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Marilyn B. Thomas
Hello, my name is Marilyn Thomas (maiden name Boddie). I was born in the small, southern town Lima, Ohio, and raised on the southside by an entire village that was permitted to whoop your butt if y...view moreHello, my name is Marilyn Thomas (maiden name Boddie). I was born in the small, southern town Lima, Ohio, and raised on the southside by an entire village that was permitted to whoop your butt if you were being hard-headed (not doing what you were told to do or being disrespectful).
In today's culture, everyone has a phone with a camera, and you will go to jail if you whoop your children. And don't even think about whooping someone else's child. We often say those were the good old days. Nevertheless, I grew up in a time when it was not only acceptable but encouraged, by your parents for the neighborhood moms to whoop you.
Like many others, I came from a broken home, rebellious at times, and thought I knew everything until I didn't. I was an unwed teenage mother determined to graduate from high school. I was told that I wouldn't finish school because I had a baby to take care of, but I proved them all wrong. I did it! I graduated from Lima Senior High School.view less