Author Archives: bethpow06
FMM 12 4 15 Life Goes On
“A woman is like a tea-bag: you don’t know how strong she is until you put her in hot water” ~Eleanor Roosevelt. One day recently my mother wondered out loud: “How did I get such strong daughters?” I am not sure what had prompted this comment, but I could only reply: “Look who raised us!” […]
FMM 11 27 15 In Remembrance
Written to me and for me by my son, the morning after my mother (age 92) died. An ounce of belief outweighs a world of knowledge. This is my letter to encourage you today, the same way you have encouraged me even as you may have your own questions about my decisions. I know writing […]
FMM 11 20 15 The Greatest is Love
“Love’s in need of love today” ~Stevie Wonder. Life is an act of faith. It is also fragile. Each morning when we wake up, we go out into the world fully expecting to return safe and sound, even though (if we watch the news) we know there are so many things that could go wrong. […]
FMM 11 13 15 Degrees of Freedom
“Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but our self can free our mind. ”Marcus Garvey. Going back to school brings with it a host of challenges, one of which is a subject known as statistics. The good news is, they don’t expect you to know formulae any more, and there are programs that run […]
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 […]
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