Sixty Years

Self Portrait
taken at the neighborhood pool

When I was about David's age, my mother always told me stories about myself when I was a baby. "You were a good baby; you never cried." "When you were two years old, I told you to move the stool (hassock) but to this very day the stool isn't moved." She would say.


I was born in a small country town in a poor southern state. We moved to the big city when I was about two. We lived in one bedroom duplex on Bodley Street in the part of town now called "South Memphis." My parents both wanted jobs and a better life for their family. With hard work and vocational educations they were able to achieve the lower middle class life for us.
They bought a house in the suburbs when I was about five; I lived there until I married and left home. It was the only home they ever owned and I loved my childhood home and neighborhood. It was the 50s and I could ride my bike and play outside all day - my parents had no fear for my safety. My early life was simple but oh so good!

A simple life well lived with family and friends
Fearless of the future.....
.....TravelLady