Tag Archives: family
FMM 9 18 2026 In a Different Light
“I have a notion that if you are going to be spiritually curious, you better not get cluttered up with too many material things.” ~ Mary Oliver. There are some memories that never leave. Although I learned that each time you remember something, you are actually remembering the memory, not the original event. So that, […]
FMM 9 11 2026 Come September
“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.” ~ Mother Teresa. I suppose for most of us over 30, it is not difficult to remember where you were 25 years ago today. I was at home, having been off the night before, watching my usual morning […]
FMM 8 7 2026 Get it Together!
“We want a world where life is preserved, and the quality of life is enriched for everybody, not only for the privileged.” ~ Isabel Allende. One of the privileges of being a nurse (or anyone in the health field) is that you are confronted daily with the reality, the fragility of life. I hadn’t had […]
FMM 6 26 2026 Go Against the Flow
“Celebrate the idea that you don’t fit in. Find your own fit. Stay unique.” ~ Betsey Johnson. When my father-in-law died over twenty years ago, the family all came together for his funeral. It was a typical Jamaican funeral, although at the time the ‘set-up’ (night before, an all-night wake) had not evolved into the […]
FMM 6 5 2026 Watch me!
“Children should have enough freedom to be themselves – once they’ve learned the rules.” ~ Anna Quindlen. I always knew I wanted to have kids, to have a large family. I had grown up as the youngest of five, then six (my informally adopted older sister came to live with us when she was seventeen), […]
FMM 4 10 2026 One Big Family
“Life is the flower for which love is the honey.” ~ Victor Hugo. Many of us put a lot of thought into naming our children. Whether it is trying to find a name which has family significance, like naming a child after a grandparent, or to honor a culture, we forget what life will be […]
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 […]
