Graduated High School in 1971, three months pregnant. I left my mother's house with my Fiance. The only thing I took with me were the clothes on my back, the things I read in books, the things my Grandmother taught me which mainly involved cooking and cleaning, the Bible quotes and old folks tales my Grandmother used to say over and over, the few things my mother taught me during her brief and few periods of time into my life, and also a very special gift from God, which was the ability to play any musical instrument I chose to play. I thought I was grown and knew everything. What I didn't...
Graduated High School in 1971, three months pregnant. I left my mother's house with my Fiance. The only thing I took with me were the clothes on my...