the very glamorous one, janice terry. that is my mom. that is me at 13. and these are my nieces, my nieces and my nephews. so janice terri, approximately 20 years older than i, she, to me, was very worldly. when she returned from asia after having spent years there with her husband, who was a thai magazine correspondent. she was back in the states explaining to my dad what her experience there have been. and my sister is a big talker, so she was talking for hours. after a while i got bored with her stories, not with her, with her stories. and so i go to the kitchen and i'm looking to the refrigerator for a snack. and i hear my sister say, and i said, we are descended from thomas jefferson! well, i have to tell you, i was shocked. i had never heard this story before. i couldn't have imagined, as a little black girl growing up in washington d. c., a perfectly happy black girl growing up in washington d. c., that we would have been descended from thomas jefferson. i was excited that i heard this and it's because he was my favorite president. he was my favori

janice terry, that's my mom. that's me at 13. and these are my nieces my niece and my nephews. so janice terry is approximately 20 years older than i and she to me was very worldly when i saw her when she returned from asia after having spent years there with her husband. he was a time magazine correspondent. and she was back in the states explaining to my dad. what her experiences had been and my sister's a big talker, so she was talking for hours and after while i got a a little bored with her. stories not with her but with her stories so i'll go into the kitchen. i'm looking through the refrigerator for a snack. and i hear my sister say and i said we're descending from thomas jefferson. well, i have to tell you i was shocked. i'd never heard the story before can i have imagined as a little black girl growing up in washington dc and a perfectly happy little black girl growing up in washington dc, but we would have been descending from thomas jefferson. so i was really excited when i heard this and it's because he was my favorite president. and it was my favorite president bec