My Father My Cousin

By Nshira Babre

I finally understand what my great-granduncle was warning me about: Do not limit your potentialities. The family is simply the trampoline from which I would move forward to become the best that I could be. I think that I finally got it. Why should I limit myself to the limit of the visible? Why should I only consider what is close to me? How will I grow if I keep taking only what is near? I then realized that it is better to broaden ones horizon than to be stuck in a particular place while the world is constantly changing and offering better alternatives.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Release date: Aug 15, 2016
• ISBN: 9781490775579

Nshira Babre

The author is a very unique person who has a spiritual insight on life itself. She is a person who has nourished lots of children in her life. She has had the experience of actually taking care of at least fifty (50) children in her home. She is a mother of two and the oldest of thirteen siblings that she herself raised. This is what makes her have an old heart that is always giving. She has always been at ease with young people and had their attention. Donald, her husband, is always there to support her and the welfare of those they have in their care. Adopting Eric completed their inner family. The author and her family have returned to their southern home in Washington, North Carolina. Donald feels just as comfortable as her, and every day they seem to be meeting yet another family member.

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CONTENTS

Chapter 1 Tilling the Soil

Chapter 2 Small Sprout, Deep Roots

Chapter 3 Pulling Weeds

Chapter 4 A Time For Adjustment And Change

Acknowledgements

About the Book

About the Author

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CHAPTER 1

Tilling the Soil

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Afternoon sunlight mingles with a warm spring breeze, together, caressing the sleepy farms and modest homes of the rural south. However, 19th century North Carolina was a very tumultuous place, the town of Richland, about 3 miles south of Beaufort, would give birth to the BABRE family, the descendents of Native-Americans, slaves and freemen. The folks of Richland believed in hard work and the value of family. It would later evolve into a community of interconnected families and various extended relatives. Slavery was still alive and well and Jim Crow made sho’ that these negroes knew their place. While most whites enjoyed privileged lives, the blacks of Richland lived the tedious and menial existence of the indentured servant. What many can only envision in the black and white