Wambui Stories

Mama Said, "No Cursing!" ***Not Explicit, But I Do Say A Few Curse Words*** Today, I'm always surprised at what passes for just everyday language. When I grew up, we were not allowed to curse. The word 'curse' was considered a curse word and we could only use the words 'bad words' to describe profanity. We could say, "Oh, they were saying bad words." Or, we could say, "They were cussing." Because 'cussing' was not considered a curse word. The word 'hell' was considered a bad word. It was ingrainded in me not to ever say a curse word. It's just that sometimes I wish I could lighten up a little bit and throw some words around to some people in situations where they are warranted. Wambui Bahati Wambui Stories - 70+ Years of Life Stories and More https://www.wambui-bahati.com https://www.youtube.com/wambuimadeit https://bettergoldandsilver.com

In 1968 in Greensboro, North Carolina, I was a senior at James B. Dudley High School. I loved weekend parties! On the weekends, someone at my school - at least one person, would be giving a party on a Friday night or Saturday night. Sometimes there'd be several parties on Friday night, as well as several parties on Saturday night on the same weekend. I made it my business to be at all of them! Now, I was not necessarily invited to all or any of them. However, I made it my business to be at all of them. Wambui Bahati Wambui Stories - 70+ Years of Life Stories and More https://www.wambui-bahati.com https://www.youtube.com/wambuimadeit https://bettergoldandsilver.com

When I was born in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1950, Jim Crow laws were still the law. As a child, I did not know life to be any other way. Wambui Bahati Wambui Stories - 70+ Years of Life Stories and More https://www.wambui-bahati.com

One of the things that I never imagined when I was growing up in Greensboro, North Carolina, in the 1950s and 60s and even early 70s is that the day would come when we would walk around with our telephones -that we would take our phones with us everywhere - that when we're leaving our houses, after checking to see we have our keys, we would check to see, "Oh my god, do I have my phone?" " Oh my God, is my phone charged?" I just didn't see that coming. Wambui Bahati Wambui Stories - 70+ Years of Life Stories and More https://www.wambui-bahati.com https://www.youtube.com/wambuimadeit https://bettergoldandsilver.com

1968. Greensboro, North Carolina. I am going to graduate from high school in the spring. I want to make some money. Although me and my family never ate in any of the local restaurants. I saw an ad that read: "waitress wanted at Tex and Shirley's Pancake House". I went in to apply. Wambui Bahati Wambui Stories - 70+ Years of Life Stories and More https://www.wambui-bahati.com https://www.youtube.com/wambuimadeit https://bettergoldandsilver.com

It is the late 70s. My mother was still living in the very small two-bedroom house that I grew up in during the 1950s and the1960s in Greensboro, North Carolina. I was taking my white boyfriend - soon-to-be husband to meet my mother for the first time. Wambui Bahati Wambui Stories - 70+ Years of Life Stories and More https://www.wambui-bahati.com https://www.youtube.com/wambuimadeit https://bettergoldandsilver.com

They used to call my daddy "Say Nothing Wash". My daddy was friendly. However, he was a man of few words. He smoked too much and drank too much. I thought he was a genius. I miss my daddy. Wambui Bahati Wambui Stories - 70+ Years of Life Stories and More https://www.wambui-bahati.com https://www.youtube.com/wambuimadeit https://bettergoldandsilver.com

Back when I was a child in Greensboro, North Carolina in the 1950s and 1960s, our parents wanted to know who was on our land or who was in our house. My mama checked every one of our friends out. If you did not pass her investigation, you were not coming in. But once you got in, there was no guarantee that you could stay in. My mother should have been the Border Czar! Wambui Bahati Wambui Stories - 70+ Years of Life Stories and More https://www.wambui-bahati.com https://www.youtube.com/wambuimadeit https://bettergoldandsilver.com