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How it all Started

  This is a cup that I found at a gas station.  It was so funny when I bought it because it said: 2020 ⭐ Would Not Recommend As you can see, I filled in the rest of the stars and crossed out the word "not".  Truth is, I don't see anything wrong with this year.  It is as good as you want to make it!! I was born in what is now named Lakeland Community Hospital, Haleyville, Al in 1975.  My mom and dad were cattle and chicken farmers in the town of Addison. I do not recollect much of the goings-on in our family from when I was in pre-school, but the next few sentences and posts to follow are things that I do remember.   The first one that I will share is the lesson I learned from a Poke-salad bush. I remember having a big family get together at our home.  We lived in a small rural community just on the outskirts of Addison, AL.  The name of the community was Upshaw and we had these tree-like weeds that grew everywhere and they are called Poke-sal...