Believing That You Can

Believing That You Can Believing That You Can

beautiful place, Key West. The peaceful sunny place
eliminates the darkness in my heart and illuminates my life.

Ewelina Bajerska is a student at the Adult and Alternative Education
Center in Key West. Her teacher is Ms. Josephson.

When I Grew Up
I grew up in Bowman, South Carolina on a sharecrop
farm. It was a big farm. There was lots of work to do. I
lived with my mother, my father, and 10 children. There
were four boys and six girls. On the farm we had cotton,
corn, beans and every name of foods. We did canning,
cooking, baking, sewing and quilting. My dad had a
wagon, mules, hogs, and chickens. My mom bought food in
colored sacks. She made us pretty colored sack skirts for
school. We did not go too much because we had to work in
the field and help on the farm. We went to church in the
wagon some Sundays and sometimes we walked.

Sometimes, when we got there, Sunday school was
already over. We worked Saturday in the cotton and bean
fields and in the peanut patch. I can say thanks to God we
had plenty to eat; lots of fruits and vegetables. We raised
chickens and hogs, cats and dogs. My parents were very
good parents. They had a lot of love in their hearts for
others. As for the education that my mom had, she only had
third grade schooling. The good Lord has been good to me.
I have so much to be thankful for. I can say I received the
Lord as my personal savior and it was the best thing that
ever happened to me in my life. I thank him every day in
prayer.

Frances Rhymes is 77 and has been attending class at Lakewood
Community School in St. Petersburg. She is very dedicated, works all
day and rides the bus to school every Monday night.

Taylor
Taylor is a macaw with many colors. Some people call
them flag macaws; it has red, blue, and green feathers. Its
name originated from a cartoon called Pinkidu, where there
was a girl about eight years old with her brother Taylor,
who was in preschool. He was very affectionate, friendly,