Annie Mae Young is sicker than your average quilt-making grandma.

Born in Gee’s Bend, Alabama in 1928, Young was a smart, athletic, helpful young girl. But unfortunately her education was sparse. She said that “[she] had to walk about eight miles to school” and because no one in their right mind would have the perseverance to walk 8 miles every single day, her education stopped by the time she was in seventh grade. She was married by 16 and had nine children with her husband, Lucius Young, who was a bit of a douche. He would fool around with a bunch of other ladies and eventually in 1970, karma did what she does best and killed Lucius in a car crash. Upon recalling the event, Annie Mae Young wasn’t exactly heartbroken. She got her ish together and began working for a white family in Gastonburg, Alabama to provide for her family.

Her two true passions were not in marriage or housework. They were going to church and quilt-making. But in her old age, her arthritis made it incredibly difficult for her to finish a quilt. She had made a decent amount of money after she was discovered by William Arnett, a curator and collector of African, Asian and African-American art, and because of that didn’t have to walk to church with nine small children anymore, which before made it almost impossible to go. The downside of being discovered though was that Young was involved in a lawsuit against William Arnett for “falsely representing the proceeds from enterprises associated with the quilts, according to the lawsuit.” The lawsuit was settled and neither party would say what went down though each of them decided to pay their own legal fees. Seems sketch, but what do I know?