Tough Choices

Tough Choices is intended to present a glimpse of the life of Andrew and Flora, from childhood through marriage and then to the time of their departure from this universe. Get a look at life in the backwoods of Alabama as an elementary school student drops out of school after the fourth grade to become a sharecropper. Initially, he enjoys hanging out with his father all day. But then he grows to resent his father when he is expected to surrender too much of himself to take on his father’s responsibilities. See the progression from sharecropping to serving in the United States Navy as a SeaBee. From there, watch the elementary school dropout fulfill dreams of building a home and educating his children. In the pages that follow, you will see that anything is possible when a team of horses always pull a wagon together in the same direction.

About the author

LeDora Knight is the first-born daughter of Andrew and Flora Knight, the subjects of this book. She was born and raised in Alabama and lived with her parents through her college graduation and for a number of years thereafter for work and additional study. She received both a BS degree and a MA degree at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama. After working in Alabama for a few years, she moved to the Washington, DC, area for work and additional study. In 1981 she enrolled at The American University, Washington, DC, and received a degree in 1984. She continued to live in the suburbs of Washington, DC, until September 2010 when she returned to live in the family home in Creola, Alabama.