Women In My Family

Women in my family were immigrants, as history records. Grandmother Rosamond was born in Italy. Marceline was French and traveled from Lourdes. My mother, Jaqueline, was wed at seventeen. A city girl who became a young farmer's wife. Many valuable traits from her, I did glean as she taught me how to be prepared for life. I would be terribly remiss if I forget to rave about one more very important family female, my sister, Claudette, who taught me to be brave. She said, "Get up and try again each time you fail." June 16, 2022 Women in my family poetry contest Sponsored by Sotto Poet