Margaret

I was born the day my daddy quit breathing. He set off dynamite in his coal mine and a ton of coal dust blew right into his lungs. Pearlie laid him out in the wagon all dark and black. At the hospital Doc put him in an oxygen tent. When momma saw him lying there covered with coal dust, she thought he was dead. She screamed, her water broke and I was born. It took all of 5 minutes. Doc said fright will do that to you.