I wrote about my Grandma Emma Molina about a year ago (see post below). A couple months after that, I got a really nice email from Dan, the person who worked with her at the Findlay Community Action Commission (CAC) and nominated her to meet with President Carter to speak on behalf of migrant workers and as a minority affairs director at the CAC. He now lives in Colorado but stumbled on my blog post about my Grandma.

He said that because of her "command performance" on the panel in Detroit, she was nominated to also speak at a "Women and Poverty" panel at Ohio State University with world famous anthropologist Margaret Mead. He sent some of the pictures of that panel, and he also sent a picture of my Grandma Molina we'd never seen before while in Detroit to meet with President Carter.

He had a nice story about when the White House was trying to get in touch with my Grandma at work:

"When Emma was selected to be on the panel with President Carter, a White House staff member called our CAC office to give us the good news. When our secretary answered the phone and asked who was calling, and they said it was the White House, she hung up on them not once but twice, thinking it was a prank call. The secretary was humiliated when the White House called a third time and she realized it was for real. Emma got a big laugh out of that!!!!”

In closing, Dan said,

"You are walking in the footsteps of Greatness. What a wonderful role model you had. I am blessed to have known Emma. She was the epitome of Compassion, and Grace and an inspiration to anyone who knew her."

I love this picture of my Grandma dressed up in a big city to meet the President, and it meant a lot to my mom to see this new image so many years after my Grandma had passed. It was also appreciated to see images of President Carter and Margaret Mead.

At times, the Internet can be a wonderful and kind place.

Thank you again Dan, and we so appreciate your words and images,
they are such a gift to our family!

-Andrea