What are the chances of a house, over more than a million here in Bohol, gets hit by lighting and burns? One in a million, literally.
Admitting they are poor, the couple still affords to adopt two teen-age relatives whom they also call their own.
Relatively with a little above the rest of the community considering that they both are working, the Tagsas did not know their luck would shift into a scare.
Having lived with relatives after their marriage 12 years ago until recently, the Tagsa’s condition also allowed them that modest privilege to help their nephews and nieces, in fact has two of them, extending their family, and enriching their kid’s circle of friends and relatives.
Having saved a little after their kids were born, the couple decided to build a small but decent house in Barangay Caboy, Clarin, and over time, bought some appliances and home fixtures to embellish the home both envisioned to be.
Last July 1, while Jenefer was on duty at the ranch, Jenelyn decided to bring their adopted nephew to the hospital for a recurring fever. The son was with an uncle, learning the trade in farming with tractor operations, their daughter was with the grandma, while the niece was vending refreshments in the next barangay. Not one was left in their house.
For that one in a million chance, a freak nature outburst in a lightning hit their house which stood far from their neighbors. Everything they worked for in the past 13 years turned to ashes.
Also burned were their modest savings, a CEV tablet which Jenelyn uses in her work, and personal belongings.
Bahala na ‘tong mga gamit [sa balay} basta ang kinabuhi safe, Jenefer said.