Thursday's Child

Hi Kids,
Well, the book starts out with some stats about me, so here's a few.
I was born a poor, black child .. no wait, that's somebody else. I was born on Thursday night, May 9, 1963. Guess that makes me Thursday's child.

Monday's child is fair of face,
Tuesday's child is full of grace,
Wednesday's child is full of woe,
Thursday's child has far to go . . .
Friday's Child is loving and giving
Saturday's Child must work hard for a living
But the child that is born on the Sabbath day
Is bonny and blithe, and good and gay.

So I guess I have far to go, and it does seem like I'm traveling quite a bit recently.

But tonight, I'm not to far from the place I was born, Huntsville Memorial Hospital in Huntsville, AL. Of course, you know my mother was Teresa Yvonne Sightler and my dad is David Arnon West. They were only married for about a year when I was born, so I guess they never had much time to themselves before I came along. Jumped right into that family thing with both feet!

Daddy's parents were Arnon Edgar West and Jessie Clyde Swearingen. Don't know where they met, but I do know Grandpa spent some time in Kansas before moving to Georgia (Warner Robins).

Mommy's parents were William Hilary Sightler and Lillian ? Thigpen. I'm thinkin they both were born and raised in middle Georgia, but I'm not sure. Aunt Wilma could tell us I suppose, or maybe Daddy too.

Not sure how they got together, but I do know that Ralph Sparks from West Virginia met Mommy's cousin, Patsy and they got married. Now Ralph had a sister named Jean who met and married Johnny West, my Uncle Johnny. Somehow Daddy met Mommy through Ralph and Patsy. They met briefly and then corresponded via letters for a while before they got married. We'll have to ask Papa for more details next time we see him. I do know that they got married within a week of Mommy graduating from high school. Now don't get any ideas! Times were different then and women didn't work except in the home. Not many ever went to college and most of them never had a job afterwards. Besides, it's just a bad idea to get married before you even get a chance to find out who you are and what you want to do in life! Your mother and I didn't get married until we were 21/22 and even that was a bit to young!

I guess you'd have to ask Papa about where they lived in Huntsville after they got married. I've seen a few old movies and it looked kind of like a nice place for starting out.

Well, enough for tonight. Love ya, see ya later.