Growing My Wings Back: Thoughts and Inspiring Words for All to Read and Enjoy

By Edwina Neal Britt

Edwina Neal Britt encompasses life as a mother of three children, life after raising children, and the joys and pains of life in general. It is the story of a butterfly whose wings were clipped along the way. Life happens to all of us, but no matter how many wings we lose and how many trials and tribulations we go through, the essence of our sou

• Language: English
• Publisher: Palmetto Publishing
• Release date: Sep 8, 2022
• ISBN: 9798885904346

Edwina Neal Britt

Edwina Britt is a dedicated mother of three adult children, wife to Cedric, her husband of 30 years, a career Systems Analyst and a prolific writer, who was diagnosed with an ailment that has impacted her normal day-to-day activities. She hails from the small town of Griffin, Georgia, and currently lives in Ellicott City, Maryland, with Cedric. A woman who found herself drawn to people of all walks of life, Edwina's writing is rich with perspective and empathy.Edwina spent many years as a loving stay at home mother, and her writing reflects the joys, struggles, and beauty of motherhood. Her work as a mother and in her community via the Church and her children's schools gained her the reputation of being a creative, committed, and hard-working woman who loves to serve those around her.At present, Edwina continues to enjoy using her creative talents to write plays, poems, and short stories. Her play about empty-nesters, "You and Me Baby," was selected to be per-formed for a ten minute play festival at a local community play-house in Wheaton, MD. She is currently working on her next play, "The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same," which is a story of a middle class intergenerational African American family.Edwina hopes that when you read her poetry, you see the world through her eyes, and see all the beauty and potential in the world that she does. Despite her diagnosis and limited daily activities, Edwina continues to write and share her gifts with the world.

Book preview

MY HOMETOWN

I am from all things Griffin, Georgia where everything was shared; the daughter of Trudie and Edward with a sprinkle of my stepfather Linwood.

I am from a mother with an honest heart and a father who was brilliant from the start.

I come from strict discipline and humble beginnings.

I am from affection and sacrifice, from eat all your vegetables to girl why did you do that.

I am linked to my older sister who enjoyed sneaking in the wine to find that it was divine.

I am linked to my younger sister who stole chocolate at the age of five only to return it to stay alive.

I am linked to a younger brother who took everything apart only to build it back from the start.

I come from sharing almost everything including the bread, but did I have to share my bed?

I am from succulent fried pork chops with heavy gravy making me so full that I feel lazy.

I am from all things Griffin, Georgia, a small town with a big heart.

Dedicated to all the gifted African

Americans who feel like caged souls.

CHILDHOOD INJUSTICE

Shadows on the backside of a completed test create a caged animal waiting to be released.

How would a five-year old from the wrong side of the tracks know the punishment for scribbling on the back of a test would be a five-year sentence?

A young gifted black girl overflowing with unrealized possibilities and dreams galore.

Enraged at the world for the injustice and limitation knowing something is amiss without knowing exactly what it is.

Test the guinea pig to increase the sentence to life caged with those known for defects.

Even under tremendous pressure, the test does not cooperate for it unveils giftedness.

Still the instruction was not demanding, and the mind drifted to whereabouts more complex.

The voice is fading into the massive and uncharted abyss, and it too is imprisoned.

Even when the voice discovers there is a gifted program occupied by all white bodies, it still does not speak.

A kind-hearted teacher secretly transmits information that the prisoner obtained the pre-eminent score on the standardized test and none of those unchained bodies in the gifted class surpassed it.

The voiceless prisoner cannot disclose the private conversation with the well-meaning teacher.

The bars of the cage thicken and even with the evidence, no one enters to release the animal from the