Monthly Archives: April 2026

FMM 4 24 2026 Life Goes On

“Though lovers be lost love shall not;And death shall have no dominion.” ~ Dylan Thomas. Like most children raised in a Christian home, my encounters with death included the reassurance of heaven and an afterlife.  Three of my four grandparents had died either before or soon after I was born, so I grew up only […]

FMM 4 17 2026 Soul Imprints Recycled

“Live a life full of humility, gratitude, intellectual curiosity, and never stop learning.” ~  Gza. I never met my mother-in-law. She died in childbirth, tragically, leaving behind a husband and young children.  My father-in-law I first met through letters and photographs, until I finally met him on my first trip back to Jamaica after many […]

FMM 4 10 2026 One Big Family

“Life is the flower for which love is the honey.” ~ Victor Hugo. Many of us put a lot of thought into naming our children.  Whether it is trying to find a name which has family significance, like naming a child after a grandparent, or to honor a culture, we forget what life will be […]

FMM 4 3 2026 What the X?

“You must be a lotus, unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it!” ~ Sai Baba. By courtesy of being connected once more to the world wide web and one of its search engines, I learned something new […]