Rebecca Hayes originally wrote STONES as vignettes from her life to acquaint the children in her family with the experiences of familial predecessors that contribute to their heritage. She now shares these stories with her readers to give them a glimpse of the contrast between southern living during the Jim Crow era and that of her childhood and children in a northern suburb. She now shares these stories with her readers to give them a glimpse of the contrast between southern living during the Jim Crow era and that of a northern suburb. To know the past is to equip building the future.