Addis Boomer:
CLASS OF 1968
Cardozo High SchoolClass of 1968
Washington, DC
Washington High SchoolClass of 1969
Columbia, SC
Johnson High SchoolClass of 1968
Columbia, SC
W. A. Perry Middle SchoolClass of 1964
Columbia, SC
Carver - Lyon Elementary SchoolClass of 1962
Columbia, SC
Addis's Story
Life
I was known as Addie Wise in school. Upon the age of 18, I found my bc to have the spelling of Addis. I hated the name Addie, but I love the name Addis. It means "new" as in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
I have two brothers, C. and L., our mom died in 1965 and we relocated several times. My very best friends were Gloria Jean Murphy, Geneva Woods, Alzena Brooks and Rosa Brown at CA.Johnson HS in SC. At Simon Gratz HS in Phila., it was LuLu Andrews McGregory and at Benjamin Cardozo HS in D.C., it was Charlene Napier.
Through the years, I'm married once, and I'm the mother of three wonderful sons: D.(Kean U.grad) married to K., father of two; A.(Mr. Morgan St. U-'99/NYU MBA-04, wed to J., father of two); and A.my baby, a muscian. It is wonderful being a GRANDMOTHER!!! It is the dessert of life!
My marvelous husband is A.(Aggie-NC A and T St.U.grad)US Army vet; ret.in'02 at age 55 after 32 yrs. with a Fortune 500 company, now devoting his life to full-time Pastoring. A was elected as Vice Bishop of our Church of Christ district in 2006. Since we both are retired, we are busier than ever!
We've traveled extensively all over the world for pleasure and recently built our dream home of 6,200 sq.ft. A. surprised me in '02 with an '02 MB S500 for my
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I'm saying these things to all who know just from where I've come. It is not to boast, but to be a living testimony to what the Lord can do, if you believe and trust in Him.
I am truly blessed after a bout with cancer at age 35 and a near death experience at age 40. I was saved at age 32 and I thank God for his Son, Jesus. I urge all of you, my former classmates, to give your lives to Jesus, if you haven't done so. Our time is almost over and we owe it to ourselves and to our loved ones to live forever in peace with the Lord. Jesus is coming back sooner than we think and it behooves us to be ready. Thank God for His Son and His shed blood!
After over 19 yrs. of my remission from cancer, I have had a recurrence of breast cancer and I solicit prayers from all of the saints of God. I have had to forego continuing my college education and may never realize that particular dream, but it is ok. God is still good and I still love Him. I'm still blessed and all I ask is that He keep me in His will and to give me the strength to stay in His will.
I'm continuing to be well after chemo and radiation. It was a bit rough, but thanks to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, we made it! I'm hoping to celebrate the 40th Class Reunion of my classmates at CAJohnson HS in SC. I started elementary school through 1st semester of 11th grade with them and remember most of them. Sad to say, I don't remember most of the names from Gratz HS in Phila., and Cardoza in DC. I wasn't there long, but if I was memorable to anyone, write and let me know. Maybe you could rekindle my memory.
Love you all.
Update 1/17/14
I am still in the land of the living thanks to God. Most of us are blessed to be 63 going on 64. Much has transpired since this inital writing. My husband was elected Presiding Bishop/Prelate for the Mortheastern District Church of Christ, Disciples of Christ in 2010, and I thought Vice Bishop was tough. Much work and much thanks to God for choosing us. There is nothing more satisfying than to testify to the goodness of Christ, telling dying souls about our Savior and how He died to set us free from the bondage of sin, there is nothing more satisfying than to help those in need and to make a difference in someone's life. I am truly blessed.
Now that I am 63 going on 64, it seems that the body is going through some changes that nobody told me about. I'm not talking about menepause ladies, I'm talking about aches and pains that I didn't have upto the age of 60. Suddenly, it is very difficult do do some of the most mundane things. I hate to say it, although I AM grateful, we are getting "O-L-D." We have become our parents and grandparents. Our children and grands view us as OLD!
