Tag Archives: Genealogy

FMM 1 17 2025 Past as Prologue

January 17, 2025 · by · in Global health and disparities, Inspirational, transcendence · 1 Comment

‘What no cost life, no cost nut’n.’ Jamaican saying. Yesterday I lost myself in stories of the past.  I was entrusted with some documents belonging to (and written by) a man who is now almost 90 years old.  There were references to people and places of my past, of the church my father was minister […]

FMM 2 4 2022 More than Conquerors!

February 4, 2022 · by · in Global health and disparities, Inspirational, transcendence · Leave a comment

“But I’d rather be a free man in my grave, than living as a puppet or a slave.” ~ James Chambers aka Jimmy Cliff. When you grow up in the country, (especially in Jamaica) the facts of life and in particular, death, are hard to avoid.  You can hear the sounds of a hog squealing […]