HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMA NORA
NORA HENDERSON OF JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA WOULD HAVE BEEN 123 YEARS OLD TODAY!
GRANDMOTHER OF MY FATHER, SP5 WYLEY WRIGHT JR., SHE TAUGHT "RIGHT IS RIGHT AND RIGHT DON'T WRONG NOBODY" AND ALWAYS GAVE UNQUESTIONABLE EXAMPLES.
CALLED MS. NORA OR MOMA NORA BY EVEN NON-FAMILY MEMBERS, SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF THE FLORAD NEIGHBORHOOD BABYSITTING FOR YOUNG MOTHERS AND THE RED CROSS, COLLECTING USED CLOTHES, WASHING AND IRONING THEM TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO PEOPLE BURNED OUT OF THEIR HOMES.
WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT COMMUNITY SERVICE STARTED AT HOME. THIS QUOTE BY A FRIEND THIS MORNING MADE ME THINK OF HER.. AS SHE REINFORCED BY MOTHER, OUIDA FAY WRIGHT’S CONSTANT DECLARATION, “CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME AND SPREADS ABROAD.”
...Thoughts flowing from long time friend and fellow thespian, an understudy in Othello, who kindly, introduced me to Paul Winfield, who was playing the title role at Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre while I was a University of Georgia Drama student. Mr. Winfield kindly allowed me an interview for my journalism class. Thanks Malik Purley.
