Prompt 7

If you could meet anyone past or present, who would it be and why?

If I could meet anyone past or present I would like to meet my great grandmother, Hazel Ruth Morris or (GG). She was a wonderful woman from what I'm told, strong willed and hard headed and I guess I'm just like her, she died from a massive heart attack exactly two months before I turned two, she died January 26 1997, I turned two on march 26. She was getting ready to brush her teeth, tooth brush in hand when it happened. 

When she was twenty four she adopted my grandfather (her brother) and their other siblings, not only that she also had a daughter of her own. She adopted her siblings because their father had died from committing suicide, and the death of their mother who died from tuberculosis. 

She was a full blooded Cherokee Indian although it can never be proven. She tried her hardest to prove that she was on paper, and even hired a private investigator but the trail always ended because our family was some of the Indians that ran and hid in the hills of Tennessee and burned their documents during the trail of tears trying to escape from the government and to be put on a reservation. 

One of the things I would ask her was how she took the burns out of a sun burn. My mom told me that when she would get a sun burn my GG would rub her hands together and then rub the sunburn and some how it took the burn out. When she was all done it would be transferred into her hands;; they would be beat red and would sit with her hands under cold water, my mom said she told her that her grandmother taught her how to do it. 

prompt #6

what makes you proud?

I'm proud of my mom. She had to raise me as a single parent for most of my childhood, and had to play both the mother and the father all the time, as well as my friend and play mate. She taught me to never lose hope and to always fight for what I want, because nothing in this world is going to come easy.  I never once heard her complain of how hard it was for her to raise me by herself, never heard her regret a thing and she always made me feel as though the sun set and rose upon me no matter how hard it was for her.

Prompt #5

What motivates you? 


Life itself. there is just so much out there to actually experience, but my desire to follow knowledge. To find things out from the past. To be a happy,  fulfilled person. Making other people happy, too. Self-competition keep me going even when times get tough. Knowing that at the end of the day, you feel accomplished. No one can feel that, but yourself. It's good to feel good about yourself. Well my mom always told me that when you're down and out or overcoming a hard obstacle just remember that nothing lasts forever and that soon it'll all be over. So I just think about what it's going to be like when it's over

Prompt #4

What is your personal Credo (belief)?

In my personal opinion I don’t believe that animals should be used for fur or skin (leather). People should be accepted for who they are not what they look like. I believe that inner peace is found when you love the world and yourself as is and bringing a positive attitude toward life. That love is stronger than fear and laughter is a wonderful workout and medicine. Under every rainbow there is a pot of gold and the glass of water is always half full. I also really believe that things happen for a reason, and that you must run with it. I also believe in karma, that what goes around comes around.