Sisterhood.
It’s more than just a sibling of the same gender connection. And it’s more than just a club, or a racial affiliation. What then, is sisterhood that pushes this connection between women and among a group of women?
Women in the Gay-Parker family have shared their videos, audio recordings, written responses, and comments about sisterhood, responding to the following statement:
“Sisterhood has been a powerful force in my life, in my relationships with my sisters, my other relatives, my friends, or my children.”
Mary Alice Gay Worsley, pastor of Emmanuel Community Unison Baptist Church, is the wife of Charles Worsley, the daughter of David Gay and Mary Whitehurst Gay; and the granddaughter of Bob and Lillie Parker Gay.
In her video Mary Alice describes sisterhood and its influences.
About sisterhood, Alice Vines, daughter of the late Arie Gay Vines Artis and Freeman Vines, Sr., expressed her view in a comment about her sister Audrey Vines:
“I chose her. She has done so much [by] taking care of the family.” A recent article in the Daily Reflector tells you even more about Audrey.
Peggy Gay Wadsworth is the wife of Sam Wadsworth, the daughter of Robert James Gay and Mary Spain Gay and the granddaughter of Bob and Lillie Parker Gay. Peggy described the influences of her three sisters Tut, Pam, and Tijuana.
“My sister, Dorothy (Tut) impacted my life in the areas of serving and having the compassion for the elderly.
My sister, Pam has impacted my life by her love for God’s people, having a spirit of giving and being a woman of integrity. She is a good listener and gives constructive feedback.
My sister, Tijuana has impacted my life through her love, dedication and serving the youth. Her being a prayer warrior, her gift in music, and her having great joy and laughter.”
Eunice Gay, daughter of Lucille Gay Blow and granddaughter of Bob Gay and Lillie Parker Gay, maintains a blog titled SLPC Lifeline-Catch It! Blog
About sisterhood Eunice writes:
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines sisterhood as the relationship between female siblings. But also as solidarity between women based on a community of circumstances, experiences or problems. Typically, sisterhood in relationships is viewed from a lens of being blood relatives. For example, the sisterhood relationship my baby sister, Gwen and I possess from childhood years- still signifies an electric, strong sister-relationship bond. However, sisterhood in a relationship is not limited to being blood relatives. For instance, during my undergraduate years at Elizabeth City State University (ECSU), five females who were not related to each other, Lorene (DST), and Eunice (DST). Christie (AKA), Diane (AKA), and Ida (Zeta) formed a strong bond of a lasting sisterhood relationship
The essence of sisterhood in relationships is a natural phenomenon. An electric internal charge that ignites a bond between individuals of different backgrounds, whether education, ethnicity, cultural, social, faith/religious, and so forth, consequently generating an interconnectedness despite individual differences. The outcomes of such a bond is exemplary of “ties that bind” through life’s experiences of joy, laughter, sadness, loss, hurt, pain, recovery-yet unbroken.
Sisterhood also appears in life experiences. Shemika Gay Davis, wife of Anthony Davis, daughter of Gwendolyn Gay; granddaughter of Lucille Gay Blow; and great granddaughter of Bob Gay and Lillie Parker Gay, recently wrote about this life experiences connection.
In her recent article in the News and Observer, Shemika strongly discusses the connection that she has with the treatment and accusations made against Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Read Shemika’s powerful article and see the truths she points out.
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