Quite Frankly It's No Big Deal

I was born to a poor family in rural West Virginia. There are lots of sayings and other things said about poor rural folk, but no, our family tree has more than one branch in our family. Eight kids, one father one mother. Poor in money, rich in life.

No one talked about sex directly, so many innuendos, not what you think, and things that happen behind the barn. Out of eight there had to be one. I did not earn a doctor's degree, all my siblings did. I stayed behind earning a Master's degree at Northwestern. We were all helped with scholarships, and our older siblings. Also at Northwestern I discovered that women, we called ourselves girls, could be as much fun as any date with a guy.

A girl from West Virginia with a girl from Schenectady are quite a pair. We spent a lot of time reading up on our 'aberration'. Why did we come out that way? The country folk made little of it, remembering Helen from up the way who cast her eye on Sue from over yonder. Not the same with the upper crust, 'by God girl, don't you have anything better to do with your time? Get married, have your kids and grow up'.

Time worked on us, instead if wearing off, things got stronger. For all the reasons we settled in West Virginia, where we set up our own business. We do what we can, but frankly speaking we aren't interested in changing anyone's mind. We are. That's all.

Now go along and mind your own business.