Monthly Archives: July 2016

FMM 729 16 In Spiration

July 29, 2016 · by · in Food and health, Inspirational, transcendence · Leave a comment

“And what is it to cease breathing but to free the breath from its restless tides That it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered?”~Kahlil Gibran.  Human connections are amazing.  Although we are born into one family, we may find ourselves, if we are lucky, as comfortable in the homes of our friends as […]

FMM 7 22 16 Sound and Fury

July 22, 2016 · by · in Global health and disparities · Leave a comment

“Or being hated, don’t give way to hating…”~Rudyard Kipling (‘If’). My father used to hate crowded places.  He did not go happily (if he went at all) to fairs or festivals, crowds of people and loud noises.  I tend to react the same way to multiple people talking at the same time, it seems confusing […]

FMM 7 15 16 Power Positive

July 15, 2016 · by · in Global health and disparities · Leave a comment

“Love’s in need of love today.”~Stevie Wonder. The father of my children was a complex man.  He could argue all day on a variety of topics: sports, politics, injustice, you name it.  What animated him was the history of injustice perpetrated on Africa and people of African descent world over.  He was not a fan […]

FMM 7 8 16 He Ain’t Heavy

July 8, 2016 · by · in Global health and disparities · Leave a comment

“Each man’s joy is joy to me; each man’s grief is my own.”~Joan Baez.  When I was a child I held my (only, older) brother in high esteem.  I basically thought he was the expert on everything.  He broke my heart when he told me the truth about Santa Claus (Father Christmas in our tradition).  […]

FMM 7 1 16 Look both ways!

July 1, 2016 · by · in Global health and disparities, Inspirational · Leave a comment

“People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care”~Theodore Roosevelt. Things and times have changed.  When I was no more than 7 years old, I was entrusted with an awesome responsibility: I had to travel home from school unsupervised.  This was in Manchester, a busy city in England.  Once a […]