My grandparents lived on Lake Shore Drive in the Windy City and heard Blacks called jigaboos. I never really met any personally, but that would change.
When I was 10 my family moved to Virginia and I lived in James Madison's brothers house and I rode a bus 25 miles to school.
On my bus, Blacks sat in the front and I sat right with them playing Rummy. They lived in shacks and they smelled like smoke, but I loved them anyway.
Later, when I was in high school, we moved to a private resort, ironically right in the middle of The Wilderness Battlefield.
Later on, after serving my country, I became an Army wife and lived in Germany, Washington, Maryland, and Texas.
I also had the privilege to live in a Utopia, in Columbia, Maryland.
Before you know it, I found myself in the Silicone Valley and from there, South Carolina.
It was in South Carolina in 1997, that I saw that Racisim was still alive and well in the South. That all men were not created equal. They didn't celebrate Martin Luther Kings birthday and it was still against the law for blacks to marry whites.
That's where I saw that the color of your skin, did matter when it came to education, housing and healthcare.
I jumped in while I was raising my 4 kids, and I coached, I taught, I was a leader and I wanted to make a difference.
I don't want this country to go back to the good ole days that Trump wants, I want everyone to have the American Dream.
I know I don't have to reply to your idiocy, I could ignore it, but I choose to be proud of who I am and where I come from and where I'm going.
I always say, if I could go back in time, I would go back to the 1860s, and I would be working with The Underground Railroad
I am a fighter for those who don't have the voice or the strength, and I love America.
I am an Optimist and I see the beauty in all of life.
How else could I be Sexy Carolina, if I didn't understand the importance of comPASSION and intimacy, knowing how it benefits our lives?
I dedicated my like to my kids and helping others and now I am enjoying retirement and loving it!
It's guys like you that make me know that the struggle is real. Hate, ignorance and discrimination iare still nurtured in this country.
You can't even debate without put downs and personal attacks.
I pity yo
