An Old Saying
By Grace Matthews, September 29, 2015 My story today is about the old saying that if you walk under a ladder you will have back luck. Well, when I was about 10 years old, I was on my way to … Continued
By Grace Matthews, September 29, 2015 My story today is about the old saying that if you walk under a ladder you will have back luck. Well, when I was about 10 years old, I was on my way to … Continued
By Nevanda Taylor, November 11, 2014 In September of 1973 I started a job at ADT Security as the first woman in the field and I happened to be not the first woman but the first black woman in the … Continued
By Mary Hardy, October 7, 2014 At the age of eight, I lost my mother. Because my father was a working man, he said that he needed a wife to take care of his two children. So he put the … Continued
By Saja Day, October 7, 2014 I used to live with my grandmother, two older sisters, two first cousins, an aunt, and three of my uncles in Memphis, Tennessee. I was, I thought, a happy little girl in that I … Continued
By Anonymous, January 14, 2015 Since I retired in 2013, I have been creating new possibilities for myself. One of them began with the desire to create more adventure in my life. I love to travel but have not been … Continued
By Linda R. Hondras, January 14, 2015 The writing workshop sessions that I attended–and just being with the writers in the class–were so inspirational and uplifting. Everyone’s walk through life is so different. Just to look at me, you could never … Continued
By Junida Nicholas, November 6, 2014 It was a chilly fall day, the second day of my retirement. I wondered, “What am I going to do with the rest of my life?” I decided I would like to try to … Continued