Grandma Survived the Titanic - Tapa blanda

This is the true story of a Michigan-bound immigrant from Tibnin, Lebanon, who traveled with her two small children on the Titanic. She could not speak a word of English, but her premonition and courage led her and her children to safety. All she carried with her was a slip of paper which read "Dowagiac, Michigan, U.S.A."

Born on September 11, 1928, to George and Rose Thomas in Flint, Michigan, I can honestly say I have lived a long and happy life thus far. If I were to live my life over again I wouldn't change a thing. Every phase of my life has been happy and interesting. After graduating High School, I attended Business College and graduated one year later in 1948. To avoid the peace-time draft, I joined the Marine Corps and served faithfully for four years. After being discharged in 1952, I hired in at Fisher Body Division of the General Motors Corporation. Seven years later, I met and married my lovely wife, Phyllis. We adopted four children, two boys and two girls, plus my Grandmother who lived with us, too. She lived with us for fourteen years before passing away in 1976 at the age of ninety-one. Those years were memorable as she told us her story on many occasions of how she survived the Titanic. Later, as time rolled by, our children blessed us with seven grandchildren, of which two grand-daughters reside in Arizona and one granddaughter, along with four grandsons, living in Michigan. I retired from General Motors in 1978 and moved to Arizona in 1981. Lately we have been living six months in Arizona and six months in Michigan. It was the year 2001 when I decided to write a story about my Grandmother in her honor.