Christmas

Christmas is just around the corner and I do not know how I can make it special this year. Every year I come up with a creative idea or family project or clever free gifts to do and give out on Christmas. Since we still do not have that much money and not a lot to spare I have to think of new ideas that will not cost me any money. They have to be fun and exciting though because I do not want to disappoint my children. Any ideas?

Aircraft Technology!

An article in the newspaper I quickly glanced at the other day had the story was this new invention called the aircraft. The men of the names Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright (they are brothers) got the first craft to travel. I believe it lasted 12 seconds and went 120 feet. After more attempts they made they got the aircraft to travel even farther. This seems like a mind blowing technology that I never could have imagined was possible. I bet this invention will increase communication significantly, and even transportation because air travel would be faster than any other transportation. I am very impressed that they actually got something to fly up in the air. Will this technology soar and become extremely important? I guess we will just have to see.

Highway system

Considering that we do not have a car to drive, people would think the highway system to us is useless. This is not true because this highway system moves all the traffic and cars away from the street we live on. I do not like cars traveling around where I live all the time, this will solve that problem. Also, I do believe this system will last forever and impact the lives of my children a great amount, in a positive way I hope. This system will connect many parts of the country together. This will improve communication, the traveling of goods, and it will be easier for people to travel for vacations. Maybe someday all the states will be connected to one another through this system. Of course there will be many problems along the way but with new technology those problems can be fixed. For the sake of my children's future I want this system to be successful.

World's Fair

Though I do not think my family or I will ever get the chance to go to see the World's Fair it sounds pretty amazing. The fact that you can go to one place that has what the future will look like in places all around the world is pretty cool. I love the idea of it and I hope that a lot of people go to it so all the money spent will not be a waste.

Extreme Violence

Today, I walked out of the grocery store in the center of town and I saw a mob of people. The curious person I am I had to go over there and try and find out what was going on. I figured it was the workers causing some trouble fighting for their rights but I wanted to know what was happening. I finally get over to where they were and a rioter pushed me to the ground. I broke my arm trying to catch my fall (yes that means that I am typing this with one hand). I wasn't even doing anything and I got hurt! Tyrone says it is my fault for going over to the mob of people in the first place. Anyways this violence has got to stop, I am worried about what is going to happen next.

Strike After Strike!

All the workers in the factory are going on strike. Tyrone and I agree with what they are fighting for but we have too much on the line right now. We are both in good spots in the factory right now, we can't risk it. We have children that we have to provide for. Tyrone persuaded me that we have enough money to survive and cannot be greedy and jealous of the rich people.

Uses of money

It angers me so much to hear stories about how all these millionaires are spending their money. Champagne flowing through faucets, diamond grilled teeth, and using one hundred dollar bills to light cigarettes. Really? There are so many people in the country living off two dollars a day and this nonsense is going on. It just gets me so mad I want to scream at all of the people who waste their money life this. If you have so much money you can do anything with it then maybe a good idea would be to donate it to the people who do need it.

Thanksgiving!

I have been so caught up in spending time with my family to post on Thanksgiving so now I would just like to say that I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving because my family sure did. We did not have a lot of money to spend on food but we did have a turkey and eachother whom we are extremely grateful for. I love Thanksgiving because it gives me time to put my life into perspective and truly realize that I should be thankful for what I have because many people in today's world are poor.

Capitalists are ruining everything!

The capitalists around here are incredibly cruel by the way that they are stepping on the workers to get to the top where all the money is. They are certainly making my family look extremely poor even though we have enough money to survive. These few people making loads of money are abusing the population. This needs to stop somehow, hopefully soon.

Holy Car!

The Smith family that lives up the street from us just got a car! They let us look at it and even go for a quick ride around the block in it. It took Mr. Smith three attempts to get the actually on and ready to drive. The ride was truly awesome. Even though we could not go that fast I still would rather ride in a car than walk somewhere. The car has so many different parts to it that all work together to make it move. It sure does catch my attention, I mean it looks interesting. I personally, do not have a love for cars and how they work because it seems too high-tech for me. My husband Tyrone; however, stayed at the Smith's talking to Mr. Smith for four hours about it. All the people that have cars are very lucky. Even though they all look the same they are still cool. I wish we had the money to spend on personal items like that.

Andrew Carnegie Steel plant

I just got news that there will be construction on a new Andrew Carnegie Steel plant in Syracuse. I am not sure whether I am excited for this new addition or nervous. The reasons I am excited are that technology will improve for my children, more jobs will be available, a higher quality of life my children will be able to live through, and it will all be cheap. I am not excited though because I have heard about the flames, noise, and danger this comes with. The business is not worried about safety, only efficiency which scares me a lot.

Temperance Movement

I may join the temperance movement because alcohol has really been changing Tyrone's temper lately for the worse. Sometimes he really scares me when he has had too much, I cannot trust him with the kids once he has had a couple drinks too many. He doesn't really listen to me when I ask him to take it back a notch. Also, the children have been drinking way too much of it in the past couple weeks because we have had nothing else to drink with food, there must be something else to fix this.

The Telegraph!

Oh my goodness gracious I just finished reading the article in the Syracuse Times about the telegraph that was just invented and man am I blown away by it. It amazes me that it is possible to send messages from that great of a distance. My family and I are living through history right now I just know that this telegraph is a huge invention. I honestly do not know a lot about the invention itself nor will I learn but I hope my children benefit somehow by it. This invention sure does seem amazing.

Reaction to Erie Canal Completion

It is about time! Our factory manager has told us for years that the factory will be enlarging and producing more goods. Seriously, I think it has been over 1o years but I lost track and interest after the fourth year waiting for this "life-changing" canal to be complete. The factory did indeed become bigger and new laborers came in within a blink of an eye. Other than that the Erie Canal has not effected my life too much but I do believe it will effect my children's lives. This canal will hopefully be a huge success and lead to more projects that will improve the way of living for my children. I just want them to have all the opportunities in the world with no limits. I am anxious to see where this Erie Canal takes us and how it changes life. Take care and god bless.

Bio

Hi, my name is Delilah. Delilah Jackson that is. I am a proud 52 year old African American. I live with my handsome husband, Tyrone, and five kids, Ebony (9), Nia (6), Precious(11), Jamal (4), and DeShawn (13) in a small town outside of Syracuse, NY. Tyrone and I work as laborers in a factory every day for many hours. We have enough money to survive but it is only because of our hard work in the factory. Our children manage the house by cooking and cleaning, none of them go to school but hopefully that will change soon. I am a family devoted mother, I will do anything for my children to have better lives than I had growing up. Well that is all, take care and god bless.