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FMM 2 23 2024 Act Three

February 23, 2024 · by · in Inspirational, transcendence · Leave a comment

“I see retirement as just another of these reinventions, another chance to do new things and be a new version of myself.” ~ Walt Mossberg. My father retired from full-time employment at the age of almost 66.  At the time he was in fairly good health (although he had suffered a heart attack over a […]

FMM 9 15 2023 For the Nurses

September 15, 2023 · by · in Global health and disparities, Inspirational, transcendence · Leave a comment

“I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may, – light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful.” ~ John Constable. I know without a doubt that my life would have been very different had I not been transplanted at an early age […]

FMM 8 19 2022 Wild in the Country

August 19, 2022 · by · in Global health and disparities, Inspirational, transcendence · Leave a comment

“Good writing is like a windowpane.” ~ George Orwell. I must confess, when I was young I had a crush on Elvis.  Pinned with a thumbtack next to my bed was a postcard with his headshot in black and white.  This was before those four guys with the insect name (Earwig? Beetle?) started twisting and […]

FMM 7 2 2021 Sing me a Song!

July 2, 2021 · by · in Global health and disparities, Inspirational · Leave a comment

“Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart.” ~ Pablo Casals. I moved away from home at the age of eighteen. After finishing high school in Jamaica, I returned to the land of my birth to see if I could reconnect.  I knew that I could happily live in Jamaica […]