Happy Birthday to me!!!!
January 11, 1944 I came into this world at 6:00 am on a blustery snowy cold day. Yes, 66 years ago. In looking back at my life I never thought I would make it to where I am today. My first 18 years were pretty horrible. Growing up in the ghetto projects of Rankin PA wouldn't have been that bad at all except for all the other circumstances. Those I could have done without. Being poor isn't bad. Everybody was poor there. The difference is that most of the other families grew up surrounded with love and caring people. We did not. So with that being said I am reflecting on my life today as I see it.
I didn't turn out that bad after all. I came to Cleveland Ohio at the innocent age of 18. I had some hurdles to overcome once I got here but being the strong person that I am, I managed to overcome them. I married and had two wonderful daughters who in turn gave me five equally wonderful grandchildren. Although my husband didn't live long enough for us to enjoy our later years, I was fortunate to meet a wonderful man whom I married and enjoy every minute of our time together.
So now that I am looking back at my life I feel very fortunate and blessed. I am healthy, I have a beautiful home, a wonderful husband, a loving family which is now extended, but most of all I feel the good Lord was with me all these years to help me get through some of the worst times in my life. I also look back as we all do and think of things I would have done differently but if it meant being where I am today, then I wouldn't change a thing. Life is good.
So once again I say Happy Birthday to me.
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