07/22/2025
Allow me to tell you about this woman I know...
A single mother with 4 children. A multiple cancer survivor. 2 children in prison in two different parts of the state. For 18 years, she had to travel hundreds of miles away to two different parts of the state for prison visits. Out of 7 children, she herself is the baby. The only one of her mother and father's children that has ALWAYS been there for the family: family reunions, funerals, get togethers, graduations and other special moments.
She's the ONLY one that has ever picked up all the nieces and nephews and took them to the movies, trick or treating, the park(and spun everybody on the merry go round), to Wild River Country, etc. Remember when those backpack purses came out and was the thing? She bought every little girl in the family one including her friend's daughters. She has opened her home up to many people that had nowhere to go. She's never turned her back on anyone.
Remember her playing basketball in the back yard with the boys? Or her being the extra when they were a man short in football 🏈? Remember the races she had with kids in the neighborhood, or her jumping double dutch with the little girls in the street? Her giving the whole neighborhood popsicles or Hostess Cakes? I know y'all remember all the sleepovers where everybody spent the night and she rented movies and made popcorn 🍿! Soooo many great memories that this woman created and is responsible for. She didn't have it all but she selflessly gave everybody all that she had. And she did all this while she endured physical abuse and later drug addiction.
But to everybody that know her: she was superwoman ‼️ Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Sega..not to mention the BMX Bikes for Christmas, the Easy Bake oven, the 10 speeds, the Logo 7 jackets, the Filas. She was by no means perfect, but when it came to being great? If the world thinks Denaro, Buck, Sharoya and Tori are great, imagine what this woman is. That's who they got it from. Not no man. This woman.
The world is Blessed to have Paula Porter in it. And if nobody else appreciates the life she's helped provide for so many, I do. In the words of 2Pac: You are appreciated ‼️💯❤️❤️❤️