Secret Life of Bees- Acrostic

Wynne Hobbs

Acrostic

August Boatwrite. A woman who cared about all living creatures, how they felt, and what they needed. She felt what others felt, and treated everyone the same. All who knew her, loved her, and she loved them all back the same. August was a colored woman in the sixties, with a strong career of beekeeping, and everyone pulling for her.

Understanding of others. She always seemed to have a way with people. Everyone loved her, and felt good around her. Being with August is living in a dream of careful love. Talking to her was like knocking a glass of feelings over in front of her and watching them spill out everywhere.

Grateful for all of her blessings. Being a colored woman in the sixties, she faced a lot of racism as she was independent and having a lot of money. Some people hated her for it, and she just ignored their hatred. Mostly all she saw was positive. Whenever something went wrong, she was quick to fix it but forgiving, and found a way to be grateful for the accident.

Uplifting and positive, this strong woman was always lifting others up. Whether she was helping a sister, friend, or Lily, August tried her best to keep the household running and happy. Her philosophy when she was beekeeping, was to send love to the bees. For most people, that would be extremely hard to do considering the fact that they sting you. She applied her beekeeping ways to her own life outside and sent love to even the meanest of people.

Sister. August, a Boatwrite sister, stressed sisterhood and bonding with her family in their pink house of blessings. She was the oldest and wisest, keeping everything in the house in line. When May died, she was the one to tell everyone that that was where May wanted to be, and to be happy for her to be with her twin who she missed so very much.

True mother. August was a true leader, mother and hero. Not having any children of her own, she took Lily into their household and treating her as her own child. She was also a main leader in the Sisters of Mary, which was a group of her closest friends who would come to their house every sunday to worship God with her. She was a strong woman and always kept her chin up high.