HAPPY - 95 - GRANDMOTHER!!! You are a shining example of a life well lived. Though nothing has come easy. With this current administration trying its damndest, to take you back to your childhood. You remain unscathed. The stories that you continue to share with me. You have treated me to a life of culture, decorum, glamour and decency. ‘We never look down, you never know, who might be your savings grace’. ***SideBar*** Grandmother graduated from Berkeley High. One of the criteria’s to graduate, you had to be able to swim two laps(Same as Harvard). All seven of the Black students graduated in her class. It wasn’t blatant, but the expectation, was not for them to succeed, legend is that ‘we’ don’t know how to swim.*** I’m happy to say that my Grandmother spoke of never experiencing any racism at her school. She loved it!! Makes me love the Berkeley community even more.
Today we honor YOU, We revel in YOU. Today at the Claremont climb, we’ll dance a gig, just as your C’est LaVie club did in 1955. Grandfather is looking down smiling.
I love you and appreciate every single sacrifice. That you made, in order, for ‘us’ to be just as ‘great’ as anyone ... #equals. Happy Birthday Grandmother Cora.
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