and here you have a woman, grandma henderson, that runs a store, and is an entrepreneur that has land people. who did you have to be in the jim crow south? this was somebody she saw by as osmosis every day. and the teacher that allowed her to learn poetry again and to eventually speak. and who does not at some point in their life have a good teacher? and then the love of her brother, bailey. it a cheerleader, a man beside her was not after anything, but her goodwill and the best for her. i think those things helped to build her and focus her as a person. later, she did have a better relationship with her mother and a struggle with rejection. but by then she was supported , organically by a community that we hope will exist for all of us, that we need very much. people who would teach her, her uncle that would teach her. all the components were there for education, faith, for love, genuine brotherly love. i think those things supported her because she saw them early , and she had a sensitivity to a handicapped person the racism. , i will say that she crossed the color lines later in th