Alexia the Amazing

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I call this my Alexia the Amazing page.  Alexia is the young lady I featured in my blog, 'A Stumbled Upon Story'.  I have not met this young lady, but I am awed by her writing.  I have bookmarked her story, 'Finding God on Route 11'.  Alexia writes from her heart and bares her soul.  Most people aren't brave enough to do either.  I am not.  

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“Well, Miss Alexia. You may not believe this but I am 102 years old.” I felt the hair on the back of my neck stand up as she looked me dead in the eye and said in the most serious of tones, “I’m not sure how much longer I have on God’s green Earth or frankly why I am still here.  I have lived through two world wars and when I was your age, colored children were still just that, ain’t nothin’ more.  I have seen racism like you wouldn’t believe – a war I lost my dear husband to in 1963.  I have no children, I sadly wasn’t able to.  But I am here for a reason. I have to believe that, and I try to live each day – even the days I feel closest to death – to the best of my ability.  I am truly happy, and that is my story.”