But I don't feel old INSIDE, I tell them! But my OUTSIDES can't keep up with my INSIDES!!! Is anybody else feeling like this, come on, man up. I was so happy to see 60 and a few days , weeks, months later, things started to happen. I had trouble buttoning my blouse, I couldn't run up and down the stairs like I could at 59, and now I take naps in the afternoon! There is more, but too depressing to say. Do you remember when our brains told our bodies what to do, now our bodies are telling our brains what to do. Do you ever do a mental checklist of things to do, or th...Expand for more
ings you should have on your person and you go, "do I have my keys? my phone? See what I mean?
I often wake up and my husband will let me know what is on the agenda for the day. Now, I used to jump up and get to it, now I lay there and say, "wait a minute, I have to get myself together, " whatever that means. So after about 15-20 minutes, I am able to drag my self up and "hop," no, hobble to it. One last thing (ohh, I hope not!) my husband likes to say that he doesn't know who thought of retirement from jobs, but he sure is glad that they did because we now have more time to go to the doctors. Can you imagine trying to keep a job with all these appointments? I need a jump on my itinerary by at least two weeks notice before I can engage in what is scheduled. That gives me time to prepare...no, not putting my clothes out (that happens at 70, I'm told) but mentally, if not, I'm a ball of confusion. I either show up on the wrong day, show up an hour or two early/later or I just totally forget to go at all. Mind you, I do have all the appointments in my cell phone with ringers to alert me, but if I could only remember what I did with the phone!
Just a little humor here. But seriously, my dear classmates, time is winding down for us and you can fool yourselves if you want, but our generation is on its way out of this world. I think that I am and you are too much of a good thing to not want to live forever inpeace with the Lord. The only way, though, is accepting Jesus Christ and "trying" to be more like Him. Put down the booze, the clubbing, the hating, and any un-Christlike ways, and pick up your BiBle, READ it and go to church. Get involved, be an example to some lost person, especially our cildren. That is another story for another time..
Love You!
3/26/2014
Family and Friends,
A NEW TESTIMONY!
My subject says it all! I am indeed blessed to still be here among the living. I have a new testimony about how the Lord is keeping His loving arms around me.
Last night, Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at about 7:10 PM, I dropped Bishop off at Good Shepherd in Newark, NJ., to open the church for Bible Study at 7:30 PM. I drove off to pick up my "God-Grand Children" at their home 4 blocks from the church on South 11th Street. And I also had to pick up Sister T. Owens in East Orange. As I drove up to the apartment, I called the home's cell to let them know I was there and to send the kids out (ages 8-11). No one answered so I blew the horn a few times.
I did notice that no one was on the street, and the curb was free of cars in front of the apartment buildings. As I am waiting, looking in my side view mirror, I hear gun shots and I assumed that the person was firing into the air, until I realized that a car was coming, and a person was hanging out of the passenger side firing a gun in my direction. I actually saw the flame in the gun as he shot the gun and that lead me to believe that he was shooting at my car!
As the car approached me, I saw a black person, in a black car, tinted windows, still firing the gun. As he passed me, he turned around and fired toward me again, this time I actually ducked a little, but enough to see him fire his gun! Then the driver just sped away. I looked around to see what was hit and THANKS TO MY GOD, a bullet shattered my back window and NOT ME. I was driving Bishop's car. The bullet hit the window in the back passenger area on the opposite of the driver's side. The bullet dented the metal frame just under the glass. It didn"t pass through! As it hit the metal, at that particular angle, I could have been hit. But God said NO!
I thank God that the children were not coming out when all this was going on. I was a little distraught for a moment, and then I started thanking God. I had the presence of mind to dial 911, but could not quite remember the street, but by then the kids came out with their aunt and helped me out.
The police came and found like 4 or 5 bullet casings, took my story and said that I was "lucky." But we, who children of the True and Living God, know better. He is Awesome, Mighty, Faithful, and True to His word of being my buckler, my shield, my strength! I had the presence of mind to call Bishop and Sis. J. Berry drove him to the site and the police would not let him come to me because it was a "crime scene."
Well, my dear people, God Did It!!!!! I am fine! That's my testimony. Please pray for that young man and his cohorts. It is evident that he knows not LOVE. LET US CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR ALL SAINTS OF GOD!
Love you!
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