When we moved to the military community, the children and some adults stared at us like we were ghosts. We were a family of curly haired children with dark black hair described as “blue black.” The neighborhood people were used to seeing one or two curly haired children in a family but not an entire …
MaDear and Dad believed in keeping in contact with family. We did not have a telephone or a vehicle, but they found a way. Letter writing was a common way to communicate. The stamps cost about three cents. Sometimes, three cents was hard to get. Poppa’s sister moved from Mississippi to New York City many …
MaDear and Dad were my first mentors and teachers. I’m grateful to them for their wisdom, nurturing guidance, and for teaching us our history. MaDear and Dad were both Christians, intelligent, hard workers, and ethical. They helped develop my value system and helped me build a solid foundation early in life. I was on the …