My mother was the one who taught me that girls CAN do that.
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Girls Can Do That
Mom’s mantra of making it work
"Bad beginnings make for good endings, Son," was Mom's mantra to me. Of course you have to back it up with a stout resolve, and maybe a baseball bat.
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She never said much directly but she exemplified values that I carry with me. She was a single parent in the early 1950’s. She was a working mother when no other mothers (I knew) worked outside the house. No car? Take buses when they were segregated and we were the only white people on board.
Hard work; independence of thought and spirit; making do with what you have; and being committed to supporting others socially and politically. Core values that are with me every day.
Mama Said There’ll Be Days Like This
When I bemoaned some terrible day I had had, she probably did say "there'll be days like this". . . but you'll get through them.
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