The couple Seu Jorge and Dona Ica, patriarchs of the Assad family, lived a journey marked by love, challenges, uncertainties, unsuccessful attempts, some successes and big dreams. The firstborn Cito, born in 1948, in São João da Boa Vista - the city where Seu Jorge and Dona Ica met - faced serious complications right after he was born. Your cord umbilical cord, wrapped around his neck, caused three brain injuries and epilepsy, a condition that accompanied him throughout of the 64 years of his life, always requiring constant support and care from his family.
Seu Jorge, a watchmaker by profession, after an unsuccessful attempt to open his first watch shop in São João da Boa Vista, shortly after Cito's birth, had to move to Vargem Grande do Sul in search of new customers. That The incessant search for sustenance would accompany the family for much of their lives. In the new city, when a second attempt at starting over also didn't work out, Seu Jorge, a self-taught and amateur mandolinist, received an invitation unexpected: running a freshman program in Mococa-SP, which led the whole family to move again. It was in Mococa brothers Sérgio (1952) and Odair (1956) were born.
To support his family, Seu Jorge took on multiple roles: in addition to being a watchmaker and musician, he also worked as a alongside his wife, managing a small bar. The couple and their three children then moved to a single room in the own trading funds, without comfort or privacy.
With the movement of the parish and the radio program, even without achieving the financial stability that he so desired, Seu Jorge started saving some money. With this small reserve, he dared to take a bigger step: he became a master of works and started building his dream home. However, the project was not sustainable. The work failed and the family, Now in debt, she had to start over again.
