well, maybe. lets just HOPE what goes around comes around, for this story anyway.
so today, mom called me about 4pm. she said "i just got the strangest phone call."
now if my mama calls it strange, then it is strange. she went on to tell me about a woman that went to school with aunt joy (her older sister). this woman (i don't know her name) called mom today and told her "i think we have something of yours!"
what could it be? mom's first thought was pictures. but why after all these years (eh, can i say it mom? it is 39 years this year since mom graduated from high school!) would this lady think that she had something mom would want after ALL those years!?! especially from/for someone who wasn't even her class.
well, the lady went on to explain that her GRANDson bought a "box of junk", i'm guessing at an auction or a yard sale. where? who knows. but anyway, inside the box of junk was a tackle box. and inside that tackle box was a class ring from the high school that mom went to (remember, that school isn't even around anymore), a ring from the Class Of 1969, a ladies' ring, blue stone, etc. inside the ring are my mom's first and last initial.
so, let me change the story for a minute. i just finished reading a book called "secret life of bees" (it is ok, i recommend it for a quick read). this book takes place in 1964, the year that black people got the right to vote. after discussing this with my mom and dad, it turns out that mom's senior year was the year that her school integrated blacks and whites. isn't that just amazing? that she participated in such a historic event? same goes for my dad. it was actually pretty neat listening to the 2 of them talk about the year schools were integrated. i can't imagine what it was like...
well, there was only one other person in her senior class that had her same first and last initial. he was a black boy, a 'new' student in her school.
ok, so back to my original story. is this her ring? is this the ring that i lost? that i gave away? well, we will find out tomorrow. mom is going to see her when she goes to see tuter (my grandma, her mother). i can't wait to write part 3!
up next: part 3 - is it her ring?
Not to split historical hairs, but the 15th amendment in 1870 gave the right to vote to all men, regardless of race, color or creed.
ReplyDeleteIn 1920, the 19th amendment gave the right to vote for all regardless of sex.
In 1964-65, the Voting Rights Act eliminated the need for literacy tests in order to vote. This "test" was primarily used to prohibit blacks from voting in the south. Of course, there were lots of other "tactics" used that weren't on the Federal books to keep blacks from voting...
I bet good old Hood Richardson would love to have that literacy test again, so he could keep "them thar Mexicans" from voting! Got to love Beaufort County!
/history lesson over.
I sure hope that it turns out to be your mom's ring!
ReplyDeleteI very very very stupidly gave my HS ring to an old boyfriend (who I didn't date until AFTER college).
I'm pretty sure that he pawned it for drugs.
The dumb things that we do.
But, of course, in this case, it was stolen from you, which is a lot different than actually giving it to someone who didn't appreciate it (or you, for that matter!)