A quote that stands the test of time

[William769]

The quote is from my Aunt (I think, had never heard it by anyone before).

A little background first.

She was born in 1895 in Harlan, KY in my grandparents house and passed in 1988 two houses up the hollow from where she was born, never left the State of Kentucky in all her life, lost her husband to black lung in 1928 and raised six children during the depression. WWII came along and all her sons were either in the Army or navy during the attack on pearl harbor her son Lonnie (18)was on a battle ship that sunk, he then transferred to another one that was sunk but this time he lost his mind. The navy wrote my Aunt and told her what had happened and said they wanted to put him in a physc ward. She would not hear of that, she wanted him brought home so she could take care of him (and she did take care of him till the day she passed away).

I was visiting her in the summer of 1984 ( I was 20 at the time) and I was blowing a fuse on how much I hated Ronald Reagan and wished someone would get rid of him for our Country. She stopped me dead in my tracks and said "son you were not raised that way, our family does not hate". I said to her Aunt Cora you lost your husband to the coal mines Poor Lonnie lost his mind a pearl you have lost several nephews to Vietnam and also family members to moonshiners and your going to stand there and tell me you don't hate any one? She said and I quote "I don't hate anyone, I just like some people better than others".

I try to follow those words still to this day. I sometimes slip up then I remember My Aunt Cora.

P.S. If this doesn't sound coherent it's because when I think of her even to this day, my eyes well up with tears.

[firehorse]

1. Nice, thank you

[wtmusic]

2. Imagine if everyone tried a little harder to live by that

Me included. Dems included.

Big rec. :thumbsup:

[William769]

3. Life would be nicer.