Tag Archives: family
FMM 3 6 2026 Can we Talk?
“If you want peace, you don’t talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.” ~ Desmond Tutu. I self-published my first book over ten years ago, but I had been writing for years before that. At first it was handwritten in blank, unlined journals, writing down impressions of my travels, a few crappy poems, […]
FMM 2 6 2026 Sparking Empathy
“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.” ~ Nelson Mandela. I was (still am) the youngest child in my family. This was a source of much anguish for me, for many reasons. Only the youngest can know what it feels like to be […]
FMM 1 2 2026 Reflections
“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” ~ Edith Wharton. One of the most annoying things we ask children is ‘What do you want to be when you grow up.’ I was reminded of that in a conversation with a four-year-old who, without being asked, […]
FMM 12 26 2025 Could you be Love?
“Love doesn’t make the world go ’round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” ~ Franklin P. Jones. December has always been my favorite month of the year. No surprise really, since it is my birth month. Considering I only saw a tiny bit of December when I was born (on the eve of New […]
FMM 7 4 2025 Ode to Joy
“Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.” ~ Emily Dickinson. After seven days of activities and events here in Jamaica that have produced so many moments of joy, I am not sure how I will report on them in just one post. But perhaps I can tempt your senses with […]
FMM 6 20 2025 Amplifying Hope
“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” ~ Desmond Tutu. My thoughts have been on my childhood a lot recently. Ever since I was invited to be the guest speaker at my old primary (elementary in the US) school’s graduation, I have been reminiscing about those days […]
FMM 4 11 2025 It’s a MAD…world!
“Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.” ~ Walt Whitman. Confession time. There have been a couple of times in my life when my fantasies have helped me to make a decision. I realized that I needed to end my marriage when I had started to think my life would be better if […]
FMM 3 14 2025 Holding Space
“… everything on earth can be eliminated under the right conditions.” ~ Louise Erdrich. Some years ago I had an experience which proved invaluable in the classroom: I witnessed a man experiencing the sudden onset of a stroke. We were at a fundraising dance together, he had gone to buy us a drink each, and […]
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