Sunshine Through the Pain

Born and raised in East Jefferson County Ky on my grandmother's farm, I learned all about farming life at an early age. My grandfather and grandmother Mr. & Mrs. Ben McAtee had nine children and a house full of grandchildren. We all lived in the house that my grandfather built. My mother Julia Aline Thompson had five children. Her sister Frankie Robinson had five children. The house was very full. We planted vegetables and had apple trees, pear trees and grapes to pick. At the age of nine my mother married my step dad and we moved in the city of Louisville Kentucky. Growing up in the city was quite different, busy streets crowded stores. I attended Male High School, graduated and went to Jefferson State Community College. I also attended Watterson College and earned my degree at the School of Hair Design in Louisville Kentucky. I am a mother of two children Cassandra Simmons and Frederick Deon Simmons. I am a grandmother of one Rakin Johnell Nelson. I fostered three children and raised seventy five children. I have an Associate of Arts Degree and Biblical Studies Degree. I am also a retired lead teacher for JCPS. I have an online antique business called Aline's Attic Antiques ailenesantiques5.@godaddysites.com check it out! Nobody but God has made all this possible. My mom taught me this at an early age about the love of Jesus. With all the trials and tribulations that I have experienced this turning point of my life It was God at the beginning and it will be God at the end.