November 25, 2005 marks the day that both my maternal and paternal grandmothers were born. For the longest time, until I was about 25 or so my maternal grandmother, Madea, thought her birthday was November 26th. Then for whatever reason she needed a copy of her birth certificate and when she received it she found out she was a year younger and her date of birth was a day earlier. We all had a laugh. Apparently in Oak Grove Louisiana, where she was born in the 1930’s to a mid wife, the birth certificates for the month were taken to the town a signed in one day. So she was told verbally that her birthday was November 26th. (more…)