So Very, Very Thankful…

Thank you Christelyn and all the wonderful ladies that put words to my thoughts and make this space a place of sharing and learning. Hope of had a wonderful Turkey day and a splendi-ferous holiday season.

I'm thankful I was born in the greatest country in the world and that I'm standing on the shoulders of those who came before me. Those men who worked so hard so I could be where I am now. And I'm thankful Christelyn, Brenda, Jamila, and all these other ladies who come here recognize they are standing on the shoulders of those women who came before them: Women who endured horrific conditions in slavery and the repressive laws of Jim Crow, but still got up every morning and went to work and raised their families under far worse conditions than any of us can really imagine. And all of you ladies be thankful that you are as they were: Women with drive to make things better for yourselves and the next generation. Women who know their own value and that you deserve a man who provides for you, romances you, makes you feel like the queens you are, a man is a strong father to the children you bore for him, AND A MAN WHO WILL MAKE THAT LOVE OFFICIAL IN FRONT OF THE EYES OF THE LAW AND THE EYES OF GOD.

You ladies are not the sellouts and the race traitors. You ladies are the ones standing on the shoulders of greatness. That's something to be thankful for.

Thank you Christelyn and all the BB&W crew.

As a more lurker than poster (smile), I am just grateful to participate in a place where people are supportive and make sense. Thanks, Christelyn, for providing the place AND being a Fannie Lou Hamer of the BWE movement. A lot of us are "sick and tired of being sick and tired".

No.

Thank you.

No Thank YOU Christelyn. I have learned so much from your blog. I actually started commenting on your blog this year. I pray that this blog continues with much success. Amen.

Thank YOU Christelyn! Thank you too members of this BB&W community for your wit, candor and wisdom. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Happy Turkey day!! I hope everyone had some good gobble gobble and time spent with loved ones! As for our friends overseas well we celebrated for you or at least I did! So happy to be a part of this family and for the Chris!!! Love you guys to pieces

Christelyn said, "Thank you, all you veterans to BWE. You are my sisters; I love you."

Don't forget you have a few brothers on this blog too. Even one or two white ones like me. Those of us White guys who've loved BW understand and really appreciate the work you've done. You're one of the guardians of sanity in a crazy world. We need more like you.

Happy Thanksgiving to one and all. :-)

Happy Thanksgiving everybody!

Love you Chris. Love your blog. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.

CK, you DO have fairy voo-doo magic; waiting for it on Amazon.com so I can buy a pound!! LOL. Have a happy Thanksgiving.

Happy Thanksgiving y'all..I would like to thank you Christelyn for this wonderful flog.Im so thankful that i found this wonderful group of people..Have a good day and be safe..

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you. I'm thankful for this site and all of the insight I receive from everyone that contributes to the discussions here. Praying for blessings for you all.

Christelyn, I had the pleasure of meeting you in Atlanta earlier this year; if you end up in central or south Florida, might I suggest another soiree....?

Happy Thanksgiving to each and every one of you. Have a wonderful and blessed day with family and friends. I too have read all of the post; the good, the bad and the ugly at times but I think you are doing a great job at getting the word out that we as black women deserve love and happiness PERIOD. I have enjoyed all of the conversations and I don’t even know how I got here but I am glad that I did.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope you all are enjoying a wonderful day with your loved ones! And thank you Christelyn for this board!

Happy Thanksgiving y'all! So thankful for this great group of ladies - and guys!

Mary Ellen

The Working Home Keeper

Happy Thanksgiving to you and family Christelyn!

And the whole group!

"If you build it they will come." You did, we have and they keep coming. Thank-You.

These blogs/flogs are the safe-houses for men and women who want to cross the culture divide to join together and to move on to lives on our own terms.

I am thankful for the Pioneers of BWE, for the current bloggers and for the new ones who have been inspired to continue to refine the message. This work is on going.

I am also happy to see more men participating here bringing their unique perspective. It makes for a well rounded experience.

