My Grandmother Used to Say

Family is all yah got.

Step into a sacred Gullah Geechee kitchen where the pots simmer slow, the stories travel deep, and ancestral wisdom is passed down one saying at a time.

Gullah Geechee Tings My Grandmother Used to Say is a powerful cultural keepsake that preserves the living voice of Emily Meggett, matriarch, teacher, and keeper of the pot. Rooted in the Sea Islands of South Carolina, this book carries forward generations of Gullah Geechee wisdom, storytelling, and spiritual guidance through heartfelt sayings, kitchen memories, and ancestral teachings.

More than a book, this is a heritage preservation work, capturing the spoken traditions that once traveled only by voice - from grandmother to child, from kitchen to table, from prayer to plate. Each saying holds layers of truth, humor, discipline, love, and survival, offering life lessons on patience, faith, manners, honesty, family unity, and resilience.

Through rich narrative storytelling, readers are transported into a living kitchen where history breathes, ancestors whisper, and every meal becomes sacred. From Edisto Island to Charleston’s Holy City, these pages reveal how food became memory, how wisdom became survival, and how family became legacy.

This book is perfect for readers who love:

• African American cultural history
• Gullah Geechee heritage & folklore
• Southern food traditions & storytelling
• Black family wisdom & ancestral teachings
• Faith-based reflections and life lessons
• Oral history preservation

Inside you will discover:

• Powerful Gullah Geechee sayings and life teachings
• Deep cultural and spiritual reflections
• Family-centered storytelling
• Ancestral wisdom rooted in African traditions
• A heartfelt tribute to matriarchal legacy

This is not just a book to read, it is a book to hold, to feel, to share, and to carry home.

One pot.

One plate.

One sacred saying at a time.