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Cee’s SHARE YOUR WORLD – 2016 WEEK 1

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SHARE YOUR WORLD – 2016 WEEK 1

As a child, who was your favorite relative?

My Aunt Thelma Palmer Varner. I spent many happy times with her at her apartment in Co-op City Bronx, NY.  She also took me to the movies, petting zoos, shopping etc…  Aunt Thelma was the “funny story” Aunt. Always having some weird, wacky yet wonderful NYC adventure. I was truly brokenhearted when she passed away from breast cancer in 1985. After she left the body I became very close to my Aunt Helen Palmer Garcia (the woman in the pink dress) who went to be with the Lord May 2010 at age 89.  Both my Aunts (My Dad’s Sisters) had a great and positive impact on my life.

Aunt Thelma, yours truly, Aunt Helen HS Graduation 1977

If you could be a tree or plant, what would you be?

A Palm Tree that way I’d know I’d be in a warm climate!!  Or a Rose bush because that was my Mom Mable Elizabeth Palmer’s favorite flower. She planted many rosebushes in our backyard when I was growing up.

What would be your preference, awake before dawn or awake before noon?

Awake before Noon! Unfortunately my body clock loves to wake me up before dawn! Dang Insomnia!!

Would you like to sleep in a human size nest in a tree or be snuggled in a burrowed spot underground?

I don’t like heights but I’ve rather sleep in a well secured human size tree nest since being burrowed in the ground sounds too much like being buried underground!!  I wanna me Jesus but not right now!!  Let me sleep with the Eagles!

Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?

I’m grateful for the Blessing to have spent time with my brother Stephen Vincent Palmer on Christmas Day and the following weekend. Regular readers of my blog know how much I Love my brother Stephen. He was my own personal Christmas gift! I’m also grateful for the Me-time I took this past New Year’s weekend. I just relaxed, rested, wrote my blogs, did my Soulful Struts, took photos and just enjoyed my time as a Solitary.  As for the upcoming week I requested Friday, Jan. 8th off from work so I can attend a progress report meeting at Stephen’s Day Treatment Center, AABR.  Anytime with Stephen is time well spent!

 

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Ancestral Memories & Captured Moments

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Ancestral Memories

Family Photographs dating from the 19th to 21st Centuries. My paternal Grandmother Eva Gordon Palmer labeled the older photos.  The photos from the 19th Century were all taken in Photography studios located in New York City where my Great Great Grandmother settled with her five children after my Great Great Grandfather William Henry Halstead passed away.  William Henry Halstead served in the Civil War as part of the 29th Ct. Colored Regiment.  Please click on the below links for more information on him and his unit.

 My Paternal Grandparents Eva and William Palmer married in Jan. 1919 and had several children. All the boys passed away from polio except my Dad Edward G. Palmer. His nickname was Precious.  They had three daughters Helen Louise Palmer Garcia, Thelma Rosalie Palmer Varner and Eva Palmer Stuppard.

All the people pictured except me and my brother Stephen have gone onto Glory and are Living their Heavenly reward.

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Connecticut Twenty-Ninth (Colored) Regt. C. V. INFANTRY

http://www.conn29th.org/descendants.htm

Stephen Vincent Palmer ~ QCP Christmas Party 2013
Stephen Vincent Palmer ~ QCP Christmas Party 2013
Family Photo Collage
Ancestor Branches ~ A Photo Collage I made for the Employee Art Show in 2012.
Me and My brother Stephen December 1961
Me and My brother Stephen December 1961
William H. Halstead name as inscribed on the Colored Soldiers Monument in Washington, DC
William H. Halstead name as inscribed on the Colored Soldiers Monument in Washington, DC
William Henry Halstead Headstone ~ Sleepy Hollow
William Henry Halstead Headstone ~ Sleepy Hollow
African/Native American Queen
MMC 2002 Graduation
My 56th Birthday Party Celebration Feb. 27th
My 56th Birthday Party Celebration Feb. 27th
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How I look now at age 56.
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56th Birthday Party Celebration
Fifty-Sultry
Fifty-Sexy. Fifty-Sultry.

20150228_152856 church lady

Henry Keyser
Henry Keyser
Fredrick H. Halstead_Sept. 6, 1898_Little's Brother
Fredrick H. Halstead_Sept. 6, 1898_Little’s Brother. Little was my Great Grandmother.
Aunt Hannah
Aunt Hannah
Aunt Susan
Aunt Susan
Rosalie Palmer_William Palmer's Sister
Rosalie Palmer_William Palmer’s Sister. William Palmer is my Grandfather.
Aunt Carrie_George Gordon's sister
Aunt Carrie_George Gordon’s sister
Aunt Carrie
Aunt Carrie
Grandfather_4kids_1926
My Grandfather William Junius Palmer in Mt. Morris Park located in Harlem New York circa 1926 with four of his children. The two children in white are twins but the boy died of polio. My father Edward Gordon Palmer is not featured in this picture because he was born in 1930.
Edward Gordon Palmer_early 1950s
My Dad Edward Gordon Palmer
Edward G. Palmer_Early 1950s
Daddy Edward Gordon Palmer
Edward Gordon Palmer 1935
Edward Gordon Palmer 1935. This photo was taken by the famous Harlem Renaissance Photographer James Van Der Zee.
Ancestor_Dad_Side
Unknown Ancestor on my Dad’s side. I’m sure my Grandmother did label this photo but the label must have gotten lost. This is a Tin type and at some point the label must have fallen off so I do not know her name.
Mable_Edward_Palmer
My Mom and Dad Mable and Edward Palmer. They were married Dec. 1955 in Dayton, Ohio. Later my Dad brought my Mom back to New York where my brother Stephen and I were born.
DAP2002MMCGrad
My Marymount Manhattan College Graduation photo, 2002.
DeBorah_Stephen_House2
Stephen and I at his residence Queens Centers for Progress in Queens, NY. Stephen has Autism yet works and has a very active social Life. We are very close.
MablePalmer
Mom ~~ Mable Elizabeth Palmer born 1930 in Davy, West Virginia, raised in Dayton, Ohio.
Aunt Thelma circa 1940s or 50s
My Aunt Thelma Rosalie Palmer Varner.
Eva Sophronia Gordon Palmer -- Grandmother
Eva Sophronia Gordon Palmer — Grandmother
Mable Elizabeth Palmer circa 1950s
Mommy ~~ Mable Elizabeth Palmer