Dear Editor,
I am a disabled 53-year-old black female who lives in Lakeview Retirement Center (a personal care home) on Stephens Avenue in Baxley. I am a law-abiding citizen and a registered voter. I don’t drink, smoke, sell or use illegal drugs. I am a member of Satilla Missionary Baptist Church in Baxley. In order to feel as though I can give a little of myself back to society, I choose to do volunteer work at the Pavilion two or three days a week. I help out in the Activities Department.
“Just what if?”
Due to the fact that I became disabled, before I got the opportunity to work a public job, I do not own an automobile! My two sisters paid the price for an adult tricycle for me to ride to work. They made the sacrifice, because they love me and realize that I need to feel needed.
We didn’t always have a television when we were growing up. So, therefore, I am not addicted to it like millions of individuals whom live in the USA. I would rather get out of the house, and do what I can to help others while I can.
Some dog owners let their pets roam the streets instead of keeping them in a pen or on a chain or inside the house. Then there’s the problem with stray animals. Some individuals catch them and take them to another neighborhood and let them loose to damage someone else’s property.
Sometimes, parents breed dogs and cats so that their children can experience life coming into the world.
I am of the opinion that the time to experience that precious moment is when children graduate from high school or earn a GED, enroll in a Seminary or Bible college or university, graduate from a technical college or join the military, get married and couples should work full and part-time for at least three years and then have a baby.
Life is not fair! I have been chased by small, medium and large dogs all over the city. Each time I’m chased, I take an alternate route. I’ve just about run out of alternates though. I have a conscience! What if a motorist wrecked his/her vehicle trying not to kill a dog or me and end up killing themselves? I would not be able to cope for the rest of my life if a pregnant woman and her unborn child dies, because she tried to avoid hitting me while I was being chase by a dog(s)?
Think about it!! What if I were your mother, child, grandchild, sister, niece or your cousin? Just what if I was YOU?
Melba Lorelia “Lou” Mann
We didn’t always have a television when we were growing up. So, therefore, I am not addicted to it like millions of individuals whom live in the USA. I would rather get out of the house, and do what I can to help others while I can.
Some dog owners let their pets roam the streets instead of keeping them in a pen or on a chain or inside the house. Then there’s the problem with stray animals. Some individuals catch them and take them to another neighborhood and let them loose to damage someone else’s property.
Sometimes, parents breed dogs and cats so that their children can experience life coming into the world.
I am of the opinion that the time to experience that precious moment is when children graduate from high school or earn a GED, enroll in a Seminary or Bible college or university, graduate from a technical college or join the military, get married and couples should work full and part-time for at least three years and then have a baby.
Life is not fair! I have been chased by small, medium and large dogs all over the city. Each time I’m chased, I take an alternate route. I’ve just about run out of alternates though. I have a conscience! What if a motorist wrecked his/her vehicle trying not to kill a dog or me and end up killing themselves? I would not be able to cope for the rest of my life if a pregnant woman and her unborn child dies, because she tried to avoid hitting me while I was being chase by a dog(s)?
Think about it!! What if I were your mother, child, grandchild, sister, niece or your cousin? Just what if I was YOU?
Melba Lorelia “Lou” Mann
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