I was born in the year of 1958.I was like most kids that had older brother
an sister.But some how as time went by i knew i was not like any children
i every knew.I stayed alot of my early child hood with my Granny and
Patpaw.My Patpaw worked on a farm driving a tractor from sun up to sun
set.My Granny was always a strong lady stood five foot three inches part cherokee.
When she smiled it always came from the heart.Smile that could warm the coldest person. A good day would be her just being near me.She taught me many thinks how to make pies,how to feed the lambs.How to pull the lambs ear to make them yell, i learn to pull my own ear an make the noise they did.Going to town was such a big thing the ride to town talking all the way.Going in store i notice how she held her head high and when some one would say you got a pretty daughter she look at me and say yes i do with that smile.
Paper dolls was a must no not the kind you buy the kind that granny cut out of grocery sacks was the best they always look to be holding hands except mine something would go wrong and they was not holding hands until one day when granny kept working with me and i did it she grab me and hug me to let me know i did it.
Weather it was helping to feed the cows just playing mud pie life was good.
We go to visit my mother and daddy we have to drive a long ways granny would always tell me stay awake,maybe cause of the old car we was in are just maybe she wanted to talk, I know i did try but my little head would soon start to bob up an down she say sis lay down. The trip would always go by fast then.The visit would be good then back off to granny's we go.
We stopped by a store one day she got this small box layed it in the seat.She had to get gas so i looked at the box looked like candy i knew she must have got it for me i opened it ate them all up.When we got home she looked for the box ask me where it was i told her"The candy was so good" the look that came on her face surprise me i was not sure what was wrong she hurried me in the house and explain sis you ate exlax still not sure what was wrong it tasted real good,needless to say the rest of the day i was busy.
Christmas was just wonderful still i can close my eyes and see our Christmas tree.The star was made of a cardboard cut in the shape of a star with aluminum foil around it,we cut string of ice cycles from the aluminum.We string pop corn as well get our tummy full at the same time.String red berry's. got pine cones covered them with different colors cloth. When it all was done we had the most prettiest tree that i would long remember for many years to come.
We move to a turkey farm always had a long day ahead but was always a good day so many things to do.When we moved to the bottoms which where patpaw drove a tractor. A big tree stood in the front yard named Mimosa i could climb this and collect the flowers to put on my mud pies.They sure were pretty cause granny told me so.At lunch time we go see patpaw i knew i was in for a ride on that big tractor with my patpaw.Then we go get under the shade tree talk to him while he ate i rush go look at that big green tractor.the wheels was so much taller then me.
My granny's brother that was blind that lived with us was a added bonus he could always tell me the best stories.He was teaching me some words in Indian.Spent alot time listening to books on records.And at the first of each month I would lead him to the store which was about half mile are so that was if you walked the rode but depending on the need to get there we would cut thur the fields take the road back.That took more time and we needed that time to drank our pop and eat a big candy bar.
But before long i would have to go home and live with my mother and daddy i had become of school age.Time seem to have fly by.A very sad time indeed.At this age i had no ideal how much my life would change.I was to leave all i knew and had been protected.LOVED most of all.