Author Archives: bethpow06
Upcycled FMM 10 11 19 Humble Pride
“All of me loves all of you…all your perfect imperfections.” ~John Legend. My daughter was a handful as a child. Which is why she hates it when she sees me looking on with glee as her own daughter gives her all kind of attitude. It is the special curse a mother wishes on her kids, […]
FMM 10 4 19 Casting long Shadows
“Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.” ~ Pythagoras. I am not sure when I was introduced to philosophy or the great philosophers. I know my father used to ‘wax philosophical’ at the drop of a hat. I must have learnt about Socrates, Plato, and […]
FMM 9 27 19 Regeneration
“If you’re going to live, leave a legacy. Make a mark on the world that can’t be erased.” ~ Maya Angelou. Ninety-nine years ago, my father was born, the third child of a truck driver and his housewife. He grew up in a working-class neighborhood knowing that the only way out of poverty was education. […]
FMM 9 20 19 Think in Harmony
“How could you have a soccer team if all were goalkeepers? How would it be an orchestra if all were French horns? “ ~ Desmond Tutu. On our first trip to Jamaica, we were accompanied by a banjo. By that I mean that, deep in the hold, along with countless bags, boxes and trunks, there […]
FMM Peril On the Sea
“The human body has limitations. The human spirit is boundless.” ~ Dean Karnazes. When you spend your childhood in the church, there are certain hymns that take you way back. When you spend your childhood in a Jamaican church, you can add the choruses of the Ira D. Sankey clothback book to that mix. If, […]
FMM 8 30 19 Trains and Boats and Planes
“You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.” ~ Golda Meir. In 1963, the long journey across the Atlantic from the UK to Jamaica began with a long train ride from the north of England all the way down to the south coast. As the youngest in the family, my responsibilities were few, so […]
FMM 8 23 19 The Essential Migrant
“But please don’t cry, dry your eyes, never let up Forgive but don’t forget, girl keep your head up” ~ Tupac Shakur. Around the time that Florence Nightingale was charged with leading a team of 34 nurses to work in a Military hospital in the Crimea, another nurse (or as she was also called, a […]
FMM 8 16 19 Nursology
“They don’t want to see us live together.” ~ Robert Nesta Marley. My first official job as a registered nurse in this country was at a large private hospital on Miami Beach. In those days (and perhaps still, for all I know), non-residents had to apply for a police identification when working on the Beach. […]
FMM 8 9 19 Yardism
“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.” ~ Marcus Garvey. I was a young teenager when Rastafarianism began to come out of the corners and into the light of day. It was mostly (if I remember correctly) due to Bob Marley, who not only […]
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