Lightning in a Mason Jar

by Catherine Mann

Some people had to come to the realization that their parents were imperfect humans who were doing life for the first time too.

“But there’s going to come a time when people like me are going to get tired of carrying the burden of helping white folks trying to understand.”

So Amber Ruffin keeps telling us; but, damn it, who else can we hear it from? I tried very hard to help my children understand, but there are parents out there still teaching crap. Especially now that it seems to be OK to voice their bigotry out loud. Help us do this with you; together.

hummingbird cake.”

I think I will have to make this. It turns up in almost every Southern novel I read.

Children had come up to the altar, donating favorite books to the library with handwritten messages inside.

What a delightful idea. I will put that in my will.