Little Woman with a Big Heart
At first sight, Ms. Elaine Vise, stands only five feet tall, wrinkled face and calloused hands, rough skin, dark brown eyes and light brown hair; you can almost see the gray stretching out of her uncolored hair. What you would not see is struggle and hard work that put those wrinkles on her face and the callouses on her hands. You would not see the fields she had to plow, the children she has taken care of, the hurricane that destroyed her life, taking everything she once loved and treasured, or the heart break of people she loved die that made her the person she is today.
Ever since Elaine was a little girl, she always dreamed of traveling outside of the small town of Toca, Louisiana. She was the typical farmer’s daughter. She still lives on the land that her great, great, great grandparents had owned. I guess you could say that farming has always been in her blood. Her mother and father owned a gas station/ grocery store right in the heart of Toca. Between the Toca plant, the farmers and the people who lived in the small town of Toca, there was always a great deal of traffic. The only time that Elaine got to leave her house …show more content…
Charles Vise was from a little town in Alabama. Charlie, for short, met Elaine right outside of the family’s grocery store. Charlie had just got out of the military where he was a welder and was living with his brother Calvin and his lovely wife Rosie. Being that, the two brothers were welders by trade. The Toca plant needed welders, so they took the offer. Charlie and Elaine met in February of 1958 and was married on June 24, 1958, and on May 15, 1959 their first child was born. Elaine and Charlie had three children: Charles Jr., Patricia, and Virginia. With Charlie being gone all the time to do welding jobs, Elaine took the role of mother, father, and caregiver to her parents, farmer, and grocery store cashier. Through the struggle of raising her three children, she also managed to help raise her
At first sight, Ms. Elaine Vise, stands only five feet tall, wrinkled face and calloused hands, rough skin, dark brown eyes and light brown hair; you can almost see the gray stretching out of her uncolored hair. What you would not see is struggle and hard work that put those wrinkles on her face and the callouses on her hands. You would not see the fields she had to plow, the children she has taken care of, the hurricane that destroyed her life, taking everything she once loved and treasured, or the heart break of people she loved die that made her the person she is today.
Ever since Elaine was a little girl, she always dreamed of traveling outside of the small town of Toca, Louisiana. She was the typical farmer’s daughter. She still lives on the land that her great, great, great grandparents had owned. I guess you could say that farming has always been in her blood. Her mother and father owned a gas station/ grocery store right in the heart of Toca. Between the Toca plant, the farmers and the people who lived in the small town of Toca, there was always a great deal of traffic. The only time that Elaine got to leave her house …show more content…
Charles Vise was from a little town in Alabama. Charlie, for short, met Elaine right outside of the family’s grocery store. Charlie had just got out of the military where he was a welder and was living with his brother Calvin and his lovely wife Rosie. Being that, the two brothers were welders by trade. The Toca plant needed welders, so they took the offer. Charlie and Elaine met in February of 1958 and was married on June 24, 1958, and on May 15, 1959 their first child was born. Elaine and Charlie had three children: Charles Jr., Patricia, and Virginia. With Charlie being gone all the time to do welding jobs, Elaine took the role of mother, father, and caregiver to her parents, farmer, and grocery store cashier. Through the struggle of raising her three children, she also managed to help raise her