"With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice."
- Oprah Winfrey
Think about the following next time you're feeling a bit sorry for yourself,,,
- Oprah Winfrey was named Orpah after Ruth’s sister in the Bible, Ruth 1:4:
- Oprah Winfrey was named Orpah after Ruth’s sister in the Bible, Ruth 1:4:
3. Now Elimelek, Naomi’s husband, died, and she was left with her two sons.4.They married Moabite women, one named Orpah and the other Ruth.
Inability of family members to pronounce the name led to a transposing of the “R”, so that she was called Oprah in everything but her birth certificate.
- She was born in Mississippi to unwed teenage parents. Conceived after a single sexual encounter, her parents split shortly afterwards.
