Stacia Bailey
Noah Beals
Stacia Bailey
My senior citizen that I spent time with was a very interesting woman and her name was Alberta. Ms. Alberta has been living in Hampton, Virginia all her life and she is 76 years old. She grew up with 22 brothers and sisters in a small home. When Ms. Alberta was in the 7 th grade she dropped out and started working at a Chinese restaurant at the age of 12. When I asked her was life hard growing up? She said“ No life was good I had loved ones and God which is all that mattered.” One wish that Ms. Alberta wished she could’ ve changed growing up was that she would’ ve completed school because she could’ ve been farther ahead in life. She has 3 children and 4 grandchildren and she barely sees them. She likes to go to casinos, and hang out with her friends at the community center. There they like to gossip, drink coffee, play bingo, and play dominos. She is a very detailed, and strong minded woman when I asked her how Hampton is different from when she was my age( 16) and she replied“ This generations is ridiculous with this weed, gangs, shootings, girls showing all that the good Lord gave them, and young men wearing their pants down to the tip of the butt cheeks. This generation is the complete opposite from when I was coming up.”
Noah Beals
Sister Willis is the women that I met in the church. When I first saw her, before I knew I was going to interview her, I could tell that she was very professional and thought she was a principal or leader of some sorts. As the interview went on, I asked her if she ever had traveled for her work. She shared that her most important job was being a pastor’ s wife and how she went many places for mission trips and for business reasons. Congo, Africa was one of the places she went on a mission trip to and told us how the place she stayed at had triple bunk beds. She said she made sure she got there quick so she could have the top, the most comfortable bunk in her opinion. When she woke up, the sun was shining bright in her face because the ceiling above her had an opening in it and that a dozen iguanas surrounded her. This stood out to me because I know that if something like that ever happened to me I would probably freak out and also because it isn’ t a common thing that I see in my everyday lifestyle. One thing she said to me, which reminded me of what my mom has said to me before, is keep my mind open to experiencing new things and to broaden my horizons. After the interview I thought she was interesting and sophisticated. She claimed that she taught a Sunday school for adults up until recently. I could tell she had a productive schedule where she kept herself busy and helped others in her work.