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My Dear, "JESUS ", Help Me To Spread Your Fragrance, Everywhere I go !!
1M4JC.COMMUNITY,
My LOVE,for "JESUS",started for me, when,I was 7 yrs old,at my,First Holy Communion,in 1953.
My Irish-Devout Catholic,Grandmother,Katherine .V. Burke,
taught me about religious,and that," JESUS ",loves me.She was the only,one to attend my,First Holy Communion and brought me a big bush of carnation flowers. I will always remember those flowers,because,it showed me that,my Grandmother,had a great love for me.
My Grandmother,Katherine .V.Burke and Grandfather,
William .J.Burke,Sr. and my,Uncle William .J. Burke,Jr.,helped my mother,Ellen .E. Wright(Burke),to raise her five children,Eugene,born 1945,Me,Marie,born 1946,Raymond born 1947,Dorothy born 1950.and Patricia born 1953,the youngest,by buying a house in Astoria,(Queens),New York,in 1957.
My Father,Carl.H.Wright,abandoned the family,when I was 6 yrs old,in 1952. I remember,looking out the front window and waving good by to my father.He said, that he was going to come back in three weeks. He lived in Indiana,with his brother,and they owned a 365 acre farm,together.
The welfare department was looking for him for support. They found him in Fort Wayne,Indiana,in 1962,but,he lefted before,they could serve him the papers for support. It was hard growing up in a house,where every time, you sat down to eat a fight would break out at the table.
My mother and grandmother,did the best they could to raises us,but,to tell you the truth,I was raise in a dis-functional family.
My uncle Willie loved me the best,he was a bachelor,he took me everywhere. I went on the Parchute Jump,in Coney Island,Brooklyn,New York,with him when,I was about,9 yrs old and he was drunk as a skunk.
He tried to touch me sexual,once,but my mother caught him,and said, If you ever touch my daughter,Marie,again," I will get you arrested ".
He had a Jekyll and Hyde,personality,very nice,and good to us,and his sister,and our mother Ellen,when,he was not drinking,a gallon of Gallo,wine a day.He worked in Goldwater Hospital on Welfare Island,for 25 yrs,as a Elevator Operator. He use to bring home,from the Hospital gallons of Milk,that was not used for the day,which help us children get our calcium we needed. He use to go to Coney Island, to Nathan's and try to bring home the great Clam Chowder,they made,and spill it all over himself,by the time he made it back to Astoria,(Queens),New York. My grandmother use to wait for him,late at night,to get home,so that,he wouldn't hit us children. He use to pick on my two brothers,Eugene and Raymond.He was once or twice mugger,in Harlem,125TH Street,for two $300 watchers,coming home,drunk.
He,once got arrested for playing with the brakes under the seat in a New York Subway Train.He was really crazy,some time!! He use to pull the fight Alarm boxes,on the street,because he loved the sounds of the fire Engine racing down the street. They were trying to find out,who were pulling all those false alarms,on 28th Avenue and 34th Street in Astoria,(Queens),New York,back in 1959,but never did.
Before,we moved into the house on 35th Street and 28th Avenue,in 1957,we lived over a Hardware Store,1952 on Astoria,35th Street and Ditmars Blvd. My Uncle Willie was coming home,one night drunk,in the rain,when a policeman,asked him why he was by the hardware store. He tried to tell the policeman,that he lived over the hardware store,but the policeman,didn't beleive him and thought he was just a drunk,trying to break into the hardware store. Well, my Uncle Willie,went mad,and beat the hell out of the policeman and ribbed his raincoat to shreads. He was arrested, on assault charges and my mother had to get the money to bail him out of jail. This is some of my life experiences and all in all,
I guess,the " HOLY SPIRIT ",was always by my side watching over me.
I love the "LORD ", with all my heart and souls,and I will Praise Him,in song,forever !!
Yours-In-Christ,
Ms. Marie .K. Lally,
The Scooter Lady,
Sacred Heart Catholic Church,
7809 46th,Way,North,
Pinellas Park,Flordia 33781
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