
Daughter of…
By Stacey L. Joy, © May 10, 2020
I am Stacey Lorinn Johnson Joy
I am the daughter of
Gloria Lee McPherson Johnson Cooper
Adored as Mommie
Purest of people
Pristine and popular
Someone everyone admired
Connoisseur of words and puzzles
Follower of rules and righteousness
Smoker, Bowler, Badminton Champ, Legacy Delta
I am the daughter of
Mrs. Cooper
Neighborhood Mom
P.E. teacher
Career Advisor and Counselor
Respected educator
40 years in education
Who taught me how to be me
I am the daughter of
Patsy Ann McPherson
Culinary Queen Nana
Seamstress
Family matriarch
Sweetest heart of the family
Loved to party and hated to pay bills
Taught me how to cry and dance
How to cook and eat well
I am the daughter of
Proud independent black women
Working in my village
Auntie Joyce and Aunt Frankie
Sister Pam
Who loved me before I was born
Cousins who have my back
Who are my chosen sisters and brothers
Who teach me that blood and water
Are both thick enough
To bind us together
I am the daughter of
Freedom and survival
Feminism and activism
Educators who write and break the rules
Who don’t back down
Writers who inspire me
Whose stories tell
The power of sharing our words
I am the daughter of
God
Who creates all mothers
Who sustains all struggling women
Who heals all hurting nurturers
Who empowers and ignites all the work
We all do and have ever done.
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