Ancestral Threads
Can you put my thoughts into a play as a monolog. I didn't grow up having grandmothers or grandfathers on my mother or father's side. My grandmother and great grandmother on my mother's side died before I was born. Very little was communicated to me about them. I wish I knew more about them. I had two friends growing up that had grandmothers. I am grateful to have known their grandmothers. It was as though they shared their grandmothers with me. Which I am grateful for. My parents were a part of the Great migration after WWII. I did have two grandfathers. They both lived in Louisiana. I only remember seeing my mother's father once when I was very little when he came to visit when we lived in Parchester Village . Parchester Village was an African American suburban community built in 1949 in the San Francisco Bay area. It was part of Richmond, California Annex. It sat between two railroad tracks near the San Pablo Bay. Title: Reflections of Ancestral T...