LJ Idol: Week 2 - Living Rent-Free In Your Head

[messygorgeous]

"Why do we call you Black-Headed Grandma? Your hair is all grey!"

Ettis May smiled down at her great granddaughter, sitting beside her on the polka dot chenille couch. The preschooler had been happily coloring beside her while her parents, Ettis' grandson and his wife, sipped sweet tea and chatted about christenings and garden cucumbers and Cousin

Comments

[halfshellvenus]

What a sad story of what might-have-been, and a reminder of why there was so much pressure on women to avoid pre-marital sex and men of poor character. If it all went wrong, it was the woman who paid.

But musical career aside, it seems Ettis had a good life. She was lucky enough to meet a very nice man who adored her, and to have beautiful children and grandchildren. And most importantly, she knew it.

[alycewilson]

I loved this trip inside Black-Haired Grandma's head.