So now I am going to step away from the screen. Got a lot of pots to burn today furniture to re arrange and people to feed. I hope you all have a healthy, safe, fun day with your families surrounded by love. See ya tomorrow while we pick at the left overs and put the house back in order. Happy Thanks giving.

I want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and especially to my GF on Facebook who sent me the link to this refuge; I can breathe again. She's a WW married to a BM and felt that you, Chris, had the most insightful blog she'd ever been on. I haven't been around this much intelligence since I was in graduate school. Even the ignorance can be insightful. I love it.

Chris I can't remember how I discovered your blog, but I'm so glad that I did!!!! I'm new, but I feel welcomed here. I enjoy reading the comments and I've recently come out of lurkdom and started posting comments myself. You and the ladies on this blog have helped me to get rid of any lingering shame that I use to have about dating interracially:)- thx....Happy Thanksgving

A very Happy Thanksgiving Day, day in general, and any other holiday to you all around the world! Blessings!

I don't even remember how exactly I stumbled across this site, but I do know that it was in either May or June of this year. I must say that it took me by surprise. I was thinking, "Oh my gosh, this woman is bold." I'm quite young, and had never seen a space like this before, so it was a real eyeopener. I don't know why, but I was slightly embarassed and apprehensive about someone in my real life discovering me coming to your site. Once again no idea why, lol. Yeah, I do -- I didn't wanna be judged. But you know what? Who cares! I love the topics, I love the discussions, most of all I love the positivity and the truthfulness that has aided me in evaluating myself internally. Everything starts from within as I'm learning.

I've read damn every post since this blogs' inception, and I kept coming back wanting to discover more, hear more, read more. I've finally come out of my lurkdom.

Thank you for creating this space Christelyn.

SN: I laugh and smile about it now, but I used to open this site in a new window whenever someone was around me! :D

I want to wish everyone a nice Thanksgiving holiday, Boxing day if you're in Canada, happy Thursday to everywhere else. You guys are awesome, everyone, even ppl I don't get along with all the time. This place has taught me much but best of all it's taught me there are ppl like me in this world. Quirky, funny, different, smart, capable, and dynamic bw that are taking the world by storm whether it's via blogs, travels, personal lives, you're changing the path for so many other bw. I want to thank Chris for providing a place like this for all of us. I've made friends here, that I can't wait to meet and found ppl that share things with me besides just being involved, married interracially. Tonight I spent a great night with family, tomorrow I'll spend a quiet holiday as newlyweds with my husband. So celebrate all, if you're not celebrating a holiday, hell just celebrate life b/c it's gooooood!

I really appreciate this place and the sense of intelligence, understanding, humor and heimisch. It feels sooo great to be able to really relax, be myself(well as much as one can online but u get the picture lolz) & hear from sane ppl. LOL! ... I've been online off & on since the days of Compuserve and BBW is a wonderfully unique li'l corner of the 'net 'verse.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!<3

i have something for you, Chris......

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to me, your blog is an extension of you,as well as your home...to be able to come and speak here(or just to read comments from others and do some quiet reflection), is a privilege,not a right or an entitlement...i won't disrespect that...here's wishing your family a VERY Happy Thanksgiving. :-D

Thank YOU! You and your blog are much needed! I get tired trying to beat the truth over so many black women who I love and are close to me, and it's just a miracle to have all the proof and pudding on you site, so know that you are needed wanted and appreciated. I can't wait for the day to meet my prince charming, send in engagement, wedding, then baby bump pics in, to show black women how much we are loved and adored by so many other men, who see our value and wife us up:) All things are possible with God!Thank you.

you are awesome!!!...stumbled upon you through v "the great one" on fb and for that am thankful to him and you for opening my mind to all the info that floats here :) happy thanksgiving :)

p.s. the hair tips are a great bonus ;)

I am new to this blog but I have read every single post. Thank you!

I am really glad I stumbled across this flog. I don't even remember how, but I was really impressed with the topics and the open discussion, and I'm glad to see its thriving. :D

I'm thankful to be part of this. o/ <3

Happy Thanksgiving!