09/24/2026
This is what one week of owning an ice cream shop can look like.
We catered a company event.
We decorated for Halloween.
We launched our ice cream at Black Island Farms.
We filled, sealed and labeled hundreds of individual cups.
We introduced an exclusive pumpkin-brownie flavor.
We worked on an entire Halloween Party Pack.
We filmed content, answered messages, solved normal small-business problems and kept the display case filled.
And in the middle of everything, a customer experienced a serious medical emergency inside the creamery—and we watched customers, team members and emergency responders come together to help.
People sometimes imagine owning an ice cream shop as endless sprinkles, smiling children and unlimited ice cream.
Sometimes it really is that fun.
Other times it is freezers, invoices, labels, staffing, late nights, unexpected problems and trying to remember which urgent thing was supposed to happen first.
And then there are weeks like this one, when all of it happens at once.
It can be exhausting. It can be unpredictable. But it also allows us to serve people, create jobs, collaborate with other local businesses and become part of moments much bigger than a scoop of ice cream. We are so grateful for that.
There is never a dull week at Thurgood Creamery.
And honestly, I’m not sure we would know what to do with one.
