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Imani's Heart
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DOB:4/28/90

Schooling: Andrew Jackson Middle School

Family: Carlene and Jerry Wilson; a great grandmother, Eleanor Harrison; a grandmother, Frances Jefferson; two sisters, Tyanne and Camille; two brothers Kerry and Greg, nephew:Dion Dion Guy and a wealth of loving aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends.

Life
Imani Wilson was born April 28th, 1990 to Carlene Jefferson Wilson and Jerry Langston Wilson in Washington D.C.Imani was a 7th grader at Andrew Jackson Middle School in Prince George’s County, Maryland.when Imani was born She loved school and had a strong desire to learn. Imani enjoyed traveling, shopping, spending time on the computer, and listening to music. Her favorite singers were Lil’ Bow Wow and Lil’ Romeo. She had a quiet, compassionate, and humble spirit. Imani was intelligent, curious, and surely would have accomplished all that she desired. She knew exactly what she wanted to achieve in her life. Imani planned to go to college and study fine arts and computer science. She had already decided that she would be attending a school in New Orleans, Louisiana. Imani loved dancing and wanted to become a professional choreographer. Her vision was to open a school of dance for children. She was a member of the ASA Academy & Company where she studied ballet, jazz, modern, tap, and spiritual dance for seven years. due to imani's heart conidtion her life was short lived. on December 2, 2002 imani passed away her last word were telling her father that her life on earth was over and that she was going to a better place. Imani was given no chance to live from birth due to her heart defect, her 12 years on this planet was a miracle and her life brought joy to her family and friends.

Autobiography:

January 16, 2002

". I was born in Washington, but I don’t know  in which hospital.  I was born April 28, 1990 at 12:00 pm.  My Sisters were already at the hospital waiting for me.  We had a little incident because I had surgery when I was born.  Then everybody was worried because they thought I was going to die.  So my mother was in labor and she was writing a story about me.  Then I finally arrived.  But before I arrived my father was scared because they thought I was going to die.  But actually the incident didn’t happen until the day of my surgery.  Then when I was 2 or 3 years old, I had to have surgery again.  I was in the hospital for a long time.  But when I got home I had the biggest piece of chicken I ever had. When I turned 4, we moved to Capitol Heights and I had my 4th Birthday.  When I turned 5, my grandfather died.  I really miss him.  During my the first couple of months at Kindergarten, I cried so much I frightened my Mom and my Teacher. At the age of 6 I started to school at Bradbury Heights. When I turned 7, I came to John E. Howard. Then I started to go to dance class and I am still in dance now. At age 8, I had my first sleepover for honor roll students only. At age 9, I was in the 3rd grade, Mrs. Spraggins, but back then II had 3 teachers. In the 4th grade my teacher was Ms. Roberts. In the 5th grade, Mrs. Groomes became my teacher and she was very nice.

Now I’m in the 6th grade and I have Mrs. Harris as my teacher and she is the nicest teacher of all. I go to dance very Saturday and we have recitals at the end of dance. I like Banquets, we have them after our recitals. I traveled a lot especially this past summer, I was away from home for 4 weeks. " - Imani

Documentary/Book : Imani's heart Jerry and Carlene Wilson, Imani's parents, searched for a meaning for their daughter's life in the numbers 7 and 12. Jerry and Carlene correlated these numbers to the numbers of completion in the bible. this discovery led Jerry and Carlene to believe that their daughter was an Angel. Imani died on the 2nd day of the twelfth  month in 2002 on her 12th birth day the addition of these numbers(each digit) would equal out to 12:   (2+(1+2)+(2+0+0+2)(1+2)= 12

Sources Jerry and Carlene Wilson - phone call

Imani's Heart Abigail Jefferson and Chaka Bedell Illustrated by Alvin Burts copyright 2003