The Revitalization of my Life-Day 60

Today is one of those good but emotional days for me. The reason why is because if my great grandmother were living she would be 100 years of age. She was the fruit of my life when she was alive and is still that same fruit today. She planted something in me that scientist can't understand. She was the definition of a woman to me. She was a straight forward person. She didn't hold anything back. Whatever she was thinking, she said and if you ever wanted to know the truth you knew to call her up and ask her. She didn't mine hurting your feelings. I didn't understand how she could be so frank with people and not spare their feelings but then turn around and be there for them when they needed her. I didn't understand it until now. She would rather be the one to take the heat and have people mad at her rather than let that person get their feelings hurt by someone that didn't care about them. She was the neighborhood mother. She took care of me, my two uncles and my brother at home and over 100 others outside of the house. She made sure we went to church every Sunday. She also made sure that I was in choir (and no I can't sing at ALL), on the usher board and took part in every program that the church had. She was just a remarkable woman. I will forever tell of how she was the key in me being the man that I am today. Every time I come up with a quote, write a poem, post to my blog, give advice, etc. It's all because of her. Like I said earlier, she instilled in me something that science can't dissect, archeologist can't discover and philosophers can't philosophize...she instilled in me the art of pure love-love that needs no reason to love other than it's just the RIGHT thing to do.

Here is to a woman that taught a man the ways of life. Happy Birthday Catherine "Auntie" Burks and thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you for raising me the way that you did and I will always love you until I can't love anymore and even then, I will leave the legacy of your love before I leave so that it will continue on forever. I love you mama, I really do and keep watching me, I will make that dream of yours come true, I promise! Love you ma!

"A mothers love...there's is no need to say anything else!"-K.J Swint