Monthly Archives: September 2024

FMM 9 27 2024 How Very Dare You?

‘Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.’ ~ Helen Keller. When my children were little, their altered understanding of common phrases or things became our name for them.  The Hard Rock Stadium was erected a short distance from our home, and in its first naming was the Joe Robbie Stadium.  […]

FMM 9 20 2024 Sticks and Stones

“My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too.” ~ Barack Obama. I have spent more than 85% of my life living in a land that was not the land of my birth.  Thus, as I recently posted on social media, I identify as Immigrant.  My […]

FMM 9 13 2024 Imagine a World

“Mozart’s music is so pure and beautiful that I see it as a reflection of the inner beauty of the universe.” ~ Albert Einstein. Many years ago I attended a day of continuing education classes.  All nurses must complete a certain number of hours every two years, in order to renew their nursing licenses.  There […]

FMM 9 6 2024 Forever Young

“You can go slow. Allow your dreams and goals to change, but live an intentional life.” ~ Kumail Nanjiani. Music and dance are entwined with memories of growing up in Jamaica. Noone ever dared suggest that as a white girl, I did not have rhythm, at least not that I ever heard.  Nor did I […]