Gold Necklace

After Linda left the church, her father’s old mistress had invited Linda to go back to her home. In an act of kindness, the mistress gave the baby a necklace. But, Linda didn’t like this necklace because of what the chains on her necklace symbolized. The necklace chains related to their life of slavery. Linda said, “I wanted no chain to be fastened on my daughter, even if its links were of gold.” This gold necklace reminded Linda of how her baby was born into this life of sadness and slavery. She wished that it wasn’t so, and that her dear baby girl never had to feel the weight of an iron chain around her. It did not matter to her if it was a beautiful and elegant chain. A chain is still a chain. Just like Linda was born a slave, she hated to think of her own child living the way she has to.