell you two stories that seem to fit together? The first story is about Miguel’s eighty-eight years-old uncle, pictured here in 2017. He passed away a number of years back. This gentle man never married. His youngest sister, Aurora and her husband (Miguel’s parents), lived on her brother’s property, and raised their ten children there. Aurora cooked for her brother, sent lunch to him in the fields, took care of his laundry and gave him a family life. In return he helped support the family, gave them a place to live and acted as a second father to her children. His only request: anyone who could not get along in this family unit, on his property, must leave. Truly remarkable. I met this man when I visited Miguel’s family in January 2017. His name was Refugio, which translates to “refuge or shelter”. Refugio embodied his name.
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27 May 2022 May I tell you two stories that seem to fit together? The first story is about Miguel’s eighty-eight years-old uncle, pictured here in 2017. He passed away a number of years back. This gentle man never married. His youngest sister, Aurora and her husband (Miguel’s parents), lived on her brother’s property, and raised their ten children there. Aurora cooked for her brother, sent lunch to him in the fields, took care of his laundry and gave him a family life. In return he helped support the family, gave them a place to live and acted as a second father to her children. His only request: anyone who could not get along in this family unit, on his property, must leave. Truly remarkable. I met this man when I visited Miguel’s family in January 2017. His name was Refugio, which translates to “refuge or shelter”. Refugio embodied his name.