Then and Now

Let's have fun and see some "Then and Now Photos"



Young Estelle Tucker (Barada)
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Lil Estelle, my daughter

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Francisco Jr, my oldest son
Then and Now

My Relation with the Kennedy Family!

At the age of 8, I was sent off to live in a home for deprived children

.After the separation of my mother and father, it became difficult for my father to take care of 3 beautiful girls. He was advised to give us up to the state. We were sent to the
Lt. Joseph P.Kennedy Jr. Home in the Bronx, New York.
It was a good upbringing with an excellent education. I learned to dance and appreciate the finer things in life.
As I look back, I have come to learn about family values and the power of it's support.

Let's take a look at the Kennedy family:.
When Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. was an Ambassador to Great Britain from 1938-1904, his nine children bore the sunniest visages in London.

The Children:
Joseph Patrick Kennedy Jr. born 1915 passed

John Fitzgerald Kennedy born 1917 passed
Rose Marie (Rosemary) Kennedy born 1918 passed
Kathleen Agnes Kennedy born 1920 passed
Eunice Mary Kennedy born1921 passed
Patricia Kennedy born 1924 passed
Robert Francis Kennedy born 1925 passed
Jean Ann Kennedy born 1928 still alive
Edward Moore Kennedy born 1932 passed

Edward Moore Kennedy just past away August 25, 2009 at the age of 77.making it the end of the Kennedy dynasty as we know it.

In Memory of William Alexander Tucker

This blog is in memory of a great man who I want to keep alive in my memories and my heart.

William Alexander Tucker was born in Nofork, Va in 1904. He was the father of 3 daughters ,no boys.He was my father!         He was born of Native American decent.

Do You Remember Ellington Street?

Ellington was the best time in my life. It was my first dream home. I wish those days could have last forever.

It was a new start to a wonderful life. We moved in and created STUDIO E. I celebrated my 30th birthday. I felt so young and I was very happy!
Those were the days.

  Francisco and the boys working on rebuilding the frond porch of Ellington Street. This was a five year project of restoring this 6 family Dorchester home. We broght it from the city to save it from being demoed.
I enjoyed having a dance studio made on the first floor of one of the apartments.

Ovette and I, dancing in the Studio.
Such great memories!

Ovette, my dance partner.

  A photo shot of me modeling fashion by Ms. Michi in the Studio. Boy was I young there.

1st Designs by Ms. Michi

Sister's Love!

My sister and I were separated when we were very young. I grow up in a institution for children and she was sent to foster care.Thought out our separation we fought not to loss each other. As we grow older it became even harder because life was taking us in separate directions.

She left foster care to start her independent journey into a life of powerful lessons and I a life of marriage and child bearing. We at one point lost each other for a very long time.  At this time I thought I would never see my little sister again. Then things turn and we were united again, much older and still fighting to keep the touch of love alive. So many things and people can in between our relations. Time apart did not help either. We never had time to nurture our love. Just being of the same blood line doesn't make you automatically love one another. We know that so we work on being friends first.
Though the years my sister and I became friends!

We stop letting life's events keep us mentally apart.I know our love for each other was growing strong. It help me with my sense of family value. I became whole. A sister's love is a powerful thing.

Now, once again something is stand in the way of our relationship. We find our selves in the middle of  a family crises that will prevent us from being together for a while. I am sure that our love will hold up until this whole thing is over. Our separation this time must make us more closer than before. We will get through this. "I love and miss her"!  

It's time to relax!

Yesterday was Easter, a day to be with your family,but I spent that day and every Easter for the last pass 20 years in the Marriott Hotel serving Easter Brunch.
It's along day of catering others and their festive needs. By the time I get home I am not in the mood for the Easter celebrating.

All I want to do is sit on my porch alone and relax. This is my little corner of the world where I do not have to cater to anyone. Time stands still. I enjoy my music and maybe even catch a  nap.

This is the perfect way to spend Easter after a long day working with the public.
"I hope you had a Happy Easter"!

Greetings, From a hard working Women!

Rain Rain Go Away!

There isn't anywhere for the rain to go. We are having a lot of  flooding here in Providence and the Rhode Island area. Here is a news clip:

A resident on Perkins Ave. in Cranston, R.I., walks with a hose to help pump out the water from his house, Tuesday, March 30, 2010, in Cranston, R.I. The street backs up to the Pawtuxet River, which is predicted to his a record stage of 17 feet, eight feet above floor stage.

(AP Photo/Stew Milne)

I am doing OK because I live on a hill and on the 3rd floor apartment. The basement apartment is still dry for not. I hope the rain stopps soon.