Our Unci were dignified, resilient, reserved, respectable women.
Our Unci were dignified, resilient, reserved, respectable women. They reserved all their good words, their skills and talents for an appropriate time and place and audience, because they also held themselves in a high regard, they didn’t share themselves with just anybody. Some might think they were bashful or timid, but really they knew how to pick their battles and chose their words wisely. My Unci were beautiful in every way, without an ounce of makeup, they dressed modestly and appropriately. Their voices, attitudes and ways of being were enough to attract attention. I would often watch my Unci and Ina and Tunwin, and admire their natural beauty, some of the most beautiful women I ever laid eyes o