By Cookie Curci

My grandmother would often say of her people: "we were like the letters of the alphabet, alone we had little meaning, but together we were part of a great meaning." My grandfather was never a man of many words, but when he spoke we listened.

Though his words were few they were filled with wisdom. He would often say to us: "Pray for the things you want, but work for the things you need." If grandpa said that phrase once, he said it a thousand times. Like many of his generation, who came to America during the great migration, grandpa was a man of deep faith, but he also realized that hard work would provide him and his family with the material things in life.

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Source: Magna Grece