An Update: for an Amazing Feat!
My long-term readers will remember, about 1000 Posts back, that my family suffered a tragedy, in 1945, that framed the lives of all within it. A Mother died, leaving behind 8 living children, ranging in age from 14, to the age of 2! A ninth child died, along with Mother, after both struggled through an horrific childbirth. On August 6th, that 14 year-old turns 84!
Of the remaining 8 children,3 are still alive: the Birthday Girl; then, 14 yr-old; a boy, almost 11 years old; and a boy,who had just-turned, 6 years old. Mother had accompanied me to school, for first grade, the week before she died. The boys who were 6 and 11, are both alive, and are Retired Military Officers, with completed second careers. Today's Birthday Girl, is also the Mother of 8 children; and, more Grand-Children than persons of our advanced years can easily count.
Of the 8 children alive in 1945, all, but one, finished College. Three of us acquired Graduate Degrees.
All of this came about, from steadfast values, strong support from family, and, from a black community. It happened over a time of Rigid Segregation, and, in the "Border" State of Missouri,
Happy Birthday, Sis!
Stay Vigilant! We are proof of what can be accomplished when a black child is given a strong work ethic early in life, and has strong MALE parental supports (both Father, and Grandfather). We are also beneficiaries of a Black Community that fully protected its children!
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