title: Family Scribes: Writing Memories for Your Family Tree!
author: Linda Jones
description: Linda Jones is a writing consultant based in Frisco, Texas. A former newspaper reporter, Linda specialized in writing stories about lifestyles and Black culture. She conducts workshops on wellness, creative and life story writing.
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  # P.D. Cacek
  
  
  ## Second Chances
  
  
  FLAME TREE PRESS
  
  
  London & New York
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  To My Family:
  
  
  Blood related or love related
  
  
  you will always be in my heart.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # 1872
  
  
  ## Hickory, Mississippi
  
  
  Millie kept her hands behind her back as she walked down the center aisle that
  separated the older children from the younger. The four older, three near-
  grown boys and a gal about her own age, were working on arithmetic while the
  six younger, all gals, were busy practicing their letters on slate boards.
  
  
  “Very good, Manda,” Millie said. The child was only a little mite, but Lord
  was she bright. She knew her letters and how to count to fifty without having
  to think about it, but her penmanship still needed a bit of work. “Best not to
  hold th’ chalk so hard or ya’ll likely snap it in half, which’d be a shame
  after them nice Quaker ladies give it t’us. Just ease up on your fing