Jerryl Payne:  

Life My Spouse I was a student at MIT, attending St. Paul AME in Cambridge. I looked up in the choir one day, and there was Brenda, a BU student with an "Angela Davis" Afro. But she thought I was a player, so we didn't really get to know each other for 7 years. Her story is special. After marrying me, she entered divinity school, but we had so many children it disrupted her completion. she finally finished 26 years later, thanks tot he willingness of her school t allow her to return and retain her previous credit.s during that gap, she pastored 3 churches - one she founded in our living room, one she renovated and restored, and one whose debt she cut in half. (Methodists move a lot). I have been honored to be her partner in ministry and in life. My Pets Uncle Lou brought the three kids a Christmas present back in 1993 - a "cute, thoroughbred, sweet" little puppy. Max was a Doberman Pinscher -very friendly, but I didn't mind his keeping unwanted guests away either. We enjoyed Max for nearly 13 years, pretty long for a Dobie. My daughter held him in his last moments. In 2013 my daughter adopted a friend['s dog, Leila. She lived in an apartment, and could not provide adequate outside time for the Lab mix. We told her to bring Laila over in 2014 so she could run in the day. She's still with us. My Kids They certainly keep a full schedule. Jeremyah is entrepreneurial and computer-oriented. He is beginning to develop the kind of people insight that may make him a truly successful businessman someday.Having graduated from Prairie View A&M in Computer Science, he worked 75 feet down the hall from me before I was moved to local headquarters, supporting the Flight Deve...Expand for more