Portia Jones:  

For the most part, Portia P. Jones, who is still Portia P. Jones, was a loner. I really didn't draw attention to myself. I was the average high school student. I was fortunate enough to hang around the most popular kids in school at the time (the athletes). I was a cheerleader, and known for being loud. I acquired a nickname(Wall2wall) which I care not to discuss how I got it. {[For those of you who remember, shame on you :-) ]} I was in ROTC for a while, but was known for being in the chorus. I kinda stayed in trouble, but not really. I stayed in the principal's office a lot with Dr. Hobbs. In my senior year, my best friend turned out to be the smallest person in the entire class, Sharon L. Brown, best known as "Lil' Bit". She and I were a pair. She was the total opposite of me in statue, but we were true to each other in every way. Shared what we had to say to and about each other with each other. (If you are reading this Lil' Bit, thanks for your true friendship :-)) My three favorite cousins in school were Calvin Davis, Sherry Stone and Barbara Murray. Calvin was like my knight in shining armor. He was always there for me no matter what. He fixed my car when I tore it up. He and my other cousin Charles took me opossum hunting with the car. I am talking literally with a car. We didn't have guns. They'd drive down the road with the lights on dim, when we saw an opossum, Charles would flip the lights on bright and stomp the accelerator and try to run it over with the car, even in the ditch. (Yes, Calvin, I remember that terrifying night.) Sherry was the little sister that I never had. Enough said. Barbara, also known as "Pill" was the friend that I could talk to about an...Expand for more