Thanksgiving is a time for family and friends, yet some people still don’t understand this concept. The family structure is not as solid and strong as it us to be, this is why some family members choose to be scattered and unappreciative in a time of giving thanks.
Children no longer make their way to their parents or grandparents home for thanksgiving. Long gone are the days of “over the mountains and through the woods to grandmothers house we go”. Some people don’t understand that “family is not only important but the backbone of our being“. Some of us don’t get that memo until it’s too late.
I “thank God” that my girlfriends family still and always embrace the concept of “family first’ and the importance of family dinners and Thanksgiving gatherings year after year. My conscious was even called into question as she reminded me of how we’d meet at her mom’s house every Sunday after church, break bread and shared meals.
My girlfriend further reminded me, of the many Sundays I planted my feet firmly under her mother’s table for the macaroni and cheese, cornbread, yams and array of other soul food favorites. She said “yeah Tracy you could be blogging about Sunday dinners here, instead of all these restaurants you be going to every week”. I was so strongly convicted because she was RIGHT!! Her mom is known for preparing a meal at the drop of a hat and can fry fish like It’s nobody’s business.
This “friend of mine” was inherited because our families are friends and the love is genuine and this is where I spent my thanksgiving. Thankful and reminded that “their home is where my heart is and will always be” no matter how far I rome on this journey called life, because it is in their atmosphere of family, where I will always experience love, warmth, respect and positivity…and for that I’m thankful and grateful.
Conversations Of A Sistah 
that table is LAID out. Tra u going for left overs?
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Beautiful write-up 🙂 Tracy Happy Thanksgiving.
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Tracy your friend is blessed. wow that table is what??? The truth. Look at that cornbread.
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OMG LOOK AT THAT POUND CAKE.
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Neesey, that desert table period. looks like a layout for a magazine.
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I know….the cheesecake have my mouth watering.
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that pound cake. I can taste it.
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Happy Thanksgiving. So glad Tra threw us a bone.
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Happy Thanksgiving.
No shopping y’all.
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Hey people. family 1st
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whaddup
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hope y’all gave thanks.
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Happy Thanksgiving good people.
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That’s right…..family 1st
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Hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving
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Hey
hey…hey!
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Evening all.
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Hope everyone had a nice thanksgiving.
and did y’all really boycott black Friday? cause today is cyber Monday and these sales are tempting. 😛
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Hey Pookie,
I purchased 1 thing on Thanksgiving nite. b4 black Friday, I still boycotted though
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Bobby that’s bullshit!!! Not one dime period!
and that means from black Friday until January 8th
And if you did buy something, please tell us it was from a black business? I’ll wait.
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And if you did buy something, please tell us it was from a black business? I’ll wait.
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TARGET #DONTJUDGEME – I got weak 😥
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Ah Dayum! BOBBY!!!!!!!!!
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KneeGrows gone do what they wanna do REGARDLESS.
Untill it directly EFFECTS them, they intend to talk the cause but abandon the effort. wow!
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I purchased 1 thing on Thanksgiving nite. b4 black Friday, I still boycotted though
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I think shopping on black Friday is a habit brought up in a lot of us, so when we’re faced with the issue of boycotting it’s hard to resist the urge, the tendency and the temptation. Esp. when you have all kinds of sales being THROWN at cha. But if you gon fall into temptation, at least buy black!
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Bobby ya azz just guilty and messy. get out the blog. LEAVE!
Cotdaymnit!
Whaddup Fam.
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Question: How do we actually buy black? Cause Target had some really good sales.
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Ok so did y’all boycott or Nah? Judging from these comments it’s some hypocrites up in here! smh
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Randy NOT THAT IT’S ANY OF YA BUSINESS. BUT “NO” I DIDN’T SPEND NOT ONE DIME
@MITTSEY, BUYING BLACK IS SUPPORTING A BLACK BUSINESS. TRACY IS ONE. http://WWW.READYWRITERPRODUCTIONCOMPANY.COM
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Truth be told, some folk do/and SAY one thing in public but something altogether different behind closed doors.
But…..No judgments here one way or another.
Hope everyone had a slammin Thanksgiving.
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@2Thick, Tracy sells books. bookbags and cards. I have all her stuff.
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Truth be told, some folk do/and SAY one thing in public but something altogether different behind closed doors.
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COSIGN!!!! LIVE YA WORD JUST DON’T TALK IT BECAUSE IT SEEMS RIGHT.
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OK IT’S OFFICIAL.
SOME OF Y’ALL JUST FULL A SHIT!!!
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Mm I did not shop. no sir did not.
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No Justice No Profit.
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Mm I did not shop. no sir did not.
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Ditto.
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See I’m cheap, so this boycott is an excuse not to shop period!
I will celebrate Kwanza and all my gifts will come from a black owned business. Yes Sir. 🙂
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Hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving.
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Wow. smh
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Is that sweet potato pie? Dayum!
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classy.
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That was some spread! Trace ya peoples classy.
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I know I see banana pudding….beautiful tribute MS. BELL
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Nice……………..Tracy I assume we have to guess those delicious dishes and desert? You are such a trooper with how you lure us into conversation. 😛
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They know how to celebrate. Awesome layout!
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Beautiful kitchen. love those granite counter tops.
Tra you right folk don’t value family no more. they think we they get grown they can abandon their own. you ain’t neva lied. ya write up is the truth!
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Yo Trace I wish we were friends.
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I say the same thing. she could “big up” me anyday.
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that food look gud.
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Tracy ah man this is awesome. nice tribute to a friend and ‘point check’ for those who snub their families. looks like you had a nice thanksgiving with good people.
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Nice.
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nice spread and lawd that banana pudding. wow!
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To God be the glory! A table fit for a queen.
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Ooh…Ooh…Ooh….Ooh……Ooh…where’s the turkey Tra?
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Oh wow nice.
Thanks for sharing blog queen.
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This was so nice. Hope everyone enjoyed the holiday.
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Those deserts. 😛 food and the whole set-up looks catered. Tra should’ve invited us.
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That cheesecake is laid out. food looks GUD!
Tra where was this?
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Trace I need you to go back to ya peeps house for a pc.a pound cake for me.
Ask ya friends moms if she would fry some fish for us. 🙂 I mean me……..thanks
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Trace looks/and SOUND like you were surrounded by old friends who are like fam. That’s beautiful.
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Love the write up Tracy.
That food and those deserts., that was a layout fit for kings and queens. 🙂
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How Did you Give Thanks? —> By appreciating friends, family and all I have to be “thankful” for.
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Oh My does that food and those deserts look good.
Tracy if me getting a write-up means you being my friend., I welcome the relationship 🙂
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Beautiful Tracy just beautiful.
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TRACE CAN A BROTHA GET A PLATE?
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Now? 4 dayz later? LOL
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Now? 4 dayz later? LOL
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right.
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Nice.
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I see collard greens, string beans, gravy, yellow rice and those sweets OMG!
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Wow! This look like the spread of all spreads.
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Tracy you’re such a tease why didn’t you name each dish?
The deserts….pound cakes, cheesecake, banana pudding, sweet potato pies and something nutty.
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