It’s Saturday morning (10:44 am), and as I sit here and reflect, family comes to mind. I think about my mother and the fact that she’s looking down from heaven smiling. She’s smiling because of the family values she passed on to my siblings and me. Our mother often told us that family was all that we had so we must take care of each other. I’m sure that other families have heard or have been taught the same. Because of these teachings family values is truly a part of our family.
In 2007 I was employed as Chief Investigator for the Fulton County Conflict Defenders Office. In addition, I had financial investments. Then, all of a sudden the housing market crash happened and I found myself without a job. During this downturn in the economy, I decided to expand my personal business. I exhausted all of my savings, and consequently, my wife and I were in danger of losing our home. We started looking for a house or an apartment to rent. One day I spoke with one of my brothers, he asked about my day and I told him that I was looking for a place to rent. My brother responded by saying,” why didn’t you say something before now”? I told him that I wanted to handle this myself, but he replied “that’s why you have family”. Our mortgage was then paid up a month ahead of time. My brother never indicated that I had to repay the money (a brother’s love). I regrouped, got myself together, and didn’t look back.
Moving forward, after receiving help from my brother he did say to me “things happen but you must be self-sufficient from this point on”. Since that time it’s been my purpose to share that true spirit of family love with my kids, grand-kids, great grand-kids, and others.
Taking care of each other and looking out for each other is what my mother would want me and all my siblings to do. I can, but won’t at this point go into detail about another of my brother’s family venture that is about to change the Dixon family for generations to come. Again, all of the aforementioned actions are the values that Luella Dickerson Dixon Whiting, the woman from Thompson GA. who reared 10 kids without a father figure present sought to have us embody as a way of life. She was a woman that struggled, made sacrifices, that never gave up but she made it clear that family was all that we had. Family unity is and has always been a part of her children’s lives. We love you, mama. The family unit is sacred. What better time than now to remember my mother. As we embark upon the season of thanksgiving let us now and forever give thanks for family. Please give us a thumbs up, alike, a share, and please subscribe.
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