77 year-old Matilda Morrant was born on June 23rd, 1930. Matilda was born here in Harmons and has lived here ever since. She was the oldest of 4, and the only girl in the family. Her favorite thing when she was little was all the fruit that grew in Harmons. When Matilda was 29 years old, she married the love of her life. They shared 44 years together, until he died in 2003. The two of them had 12 children, 5 which died in their infancy, and 7 who are still around today. Matilda is a mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother of many.
During Matilda's adult years, she worked as a midwife, delivering several babies in the community of Harmons. Her husband had a hard and laborious job as a sugar cane cutter, and was the bread-winner for their entire family. Along with her midwifery job, Matilda watched several babies and children during the day.
Now that Matilda is older and without her husband, she lives with her family. During the day, Matilda takes care of her great-grandson while his mother goes to work. Throughout the week, Matilda volunteers as the secretary at her church, where she takes the minutes of meetings, goes to town to do business, etc. Matilda has a real servant's heart.
Some facts about Matilda:
-she has never been to school
-she has never seen a movie
-she likes to watch the news at night
-she enjoys cooking, cleaning, and doing laundry
-her favorite food is chicken soup or banana porridge that she eats when she is sick
At the end of my talk with Matilda today, I asked her if someone wrote a book about her life, what would she want everyone to know about her? This is what she said:
"I would want everyone to know about my lifestyle here in Harmons..."
One Love,
Lacy
1 comment:
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