you re going to lay in. and we re going to love this baby. those were rules set down by momo. everyone finish school, started as career and raise their children on their own, successfully. as javonte grew, crystie grew up. she just released took care of her baby, went to work and brought her lunch, because she wasn t gonna spend any money. if you went to the movies with her son, no, he knew not to ask for snacks. she just wouldn t spend any money. money was for the important things like javonte s education. she always talked about his prom or when he goes to college, or what she wanted him to do with his life. and you know, how she wanted him to be different. she took her job as a mother really seriously. by 2001, michelle and crystie and their kids were living in separate apartments in the same apartment building in hawthorne. even momo lived there until her health began to fail and she moved to texas were her sister in law, a nurse, can take care of her. the soon came
for snacks. she just wouldn t spend any money. money was for the important things like javonte s education. she always talked about his prom or when he goes to college, or what she wanted him to do with his life. and you know, how she wanted him to be different. she took her job as a mother really seriously. by 2001, michelle and crystie and their kids were living in separate apartments in the same apartment building in hawthorne. even momo lived there until her health began to fail and she moved to texas were her sister in law, a nurse, can take care of her. the soon came word momo s in bad shape. come quick. that day was easy to remember. it was september 11th, 2001. they couldn t fly, no one in the u.s. could. so they drove from hawthorne to texas. crystie wouldn t leave momo s side the entire time they were.