Tag Archives: joy
FMM 10 7 2022 Joyful Together
“Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.” ~ Karl Barth. You don’t hear the word ‘sulking’ much anymore. I am not sure what the current term is for holding on to anger in a silent, brooding way. I clearly remember a couple of episodes from my childhood where I milked a good ‘sulk’ for as […]
FMM 10 25 19 Falling
“Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.” ~Howard Zinn. I don’t have many memories of changing seasons from my childhood. Perhaps, before global warming, the weather in England went from cold and rainy to cool and rainy! I am sure I must have seen the autumnal colors, resplendent in oranges […]
FMM 3 16 18 Blinded by the Light
“If every day is an awakening, you will never grow old. You will just keep growing.”~ Gail Sheehy. I remember the simple joy of owning a flashlight. Being English by birth, I first knew it as a ‘torch’, but once we moved to Jamaica we soon adapted to the more American name. It was small […]
FMM 3 24 17 Do it Myself!
“You show your vulnerability through relationships, and those feelings are your soft spot. You need to have a soft spot.”~Victoria Pratt. I was a prickly child. If anyone smiled at me and called me the ‘baby’ of the family, I corrected them “No, I’m the youngest.” I despised being picked up. I was a big […]
FMM 8 8 14 The Joy of Parenthood
“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” ~Frederick Douglass I often joke that it is easy to blame your parents for everything that you think is wrong with you, until you have children of your own. Then, all of a sudden, you realize that it is not that easy being a […]
FMM 2 7 14 Are we there yet?
“For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself…” ~ Viktor Frankl It is a long drive to get to the north coast from the center of Jamaica. A journey of perhaps 30 miles (or […]
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