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05/07/2014 12:28 a.m.


PostFemaleParent Day

It is finally postfemaleparent day.I am glad.This picture was taken as I am riding home from working the Raleigh Flea Market at the NC State Fairgrounds on this past Mother’s Day Weekend. I was very happy as we had a very good weekend vending and also buying the deals for personal use as well! We are part –time pickers and have a lot of fun with it. We packed up early and I was home by 5pm and I cooked us a fantastic NY Strip Steak, squash, onions , sweet potato and carrot dinner because I wanted to. To work on Mother’s Day? Crazy but not to me as I don’t view it like most do. And this smile is because we made money despite me spending money. I love the flea market where true untainted free-market capitalism is alive and well. I am wearing my new earrings($2.50) and new dress($12.50) and I bought my grandchildren’s upcoming birthday presents at very good bargains and we sold everything and made a good profit after expenses were paid, including the priceline hotel room I bid for!(where a person named Adeyeye Adejoke from Nigeria living in NYC left their inhalers and 5 bottles of prescription drugs including opiates and syringes in the bedside stand and I immediately called front desk!)What an interesting weekend it has been.
As a former art teacher, I taught art lessons concerning its inception with great cards and gifts to poverty income students. It was about the honoring of our parents and in particular, our mothers. And we all have parents, whether we knew them or not. I was sensitive to my students’ often broken situations and most were very appreciative of this opportunity. And they were proud of their creations whether it be for their real mother or caretaker. I chose to step down from teaching and have traveled a lot ever since. Personally, I have mixed feelings about it and many my age have lost their mothers to death. When I got home, I took the rest of the selfies to preserve the memory of this happiness. Everyone does mother’s day different….this one was one of my best ones….and we got an old kettle drum and suntans to take with us to DrumStrong Festival next weekend as well!















So yes, it was a happy female parent day for me personally. But I celebrate motherhood everyday. I celebrate life!