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member of the women’s group, I had the privilege of
accompanying them everywhere. My most memorable

trip was my pastor’s wife’s fiftieth birthday, when we

went on a fourteen-day cruise. We stopped at five
different islands. We had a service on board, as well as

a real birthday party—so memorable. Those were the
days.

I always wrote, and I wrote her a beautiful poem.

Because of moving so many times, I lost all of my
writings. Another memorable trip was to Ocean City,

Maryland. This was a city out in the ocean. To get to the
hotel, we had to take a boat. That was an interesting

night, but it prepared me for my cruise. Another
enjoyable trip was to North Carolina. They were told

that a group of Canadians was coming, so they had the

square all nicely decorated, with a banner flying that
said, “Welcome to the Canadians.” When the bus pulled

up, there we were—a busload of Black folks. They
asked, “Are you Canadian?” Needless to say, they were

not impressed because they didn’t know there were
Black Canadians. But we sang at a church that Saturday

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