11 August

Portrait: Farm Worker

by Jon Katz
A Farm Worker I Love
A Farm Worker I Love

We have a good friend, she is a farm worker and we have come to know her well and love her. She is honest, warm, devoted to her family, who live far away, and to whom she sends money every week of her life. I have never known anyone to work so hard, or so enthusiastically and diligently.

There is nothing we own or have that we would not trust her with.

I decided not to put her name up on the blog, I think she would be a great addition to the portrait show. She has done nothing illegal, but it is sad to admit that the climate surrounding foreigners and foreign workers is so ugly I want to protect her by not identifying her, she is gracious to let me take her picture.

She has one of those jobs that Americans do not want and will not take and she has helped us more than once. I look forward to getting my country back, and not hesitating to put a name on the photo of such a good and honest and hard-working human being.

She is one of the faceless people in America, and I am eager to show her face.  We should all see it, and look into those honest and loving eyes. There is always a twinkle there. There are many such people around here, they are rarely seen, except at the supermarkets, early on Sunday morning.

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