A Personal Interview: Thelma And Jean Robinson

Thelma Jean Robinson, fifty-four year old mother of four and grandmother to six beautiful children, two of which she adopted and took guardianship over. She is one of the most hardworking woman to show admirable strength in any situation. Our interview took place in a small, average-sized house in Highland, California. We sat down and just spoke as if it were a normal conversation. The conversation was kept light as to avoid discussing anything too deep. She is a very kind hearted, and strong person. She is funny at times, or at least she thinks she is. She worked often usually three to two jobs at one time. Now she has only one, but when I was younger she worked many jobs. Often when Thelma worked her children were left with her mother.

Thelma

Another piece of advice, don’t judge her in the way she responds or acts to different situations. She has wisdom and knowledge she could pass on to others. Discussed in our interview was what were some of her accomplishments, as well as some of her happiest moments in life. What could she tell her children about the first moment after giving birth, within that first moment of seeing them? Thelma and her children have a weird but awesome relationship. She isn’t very verbal a lot in the way of her feelings, which is why maybe it was so tough for me as a child growing up. Discussing her biggest accomplishments would be in her words, giving birth to her four children. Her descriptions were amusing as she described every one of her children’s births. Her son Dwayne was born natural, as well as her eldest daughter Katherine, and her second to oldest, Nicole was born at the hospital, but Thelma had a caesarian with her. The scar is still visible to this day which kind of freaks me out. So we have saved the best for last her youngest child on the other hand was almost born in the front seat of the car! Yes! Just shows you her personality and what kind of person she is and that she was ready to take on the