
Jacqueline’s Journey…
Treasured Milestones from a Mississippi Girl’s Dream . . .

Christmas Stories From Mississippi
“They could have had lights this Christmas. She [ten-year-old Julia] knew they could. The house was almost ready because Mr. Ollie’s handprints (he was the community electrician) were all around the carved-out circles on the unpainted ceiling, circles that were dead center in the tops of all four rooms, letting air in around thick fingers of black wires left hanging abruptly. . . . All they needed was juice, as Mama called it. Just a little bit of juice . . . .”
Excerpt from “Christmas Lights,” Christmas Stories from Mississippi, Jacqueline Wheelock, contributor

A Cup of Christmas Cheer
Excerpt from “A Bracelet for Christmas,” A Cup of Christmas Cheer, Jacqueline Wheelock, contributor

A Year in Mississippi
“Few, I think, would argue against the enormous value that integration has offered to people of African descent in the state of Mississippi. But for those of us whose memories are tied to African American schools—memories of football season and Friday morning chapel, homecoming weekends and academic rigor—we often find ourselves in covetous recollection of portions of our past. And for many of us, quiet as it’s kept, those new and often dangerous and divergent paths of the 1960s into a different educational setting didn’t budge our sentiments a whit from the relationships forged and the good times experienced prior to the racial revolution called integration.”
Excerpt from “The Great Magnolia Homecoming,” A Year in Mississippi, Jacqueline Wheelock, contributor

Daily Guideposts 2021
Excerpt from Daily Guideposts, 2021, Jacqueline Wheelock, contributor