My grand mother, mammy, was an early bird. She was loved by, and known to locals as Miss. Matey. Mammy, believed in rising before the birds at 4:30AM every morning. And yes, she woke and sent us to go collect water for the day, a mile up the mountain road at the public faucet(pipe). It felt like we walked two miles each way, though(might've been).
We would get to the road-side pipe and wash-up, before filling up and returning with the water buckets. Trying to keep the water from splashing our little faces as we came back down. You know we were lucky to make it down off the country road into mammy's property located below road level, with 3/4 of the original fill-up!
Mammy was so beautiful! She had a milk chocolate complexion, with very soft naturally curly hair. Mammy's lips were heart-shaped, with apple cheeks when she smiled. A curvy, energetic little woman, she stood nearly 5' tall. Her eyes twinkled, a hazel brown, like a baby dolls. I sure miss her. Mammy was self employed, and enjoyed working the fields for produce that she took to the market, every weekend.
I'll tell you more about mammy in my upcoming bio.
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i remember mammy...i remember once, she grabbed dad and i, and dragged us in the apt. lol, she was a strong lil lady!
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