Do you see those 2 youngsters up there? The one on the left is me and the one on the right is my momma. Course I am a lot younger there and from the way I am propped up on the pillows I appear to be about 7 or 8 months old. But just look at that smile! I was pretty happy about something. Probably had just been fed and was nice and dry! This picture is in a silver frame that is absolutely beautiful so I am sure my momma loved me when she stuck me in there all those years ago.
Now take a look at momma! I bet she is about 4 or 5. Got her a puppy and is one happy little girl! I think she might be setting on the porch of whatever general store they lived close to. I imagine it was in Plevna or perhaps Abbyville. I do love those leggings and boots! Wish I could get me a pair of them right now!!
I have a picture in my store on eBay of a girl herding a flock of geese and I swear it could be my mother. Has the same leggings and boots, but has a head scarf on her head. Remember those? Well, most of you probably don't!
So I am going to take these two pictures out of the bottom of that box and put them here on the computer desk so I can just glance over there and remember my roots. That way when I get to thinking I am nobody important I can remember that it was women like my momma and her momma and grandmother that made this country what it is today. I still got those same genes pulsing through my body and through my children's blood.
So I will go out singing
"I am woman, hear me roar, in numbers to big to ignore!"
1 comment:
Cant believe you were that little oh wait a minute you still havent grown that much your still short and cute as a button, Actually to tell the truth thats something else to have a picture of you and your mother at such tender ages. And of course i wouldnt remember to young then
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