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FMM 7 10 2026 We Must Remember This

July 10, 2026 · by · in Global health and disparities, Inspirational, transcendence · Leave a comment

“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.” ~ Rabindranath Tagore. My father and his two older brothers were athletes. Through high school and university, they competed, often winning medals.  My father’s main event was long distance: cross country, they […]

FMM 2 5 16 Roots and Culture

February 5, 2016 · by · in Global health and disparities, Inspirational, transcendence · 5 Comments

“The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its shell” ~Zora Neale Hurston. Jamaica is a land of contradictions.  It is however a special place, with unexpected beauty, and a people of unsurpassed talent.  You may only get a glimpse of this if you stay securely inside an all-inclusive […]

FMM Take Me Home.

July 18, 2014 · by · in Global health and disparities, Inspirational · 3 Comments

“If we must die, O let us nobly die, so that our precious blood may not be shed in vain;”~ Claude McKay.  We do not like to talk about death, neither our own nor of those close to us.  It is as if we will jinx ourselves, somehow the grim reaper will be reminded of […]