5 years ago
RESILIENCE: MAKE MEANING OF YOUR LIFE
She was always trying to make meaning of her life and so while she cared about her grandchildren it was so important to her to make meaning of her life …
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6 years ago
TESTIMONY: SAHARA ANTHONY JR.
“I Saved You for a Reason”
Jessie Simone Gordon (1929-) was born in Port Arthur, Texas to Cornelius Wilson and Alvin James Paul. Her grandchildren affectionately call her ‘Gramma’ or …
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6 years ago
RESILIENCE: DON’T BE UNEDUCATED
Read about how Jessie Simone Gordon emphasized the importance of education with her grandchildren. Her grandson Sahara Anthony Jr. grew up being told: “Boy, don’t be uneducated!” It deeply impacted …
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6 years ago
RESILIENCE: LIVE YOUR PURPOSE
The quilter Rosie Lee Tompkins felt she was an instrument of God and saw her work as an expression of her faith and his designs. She is noted for saying, …
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8 years ago
RESILIENCE: NEVER NEVER GIVE UP!
Naima Mora’s great-grandmother, Mary Carson Catlett (Elizabeth Catlett’s mother) and great-grandfather John Catlett valued and stressed education. John Catlett was a professor at the Tuskegee Institute. Mary (pictured with her …
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8 years ago
RESILIENCE: CULTIVATE RELIGIOUS/SPIRITUAL PRACTICES
Resilience is cultivating religious/spiritual practices. They give you something bigger than yourself to believe in and to rely upon. Not to mention, provide a sense of wonder and magic. Loreli Warren …
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8 years ago
RESILIENCE: STRIVE FOR BLACK EXCELLENCE
Resilience is always giving it your best. Erica Haynes-Ferguson’s great-grandmother, Dr. Annie Lee Richardson (March 13, 1918) passed down to her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren the motto: “Good, better, best never let …
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8 years ago
RESILIENCE: DELIGHT IN THE LAUGHTER OF CHILDREN
Resilience is appreciating the small things, especially the contagious laughter of children.
Kelly’s association of the sound of laughter with being a grandmother reminds me of something that Nelson Mandela …
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8 years ago
RESILIENCE: LIVE YOUR PRIORITIES
Resilience is identifying and living your priorities.
“I learned something about the importance of living close to your children and your grandchildren and to make that relationship a priority in …
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8 years ago
RESILIENCE: LOVE FAMILY!
Resilience is loving family, “irregardless” as the old folks say.
Duane Lawrence’s grandmother, Granny Ivy, speaking at their last family reunion. It was July 24, 2015. She was 97.
