Written by Charlie Mosbrook as part of Roots of American Music’s “Hough is My Home” series, a songwriting collaboration between ROAM teaching artists/musicians and senior adults who regularly attend the Fatima Family Center in Cleveland’s Hough community. Charlie collaborated with Gloria Hewston, a woman who grew up and stayed in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Cleveland. She is proud of her 3 children, 21 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren and 7 great-great grandchildren. Gloria loved living in Mt. Pleasant neighborhood and remembers the area as being close, where the neighborhood kids would come to her house and everyone loved everyone. Although she recently moved to Twinsburg to be closer to her son, Gloria continues to stay involved and connected with the Fatima Family Center. It is a place where she feels comfortable and welcomed like a part of the family.
Common Message of Love
I have spent my years in Mt Pleasant
On Imperial Avenue
Where Buckeye and Kinsman converge
That is the home I always knew
My children had kids of their own.
They had children as well
Some of the grandkids have also grown
The family continues to swell
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Where we all can to be together
We are held by the lord up above
These are bonds that you cannot sever
With a common message of love
Examining words from the bible
I took to a new study group
We are all fellow disciples
We share songs, scripture and soup
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Lunches and music and friendship
In a neighborhood called Hough
On hold now due to the virus
We can’t get back there soon enough
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I was born in the room where I’ve spent many years
In a home where we have had few feasts
My children all moved, they wanted me near
So I settled with them out east
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