Author Archives: bethpow06
FMM 11 8 2024 Our Better Angels
“The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.”~ Saadi. I have no memory of this, but when I was quite young (our family was still living in England at the time), I stood in front of our black and white television and yelled: “Stop talking about Mr. McMillan!” He was the […]
FMM 11 1 2024 Think for Yourself!
“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” ~ Audre Lorde. Like many children, I grew up seeing the world through the lens of my parents’ eyes – in particular my father. He had a way of making observations that helped you to see […]
FMM 10 25 2024 Sacred Footprints
“Ya running and ya running,But ya can’t run away from yourself.” ~ Robert Nesta Marley. It is hard to imagine now, but there was a time when photographs were scarce commodities. Cameras were not ubiquitous. Film was expensive, and you wouldn’t know until it was developed how the photos would turn out. My mother once […]
FMM 10 18 2024 Showdown!
“I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me.” ~ Maya Angelou. One night this week I awoke from a dream that had a very clear message, so clear that I immediately texted myself (my method of […]
FMM 10 11 2024 Oh Canada!
“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”~ Martin Luther King, Jr. I have links with Canada on both sides of my family tree. Many years ago, my great-grandparents (on my father’s side) decided to emigrate to Canada. This was their second migration. Earlier, shortly after they got […]
FMM 10 4 2024 If we Should Live up in the Hills
‘Oh, sinnerman, where you gonna run to?Sinnerman where you gonna run to?Where you gonna run to?All on that day.’ ~ Nina Simone. I was spoilt by growing up in a land of lyrical beauty. When Columbus reported back to Queen Isabella of Spain, about the lands he had ‘discovered’, he is said to have described […]
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 […]
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