Do you wanna dance?..............

Part of my love for music is my love of dancing.  I feel really good gliding across a dance floor or just shaking a tail feather around the house.
My senior year of high school I was in a debutante ball (only cuz my Nana insisted)....The most exciting part to me was the dance with my Daddy.  We had practiced in my Nana's kitchen up until the day of the ball.  I was nervous, of course he was not.
We enjoyed that day so much as a family.  Then there was graduation and preparing for college. All of these milestones.  Captured in pictures.  Had I known then what I know now, I would have taken more pictures.. written down some of these stories, asked more questions.
As I sit here waiting out this Blizzard, I just think of the missed opportunities.  Times when we sat in the car, quiet...Not saying anything...While that is comfortable for me, I missed numerous opportunities to gather information.  To find out more about my Mama's side of my family.  I mean I know the basics.  I know who is who and how they're related.  I just don't know the info that goes back to slavery.  Something I would like to know.  Since my Daddy's family were never slaves (they immigrated in 1935 from Trinidad) I pretty much know that whole history.  But, I don't have a history from my Mama's side of who owned who and who married or had kids with who. (lbs)  Out of curiosity, mine and my children's, I would like to know all this information.  But, since she's gone, I probably never will.  She was always the one who shot straight from the hip and didn't sugar coat things (guess that's where i get it).  Everyone else left here is suspect and too busy trying to maintain an "image".  I would like to say though, that it is very likely that even though my great-grandfather was a Caucasian.  He was probably the only one. llamf!!!
I mean my great uncles married white women so their are white cousins....but as far as who sired my direct blood line, I think my it started and ended with him.  I only feel this way because even though I'm not very light or very dark, I think I'm blacker than most people in my ways of thinking. Add to that the fact that I am VERY leary of caucasians and don't really feel comfortable with them and there you have it. LBS.....
No matter who was what, who went with what family or what color they are I still would like to know what's what and who's who on that side of the family.....eventually I'm sure I will.

I thank and appreciate all who will read. Peace