re: Older black women who treat you like one of their children

The same goes for out here in California. Older Black folks and their families will take you in like you're their own.

35 years ago my work partner who is Black took me home to meet his parents. They instantly took me in as if I had been born into their family. In short time this included his extended family, cousins, aunties and uncles.

When I got married, they included my wife and when we had children, them too and now my grandchildren. Come to think of it though, his family has its roots in Texas and Mississippi. Maybe it is a Southern thing.