We’re a’ Jock Tamson’s Bairns

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1557455_10153576937845538_1952430597_nSusanna Gourlay
Wilbraham, MA

This is a saying my dad taught me. I moved to the USA from Scotland and it was a phrase he told when I was talking to him about how sad it was that people get treated differently based on the color of their skin. The saying means, “We’re all God’s children.”

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