The
first profound thing I saw my daughter Danielle do was
fail. It was astonishing what she did after that.
On afternoon, she and
Rosie were drawing fruit as an impromptu art exercise.
At the end of the day Andria, a visiting favorite adult
relative, remarked how nice their creations
were. Even though both were praised, Rosie's
was clearly the better of the two.
Rosie was so happy
with the praise, she gave it to her beloved
cousin.
Danielle
was privately upset. For sometime after that I watched
her obsession with practicing her drawings of fruit,
eyes, hair, and shading. So much so, she
developed enough to apply and be accepted in an art
magnet school.
Indeed she was accepted in multiple
deciplines, music and drama.
At the same time, she
became a certified braider.
You may have the picture by now, the girl
excells at anything she sets her mind too.
Others may have
talent, but she will out work them and rise like cream
in the end.
June 6 1991 a
preschooler was asked what she wanted to be when she
grew up. She turned to the
camera and said “a mommyâ€. I was both
proud and horrified. Others congratulated me
on being a great role model. I feared my child would be
another teen pregnancy statistic.
22 years later I’m proud to say that
that preschooler graduated from Florida Southern
College’s education program with a Pre-K/Elementary
Ed degree and is a certified teacher.
I’m bragging
about her because she has become what she wanted to be,
a mommy to approximately 10 little ones who call her
“my Rosieâ€.
Ursula Rose
Odom
• Has
been a paid nanny for twins
• Is
highly sought after by members of a multiples
group
•
Worked in early child care in a paid capacity
since age 16
•
Specialized in early childhood education in
high school
• She
is also a highly sought after “god motherâ€
At her
graduation dinner, she demanded that the restaurant
accommodate her 7 babies. She then made sure each of
them took an individual picture wearing her graduation
cap. I believe little things can motivate years later.
Who knows, this may be where the drive for education
begins.
It's also amazing to hear the depth
of her knowledge about little people.
Now,
Rosie has no problem getting work. She plans
to attend graduate school after working a while and
exploring some options. I would love to see
her experience more than we can expose her to. However,
it is the children who will receive the best for
knowing Rosie.
Other
interesting Rosie moments:
• A
high school parent informed me that when Rosie was
missing, you could really tell the difference because
she took her “sports medicine and coaches assistant
role†seriously. One student blamed her for his
hurting his ankle because someone else had wrapped it
before the game. She was the only little girl allowed
to ride on the boys’ football bus to and from
games.
•
Rosie again proved that she could handle
celebrity life without being seduced by it when she
traveled as a Brooks Bunch student with Derrick Brooks
and volunteered for several of his high profile golf
events.
