My grandfather is 69 years old, but he still does all the same work he's done since he was a little boy. Just like my great-great-grandfather who first lived on this ranch, my grandfather works the earth with a horse and tiller to harvest the corn and wheat we grow. We all help him — my brothers and sisters and I — because we depend on that same harvest to make our own tortillas and bread. The top priority in my family is to make sure the crops are harvested, and this means we have to stay home from school sometimes to help. My older brother and sisters stopped going to school after sixth grade so that they could help my grandparents.