I Quit! (From Kathleen’s Memoirs of The Great Depression)

One morning about a week afterΒ I started first grade, Daddy finished up the last of his coffee and ground out his cigarette as Mama scraped the few leftovers onto a plate for Ol’ Jack.Β  β€œAll right kids.Β  Best be getting’ ready for school.”  He got up, putting on his felt had as he headed out the back door to do a couple of things before heading to his janitor job at Continue reading