UNCUT DIAMONDS
Beautiful sounds wafted over the airwaves in Birmingham, Al. as her fingers deftly flew over the piano keys. Hers were the first sounds heard on the first radio station in Birmingham. Long beautiful blond curly hair, big blue eyes and trained in all the social graces, nearly assured her of a life of ease and comfort.
When did her chasing of the winds begin, why did she choose to leave the love of her life; the piano. Having had the distinct honor of playing in Carnegie Hall, she chose to give up her affluent lifestyle to live on the wild side of life. Her family, disgraced by her behavior, chose to disown her. Her chasing of the winds led her down a road of heartache, pain and eventually death. Prior to her death, she had 6 children, none of them with her, except the twins she had 4 months earlier. She was brutally murdered by a jealous lover, who had chosen to end her life by the use of a black jack.
The train rolled into the historical Birmingham Railroad station on a dark foggy night. Her body was escorted off the railway car in a white casket. Hardly any of her family was there to take charge of her remains. When her casket was opened, all of her beautiful blond hair had been shaved off in an effort to save her life. At the young age of only 38, she was interred in Elmwood Cemetery, without even the dignity of a headstone. This lady was an uncut diamond, a rose cut too soon to bloom.......this lady was my Mother.
She sang with the New York Met Opera when they came to Birmingham, Al. in the 1920's. She was quite an elegant lady, and she was chasing her winds of success, happiness and fame. This elegant lady found herself in a crisis pregnancy situation and made a heartbreaking decision to abort her child. Her chasing of the winds ended when she lost her life from complications due to a botched abortion. This lady was an uncut diamond, a rose cut too soon to bloom.....this lady was my Grandmother.
I do not know what was taking place in the lives of my mother and grandmother which caused them to make the choices they made. Quite often, circumstances present themselves in our lives, where the choices we make do not end well. Only God can make the judgement calls, and for that I am grateful.
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Artwork on this set is "Wedding March", by the famous artist, Besse Pease Gutmann
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