GOODBYE OPRAH

AS A CHILD GROWING UP IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND THESE ARE THE IMAGES OF OPRAH THAT I SAW. SHE WAS AN ANCHORWOMAN IN HER EARLY 20'S AND CO-HOST WITH RICHARD SCHER OF PEOPLE ARE TALKING WHICH RAN FOR 5 YEARS. MORE THAN 25 YEARS AGO IN BALTIMORE MARYLAND OPRAH WINFREY, GAYLE KING AND MARIA SHRIVER WERE YOUNG WOMEN GETTING THIER START IN BROADCASTING. I REMEMBER OPRAH'S AFRO AND SHE HAD THESE FALSE EYELASHES AS WELL. HER POPULARITY GREW WITH HER CO-HOSTING PEOPLE ARE TALKING BEFORE GETTING HER OWN TALK SHOW AND MOVING TO CHICAGO. MANY PEOPLE KNOW GAYLE KING AS OPRAH'S BEST FRIEND BUT FEW KNOW THAT THEY MET IN THIER 20'S IN BALTIMORE WHEN OPRAH WAS AN ANCHOR WOMAN AND GAYLE JUST GRADUATING FROM UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK WAS A PRODUCTION ASSISTANT WHICH IN COMPARISON HER JOB DUTIES WERE MUCH LOWER THAN OPRAH'S BUT THEY WERE TO BLACK SINGLE WOMEN WORKING AT A TV STATION AND DIDN'T LET JOB DIFFERENCES DETER THEM FROM BECOMING FRIENDS WHEN A SNOWSTORM FORCED GAYLE WHO LIVED 40 MILES AWAY IN TAKOMA PARK, MD TO CRASH AT OPRAH'S PLACE. THERE IS A NEW CHAPTER EVERYDAY AND OPRAH HAS ALREADY STARTED HER OWN NETWORK TO FURTHER PLANT HER SEEDS AND TELL MORE STORIES THAT WILL CONTINUE TO ENRICH MORE PEOPLES LIVES.