The Beach Lady & her forever Love...American Beach

I wrote this a couple of years ago & decided to share it here..

 I am still completely fascinated by this Incredible Woman !!! 

 The Beach Lady & Her Forever Love 

When I was a little girl,  my Aunt Christina, showed me a newspaper clipping of a woman. I thought that women was the most beautiful woman in the world. In the picture, it showed her 1 long Dread Lock, and  her extremely long, curled nails. At one time her nails where a foot and a half long, just on her left hand. I was fascinated to find out more.. Not until I was in my 30's, did  I venture to learn more about this Beautiful Woman. 

      

MaVynee Oshun Betsch " Beach Lady" 

was the 7th generation grandchild of Zephaniah & Anna Kingsley, a slave that married a prominent Plantation owner in North Florida. They Owned the Kingsley Plantation .

You normally would not hear me speaking kindly of a place such as this , but this plantation was different in so many ways.   African-American archaeology originated from the studies of the Kingsley Plantation.  I will not go into it more here, but you can find articles for yourself and see what interesting people came from the Kingsley Plantation.

  

It is an incredible place to see and you can take a tour of the 

 " Kingsley Plantation today.

The Beach Lady,  is the  Great, Great Granddaughter  of , A. L. Lewis. He was a a Co founder of the " Afro-American life Insurance Company, the first Insurance company in  Florida. Mr. Lewis went on to become the 1st Millionaire in the state of Florida. In 1935 during major segregation , Mr. Lewis founded Florida's 1st Black beach community & resort located on the Eastern shore of Amelia Island

 it is called "American Beach".

Today, Beautiful  American Beach is  being steadily sold . The Beach Lady made it her life to preserve what is left of  American Beach. American Beach is listed on the Florida Black Heritage trail and the National Register of Historic Places.

MaVynee Betsch, graduated Oberlin Music Conservatory in Ohio, she then studied voice in Paris & London. She went on to become a grand Opera singer ,throughout Germany in the 50's & 60's. In Germany she is legendary even today. She began to miss Florida, so she decided to go home.

The Beach Lady, became a passionate conservationist & activist. She wore her 6 ft lock of hair across her shoulder, around her waist & over her arm to honor the curve of the River Niger in West Africa.  Her hair and clothes covered in buttons to express her political & ecologist values. She gave away her life savings to over 60 Environmental Organizations and causes. She once lived anywhere she could, but eventually she took on an apartment at American Beach.

 Her brother & sister are just as intriguing ... Dr. Johnetta Cole, the only female president of two Black colleges, Spellman College and Bennett College & John Betsch a Jazz Musician in Paris. 

The Beach lady was honored by the Dalai lama, featured in Smithsonian magazine, USA Today, NY times and on PBS & other networks for her many great deeds.

 In the many articles I have read about her , she often spoke of becoming a butterfly. She decided that once she passes, she would fly over the sand dunes of her Beloved  " America Beach".  My family that lives in the area swim & fish at American Beach often.The last time my Aunt Mildred saw her she was throwing an offering into the ocean... Always giving Honor & Thanks to Yemaya.

                               MaVynee Oshun Betsch ; American Beach, Florida

I too went home to Florida and finally met this magnificent woman. All around the outside of her small beach home she had many beautiful candles & beach finds. 

My Husband and I spoke with her for awhile, before a cleansing summer storm began. I then asked her about her Beautiful Sand Dune, that you could see from her front yard. She had once spoken of it, saying that when she died, she would float over her Beloved Sand Dune, of American Beach, as a Beautiful Butterfly...

She did it !

 " The Beach Lady ", became a Beautiful Butterfly and floated over her Sand Dune . September 5, 2005.

You can search under MaVynee Betsch or The Beach Lady for more ...

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A fever saved our infant son !!

A Fever saved our little one !!

Many think that because we are a Chiropractic family & use natural healing methods, that we do not use traditional medicine at all.

It is because we are a Chiropractic Natural healing family & believe in the power of the body, that we were able to Protect our young infant son from death.

Tuesday 1/26/2010 5am. Baby Z is 3 weeks old!!

I had fallen asleep rubbing Baby Z's back and awoke to a really hot baby on my chest..Upon taking an internal temp, I found his temp to be 102. We immediately called his doctor and we were told to take him to ER immediately and expect to be admitted. I had never experienced a temp this high in one so young, but I knew anything over 99 needed to be looked at.

Fever is one of the most powerful defense mechanisms we have against disease and infection in our body. It is a common symptom in childhood, however in anyone less than 30 days old is not considered Normal !

In older children and adults, fever actually strengthens the immune system and can help to prevent susceptibility to other illnesses. If it were one of our older children, I would have reacted much differently & allowed the body to work with or without the help of meds.

We arrives at the ER, they ran many test and he was admitted . It was determined that he had a
( UTI ) Urinary tract infection, within the upper tract. The fever presented because the body way trying to fight the infection that had spread to his blood stream. We got the news in the middle of the night . The fact that is was in the blood stream was the scary part. The doctor told us that the infection spread quickly & the fever was the only thing that could have told us something was wrong . If we had of waited to bring him in we could have lost him.

Family Beds are important ! What would have happened if he was lying in a crib. At 3 am he was fine, happy & no fever. Two hours later, because he was sleeping near... it allowed us to react quickly !!!

Baby Z was started on IV antibiotics. (long story in itself) The antibiotic treated the infection. The fever was allowed to gradually go down by itself !! I opted not to give him Tylenol for the fever because the body was working & the fever was getting increasingly lower !!

They were treating the cause NOT the symptom...



After 8 days in the hospital...
Baby Z is doing well. The fever is gone & the test all came back with good results. It is not known how he got a UTI. It is not a common thing for boys, but it does happen. It was NOT, because he is not circumcised as some wanted to speculate !!! Just one of those things.

Being well informed helped our family through a week of hospitalization.my Hubby is a Chiropractor & I was trained as a Chiropractor, so this does give us knowledge to and extent . The Key is ask questions stick to what you believe, but be willing to see both sides. Be an educated consumer.

We follow the natural rhythm of the body & let it tell us what it needs. We are not against medicine we are against the overuse of it. This time it was needed and gladly accepted.

Natural Healing & living is my passion...I do what I can and continue to educate myself. ..


As a Chiropractor , my husband can adjust the body to help a fever go down quickly, but his job is to assist the immune system by keeping the nervous system clear therefore to allow the body to work .

Thank you for all your Positive loving energy and if you have any questions please feel free to contact me !!

Love & Bright Blessings
Pirate Ladyeagle

January 2010..

Our family has recently been blessed with a new addition !!! Born 01/01/2010

This January has been the busiest in all of my 39 years.. I thank Goddess for giving me the strength to be the strong Earth Woman that I am.. Sistahs we all have incredible strength within us. Share with yourself & surround yourself with other Sistahs that you can Empower & that can Empower you !!

So I had my 4th child. At home water birth !! Stuck in the house for 3 week due to intense cold weather. then...Child Hospitalized for a week !!!

Our Natural living Family + mainstream Hospital .. scary. We survived, but I learned some things that I will continue to share here. Listen up !!!

Encountered a few issues, but overall they took care of my little one. I realized I need to share more here. Even if few are listening. I have something to say & those that ned will find..


Follow your path by staying informed !!

~LOVE