Sharry Edwards HOW DID THIS ALL BEGIN…
My sacred story eludes me because my unusual talent was present before my memory begins, hence I don’t know how my ability to make history by creating the future, will evolve. No one acknowledged that I was different or had talents beyond normal human abilities. From what I’m told, being raised in the foothills of Appalachia may have been the impetus for my unique hearing and vocal abilities. My adoptive parents didn’t understand how I knew what the animals needed/wanted, why headaches
dissipated when I hummed or sang peculiar notes, where the water was in any forest, when a crop was willing to be harvested or how I could explain what people weren’t saying. All of this was far beyond my own understanding. I didn’t know I was unique. To my knowledge, my unusual abilities were not discussed even with family. My caretakers may have been concerned that I would be intimidating to some people so they kept me away from others, cautioning me about talking to anyone and even delaying my entrance into school.