Tag Archives: Jamaican history

FMM 1 24 2025 The Bully Pulpit

January 24, 2025 · by · in Global health and disparities, Inspirational, transcendence · Leave a comment

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt. These past weeks have been an interesting walk down memory lane for me.  Last week I was dipping into documents written by some of my elders and reading of life in Jamaica in the 1830’s through to the 1960’s, along with […]

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 […]