Dirt Roads, Collard Greens, and Cornbread

When you grow-up southern in small rural towns,

You donot have many celebrities around, but what

you do have are teachers, relatives, and clergy who inspire,

My cousin, Mary, is shonuff fire!

She has always exemplified the true essence of womanhood,

loyal, working diligently, and doing those things she knows to be good...

She has never been one to put on airs--so I am told, but

but being practical for the young and the old,

She is what I describe as dirt roads, collard greens, and corn bread,

A humble beginning, delightful, a golden success; she is definitely

admirable at its best!