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My grandma's name is Frances Marie 

Morales she was born on November 8, 1945 

in Del Rio Texas. 

My grandma was raised by both of her 

parents in Plain View Texas, she was 

the third oldest of eleven children.

My grandma's dad was a nice man and he was 

friendly to everyone. Her mom was more strict, but 

she did a lot for the family by always making sure her 

husband and children were fed and the house was 

clean. One time my grandma's dad told her when 

she gets older she's going to be just like her mom.

My grandma did not finish school she stopped 

going when she was in second grade. When 

she got to the age of 12 she started working in 

the fields.

Being one of the oldest of eleven siblings my 

grandma also had to help around the house. 

Some of the chores she had to help with was 

cooking, and helping her mom take care of her 

little brothers and sisters. My grandma didn't 

have a washer so she also had to help her 

mom wash clothes by hand.

My grandma couldn't go out places so when 

she was done with chores she would go 

outside and play with kids around her 

neighborhood. 

When my grandma was growing up she never 

got in serious trouble. If her or any of her 

siblings did something wrong her dad would 

talk to them and tell them what they did 

wrong. My grandma's mom would get mad at 

them and spank them when they got in 

trouble.

When my grandma was a little girl she didn't 

understand racism, she never got offended by 

anyone because she was too young to know it 

was wrong. Whenever she would go out to eat 

with her family there were some restaurants 

they couldn't eat at because they were mostly 

for white people.

My grandma was 30 when she met my grandpa in 

church. He was really good friends with her dad so 

he was happy for them when they got together. My 

grandparents have been together for 40 years now.

While my grandma was pregnant with my dad 

and uncle she had to work picking vegetables 

because her and my grandpa started to 

struggle with money after they got married 

and moved in together. 

When my grandma gave birth to my dad and 

uncle she was 32 years old. My dad and uncle 

were her first twins of seven kids. 

In 1985 my grandparents moved to Ulysses 

Kansas to raise their family. They chose to 

move to Ulysses because there wasn't a lot of 

crime and it was a nice, small place to raise all 

the kids. 

My grandma wouldn't change anything from 

her teenage years, but if she could go back to 

any age it would be her twenties because she 

enjoyed being young. If my grandma could 

bring anything back from the past it would be 

her dad who passed away 20 years ago when 

he got really sick.

My grandma said she doesn't have any regrets 

because if she never would of went through 

some of the things she went through she 

wouldn't of changed her life to become a 

strong women who lives by God. Advice my 

grandma would give to teenagers is to serve 

God, never quit school or give up on anything 

in life. 

One of my grandma's proudest moments is 

having all of her kids and grandchildren 

together because she is getting older and 

seeing all of us together lets her know we're 

safe.