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Posted by avis marie valley on July 3, 2008, 1:59 pm
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GOOD MORNING OPRAH,
SITTING HERE THIS MORNING IN PARK CITY, KANSAS..YES KANSAS (I WAS SO EXCITED WHEN YOU AND GAYLE CAME THIS WAY/WICHITA. JUST REFLECTING ON YOUR SHOW YESTERDAY IN WHICH YOU INTERVIEWED CHRIS ROCK IN HIS AWE AND SOMEWHAT OVERWHELMENT OF FINDING HIS ROOTS. YOU KNOW OPRAH, AS YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD SO......MANY TIMES THE INSPIRATION YOU GIVEN IN MANY WAYS THROUGH YOUR MANY AVENUES. WELL
IT WAS A BLESSING TO HEAR CHRIS'S RESPONSE AND AMAZEMENT TO FINDING HIS ROOTS BECAUSE........IN
THE LAST FEW WEEKS I HAVE BEEN THINKING OF WRITING
MY FIRST BOOK. BUT IT IS VERY CHALLENGING WHEN YOU
ARE SO VERY FULL AND LIFE'S MANY EXPERIENCES ARE UPON YOU. YOUR THOUGHTS ARE.. WHAT WILL I SAY AND WHY? HOW WILL I SAY IT INORDER THAT IT IS APPROPRIATE TO BE HEARD, TO BE READABLE, TO SEND THE RIGHT MESSAGE TO HELP SOME ONE! SO.. I'VE BEEN
BRAIN STORMING AND I'M ALMOST THERE. BUT.. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED. TWO DAYS BEFORE I SAW YOUR SHOW
WITH CHRIS, I HAD GONE TO MY FATHER'S FIRST COUSIN'S HOME TO VISIT WITH HE AND HIS WIFE AFTER NOT SEEING THEM SINCE I RELOCATED BACK TO KANSAS BUT ONLY ONCE. I WAS JUST MOVED TO GO THERE AND SIT AND VISIT. THEY WERE SO..HAPPY TO SEE ME AS I
WAS TO SEE THEM (MY FATHER BEING EXPIRED SINCE JUNE 9, 2000), HE IS THE LAST SENIOR OF MY FATHER'S SIDE OF THE FAMLIY WHICH MAKES IT OH SO
SPECIAL. BUT TO HURRY ON, IN THE END OF OUR VISIT(3HRS)HIS WIFE GOT UP AND WENT INTO THE BEDROOM AND CAME BACK OUT WITH A BOOK SHE SAID THEY WANTED TO SHARE WITH ME THAT WAS GIVEN TO THEIR SON A FEW YEARS BEFORE BY SOMEONE HE JUST MET AND ASK HIM WAS HE RELATED TO(MY FAMILY NAME) AND MY COUSIN THEIR SON SAID YES AND HE WENT AND GOT THIS BOOK AND GAVE IT TO HIM, HE IN TURN GAVE IT TO HIS PARENTS EVEN THOUGH HE WAS SO VERY SHOCKED
IN HOW IT ALL HAPPENED. WHEN THEY PRESENTED THE BOOK TO ME I INSTANTLY BEGAN THUMBING THROUGH IT AS IT WAS GIVEN TO ME AND THE STORY WAS BEING TOLD TO ME. I WAS SO OVERWHELMED JUST TO SEE MY FAMILY NAME ON THE BOOK AND THE AURTHOR MY FAMILY
NAME, GLANCING AT PICTURES IN THE BOOK LOOKING JUST LIKE MY GRANDFATHER AND MY FATHER...OH MY GOD I WAS JUST ABOUT TO BURST! THEY ASK ME TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF IT AND SHARE IT WITH THE REST OF THE FAMILY FOR THIS IS WHAT IT IS ABOUT AND....MY OLDEST SISTER HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR SOME YEARS AS OUR FAMILY BEGAN GROWING SMALLER AND SMALLER. WHAT A BLESSING, IN GOD'S OWN TIME. AT THIS TIME I HAVE READ QUITE A BIT AND GLANCED & SCANNED TOOK NOTES, CALLED MY SISTER'S,& DIFFERENT ONE'S OF MY FAMILY AND WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH IT. THIS ALSO GIVE ME SOME INSIGHT AND FILLING IN A WHOLE LOT OF BLANKS AND A GREAT INSPIRATION. BUT.. TO TURN ON THE T.V
TO YOUR SHOW AND SEE YOUR INTERVIEW WITH CHRIS ROCK I JUST LET THE TEARS FALL, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY BIGGER THAN THAT. EVERYBODY HAS A STORY TO TELL AND EVERYONE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW FROM WHENCE THEY CAME! GOD BLESS YOU OPRAH, MYSELF AND MY SISTER'S ARE GREAT SUPPORTER'S OF YOU AND ALL YOU ARE DOING AND HAVE DONE. MAY GOD JUST CONINUE
TO BLESS YOU! p.s. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET
MAYA IN THE 80'S IN WICHITA,KS VIA MY FATHER. I FELT HER SPECIAL SPIRIT INSTANTLY WHEN I MET HER
AND HAVE FOLLOWED HER EVERY SINCE. SPECIAL!
THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME.avismarie
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