She is sitting in this little space, which is 80 degrees, and she enjoys sitting there. She said that she spends her whole day watching TV. “What I said was,
Thank you,” Oprah said. I understand that it has been difficult for you, so thank you. Having a baby in Mississippi as a young lady was difficult for you. No schooling. Not even training. No abilities.
At the age of seventeen, you get pregnant with this child. You would have been advised to give the kid away by many. Many would have advised you to terminate the pregnancy.
That’s not what you did. That must have been difficult. You always done the best you could, and I want you to know that no matter what. And see the outcome.
In 1954, Vernita gave birth to Oprah and left the child in Mississippi to be reared by her own mother, Hattie Mae Lee, while she worked.
