Monthly Archives: October 2015
FMM 10 30 15 Skin Deep
“Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future, and renders the present inaccessible.” ~ Maya Angelou. We are all guilty of snap judgments, of using a first impression to rush to a conclusions. As a writer, my first sentence must entice, must draw you in, or you will quickly move on. For […]
FMM 10 23 15 Learning from failure
“Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear, I rise…” ~Maya Angelou Nursing school is hard. It’s supposed to be. The amount of information you need to obtain; the skills that you must develop; the understanding of the human body in sickness and in health that you have to grasp; it is not for the faint-hearted. Then […]
FMM 10 16 15 Acceptance
“Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.”~Aristotle. I moved from England to Jamaica as a child, at an age when I had no preconceived notions, no expectations. It did not occur to me that I was supposed to see differences; in skin color, in […]
FMM 10 9 15 Spirit Trails
“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” ~Albert Einstein. Last Sunday I visited the Everglades. It has been a while since I went, but it took me back to a time I went there with my parents, along with two of my children. I remember sending my daughter into the Visitor’s […]
FMM 10 02 15 Carved in your DNA
“Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson The fascinating thing about watching your grandchildren grow, is that you get to see a personality develop. You can study how we learn and develop as humans; how we manipulate things and information to make sense of the world; how we learn about […]
Friday Morning Messages 