“You know how they say it takes a village? It doesn't take a village now— it take a village then! “

“She took me in. Anytime I’m sad or I’m sick, I always run in her arms; instead of my mother’s arms…”

“She said, ‘I don’t want that. That’s black toast.’ And that’s how she used to call me. She call me ‘Black Toast’”

“It’s a JOB. It’s a job. They say it’s nothing? They say it’s woman-work? It’s a job. And it’s a real job.”

“She know what it is fall down, get a bruised knee, get up, and keep moving.”