PERSONAL CHILDHOOD WEB
My dad and mother took very good care of me; my dad never wanted my mother to work, because he wanted her to stay at home to raise the children. She stayed at home for years until they divorced when I was 9 years old, but as I was living with both parents my grandmother also lived in our house to help care for the children. My dad being the oldest child in his family continue to bring his entire sibling up from the south in the 60”s to Detroit. So my aunts and uncles were around in my life to support us as children too. I remember waking up to breakfast being cooked every day and coming to the table for lunch were the family would gather to eat. When my dad would come home for dinner we would greet him at the door and he would take time to pick each one of us up, and there was always some candy in his upper pocket. After my dad and mother divorced she moved us to California were all of her siblings were and they were able to influence us with their family style. After a few years in California our father convinces my mother to bring us back to Detroit, where we embraced our schools, neighbors, church, and YMCA. I can still remember my best friend Carol and then middle school where my friends were like sisters, Rita, Tonya, Nina, and Lisa. My teachers were awesome and I was blessed to have them in my life and what a difference they all have made to help create me. When I get a chance to go back to Detroit I always go by my High school to see Ms Bass my English teacher in the 11th grade, she is a wonderful teacher who has encourage me to go forward and do my very best. I can’t forget my Sunday school teacher who share her love to me for what she believe in, it compel me to follow God, and it was the best thing I could have ever done, thanks Ms Hop.
I can say I was daddy little girl, my mother great helper, and my Ma Dear’s first grandchild, and they have encourage me to do my very best in what every I desired to do. My friends were the best, so I was able to trust people, but not all of my decisions were good, but I can say I have great friends. The teachers in my life have supported me thru out my years, and given me their guidance to overcome some fears of school. As a mother of 4 grown children, and a wife of 27 years, I’m grateful for standing on the things I believe in as a family. I remember what my father told me on my wedding day years ago, he said,” Sandra, I had one wife,” I guess it stand with me so I have always worked with my husband to make our family work. It’s been over 22 year since he has pass, but somehow what he spoke to me that day will never leave me, thanks dad.
Sandra
