"I have four grandmothers and I love them very much," Tracye explained. "I especially love to visit them and hear them talk about when they grew up. It’s like I get my very own history lesson. My grandmothers say things to me that I sometimes don’t understand. Birds of a feather, cows and tails, bees and honey, catching hogs. I just look at them and say, “Huh?”  They always explain what they mean and I do a little learning in the process. Some things you learn just from living."
    Things My Grandmothers Said is also a continuation of Tracye's partnership with local artist and educator Kristen Munroe. The have worked together to produce The Three Graces, a children's book, and two novels, Hooked Up and In the Pursuit of Happiness. Much more is planned for 2008, and lots of details can be found at http://www.sistahonabudget.com/
"Sometimes I feel things so heavy in my spirit it is as if there are layers of words laying on me," Tracye said. "They don’t go away until I sit and type out what I feel."