10.13.09
Cousin Ola Mae’s Birthday
She’s not a cousin I’ve known all my life. In fact, we’ve never met, but she is dear to my heart. Her name is Ola Mae, and she turned 90 on Sunday. She is a niece of my great-grandfather, Dr. John Henry Jordan. She and I talk on the phone pretty regularly, and we laugh a lot about old times. Well, the days when she was growing up. She loves to talk about those times, and I enjoy listening to the stories of her days coming of age in Georgia. She even named one of her sons after my great-grandfather, and she loved my grandfather, Edward. Even lived with him for a time when she was in high school. Those were the days when people walked miles and miles to school. During the winter months, she said my grandfather told her father, Uncle Sam, “if the weather is too bad, you just have Ola Mae stay at my house.” She appreciated it. Still does. I appreciate her, and I can’t wait to meet her, hopefully, one day soon. Happy Birthday, Cousin Ola Mae!
