Miss S. "McGee"
"Giving birth makes you feel like you can whip the world"/ /
"Don't you bow your head to anyone but God"/ /
"Baby, you can't lose us. We are a part of you. As long as you are alive, we will be with you. You'll remember things we said and that's what will keep us alive in you. Sometimes I'll be doing something and I'll remember something my mom told me. That's how I know I haven't lost her, because it's her in me."/ /
"He made fun of my slippers" (about the first time she met Papa)/ /
"We would go to the bar and I was underage, so he would order liquor and pour a little in my glass" (about Papa)/ /
"Don't worry. For all you know I could live another 20 years!"/ /
"First timers usually carry high and back" (about pregnancy)/ /
"Baby, don't ever question where you are or what you are doing, you're there for a reason."/ /
"Don't worry, everything will fall into place."/ /
"I raised nine children to adulthood."/ /
"My God told me that he would reveal all, and I can't wait because there's a lot of things I wanna know."/ /
"I was a blonde and he was dark, so when we went into public, people would stare." (about her and Papa)/ /
"You gotta keep on swinging away"/ /
"God must've had his hand on my shoulder" (when I asked her how she raised nine kids)/ /
"You can never love until you have learned to hate" (about marriage)/ /
"We didn't have a great life but we had a good life"/ /
