One hundred years have flown by . Mild seasons and stormy winters, generous crops and stingy harvests. Battistina Secci lived them all intensely, as befits a woman of extraordinary temperament.
On Tuesday, at the stroke of a century of life, she woke up according to the healthiest habits. Breakfast and reading of two newspapers. One, L'Unione Sarda , has never been missing in the Secci household. «We grew up with L'Unione. I went to buy the newspaper for my grandfather, Giuseppe "Leone" Secci", says Maura Carta, daughter of Battistina, magistrate of the Court of Auditors. Her sisters Marie Antoinette and Adelaide cultivated habits with her.
Many people came to visit the centenarian, protagonist of the documentary that director Pietro Mereu dedicated to the great oaks, to her home in Urzulei . Relatives, neighbors and acquaintances smiled at her. «What hope do I have? To live many more years. And I wish the same for all of you."
Mayor Ennio Arba did not miss the cake cutting. And she, very lucid, supported by an iron memory, remembered the happy and painful moments that marked her existence. A long and endless page of news. The ties with the families of Loceri at the time of the war, the mourning for the death of her husband Nicola, thirteen years ago, the long chats on the phone with Maria, a best friend who is no longer with us. Saturday, for Battistina, will be a popular celebration.