Tag Archives: First amendment

FMM 10 17 2025 So Let us Live!

“We been fighting for all the wrong stuff, We better fight to stay in love.” ~ Tanya Stephens. One of my favorite stories about my childhood arrival in rural Jamaica, which I have probably told many times, is about our encounter with a snoring animal.  It was bad enough trying to adjust to the sounds […]

FMM 9 19 2025 All we need is Hope

“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness” ~ Desmond Tutu. Manchester, England used to be famous for its rainfall.  Having lived there as an adult for three years, over 40 years ago, I can attest to there being lots of grey sky, frequent rainy days, quite a […]

FMM 3 28 2025 I Plead the First

“Why should I be afraid of the pestilence that crawleth by night?” Tony Rebel. Because I am the youngest in my family and the last to leave home, I spent my last four years in high school as an only child.  That wasn’t exactly true, since we always had ‘boarders’, friends from high school who […]

FMM 3 7 2025 The Boss of Me

“The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.” ~ Maximilien Robespierre. Evelyn was the first person who befriended me when I was the new girl in school.  I was more than new, I was different, a little girl in rural Jamaica, with an English accent […]