The Rural Voice, 2001-06, Page 41told me once. "A good hard worker
and as fine a son as any..."
He was happy on the farm,
although a long way from the goals
he had set out to reach. Yet he
worked hard, enjoyed himself and
only got homesick at night when he
laid in his small bedroom in the large
brick house and stared at stars out the
window. He would picture his family
so far away.
When Sanyi left Hungary, he did
not tell his mother that he was
leaving for fear she'd try to stop him.
He did not share this with me for
years.
"It was just too painful to
mention..." He finally confided after
he had become a parent himself. "I
dread to imagine the heartache and
worry that I must have caused her..."
His eyes water over. He tries to hide
tears that still come easy.
"It's not that I regret coming, mind
you," he tells me. "It's just having
had to hurt dear anya so..."
years passed and as grown
children do, Sanyi, along with
several other lads from the
area left the farms in Ontario. They
ventured west to the booming
sawmill towns of British Columbia.
Here he would finally earn money
and be able to send for his family. He
knew that they, too, would love this
fine, new country that he was now
proud to claim citizenship in.
This was not meant to be! As he
was growing up, so were his siblings.
They were all married and had
families of their own. Sanyi's mother,
now a "nagyanya" or grandmother
was content in her homeland. The
revolution had brought freedom.
Hungary was at peace. "Times were
better," she wrote, "much better..."
Anya wanted herfiam to return home.
During bouts of homesickness, he
had thought of this many times
before. But he adored his chosen
country. He loved the people, one girl
in partic lar who he was quick to
marry. He built a house, raised a
family and:stood, proudly, on guard.
This was his country. His roots were
set firm.
"Does he have any regrets?" I
have asked him, time and time again.
Sanyi takes my hand into his and
smiles.
"My heart is here," my husband
says softly, a very faint hint of accent
still lingering. "Canada is my
home."0
OurA SQA
Marvin L. Smith
B.Sc.F. (Forestry). R_P.F.
Farm Woodland Specialist
570 Riverview Dr.
Listowel, Ontario N4W 3T7
Telephone: (519) 291-2236
Providing advice and assistance with:
• impartial advice/assistance in selling timber,
including selection of trees and marking
• reforestation of erodible or idle land
• follow-up tending of young plantations
• windbreak planning and establishment
• woodlot management planning
• diagnosis of insect and disease problems
• conducting educational programs in woodlot
management
• any other woodland or tree concerns
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