Friday, June 4th, 2010, “Searching Outside Of The Family For Similar Values” Part VI, Crane High School, Coach Brown, Aunt Betty, my conflicts continue! Junior year, I made the varsity team. Ernest was getting lots of playing time off the bench. This was Coach Brown’s first year as varsity coach and I never played during [...]
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010, “Searching Outside Of The Family For Similar Values”, Crane High School, Aunt Betty and my conflicts continue! Ernest and I made the junior varsity team as freshmen at Crane High School. That same year “Heavy” was a senior and one of our local legends. Heavy’s original position was guard but he [...]
Friday, May 28th, 2010, “Searching Outside Of The Family For Similar Values” Part IV, Ernest Leaks, “Heavy”, Crane High School and the coaches, my conflicts continue! What high school should we attend? Crane High School was our only consideration. That’s where all of the “ballers” went so we followed. Some of my middle school teachers [...]
May 25th, 2010, “Searching Outside Of The Family For Similar Values” Part III, Ernest Leaks, Gladstone Middle School and the “ballers”, “Hook”, “Heavy” and “Fats”, the Freemans. How can I focus on understanding and living my grandfather’s value system and dedicate so much time and energy to my newfound love of basketball? These conflicts burdened [...]
May 18th, 2010, “Searching Outside Of The Family For Similar Values” Part II, Ernest Leaks, Gladstone Middle School and the “ballers”, Jerome “Hook”, Melvin “Heavy” and “Fats”, the Freemans. We took Fink’s recommendation to heart when he advised us to watch the other neighborhood players, aka, “ballers”. “Ballers” are the basketball players that develop their [...]
May 11th, 2010, “Searching Outside Of The Family For Similar Values” Part I, Ernest Leaks. I was very involved in sports. I loved baseball and attending the White Sox games with my grandfather. Our local community little league baseball team played an important role in maintaining those values. The most important thing little league did [...]
May 7th, 2010, Loving Mother, Irene Hoskins Birth is a humbling, awesome experience to witness. A precious gift. I am here a living and breathing because of my mother Irene. Growing up I did not live with her. I did visit her and my siblings in Michigan during summer vacation from school. Irene is the [...]
April 27th, 2010, My Loving Grandmother, “Minnie C. Roddy” Grandmothers take great pleasure in enjoying every moment with their grandchildren. I have never known a grandparent who could look their grandchildren in the eye and say “NO”. Grandchild: “Grandmother, could you take us hang gliding off Mount Kilimanjaro next week”? Grandmother: “Ok honey, let me [...]
Being a parent to your child or children is very important. My mother did the best she could at a young age being a parent to me and my two siblings alone but the important things did not take place in our household. I love my mother a lot and I appreciate the things that [...]
April 14 I’m giving the keynote speech at a Mother’s Day event on May 1st. I’m asked to tell my story about being a mature woman assisting Mom navigate her elder years. Around 75 women, multi generational, are expected to attend the event. Many will relate to the general topic. That of course is the [...]
