Tag Archives: Racism
FMM 7 17 2026 Reboot, Reboot!
“In art there is compassion, in compassion there is humanity, with humanity there is generosity and love.” ~ Brock Peters. The ability to read quickly is not necessarily a good thing. In my (former) work life, I often forgot, or even denied, receiving an email, only to find I had not only received it, I […]
FMM 7 10 2026 We Must Remember This
“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.” ~ Rabindranath Tagore. My father and his two older brothers were athletes. Through high school and university, they competed, often winning medals. My father’s main event was long distance: cross country, they […]
FMM 6 12 2026 No Catastrophizing Necessary
“A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi. When I switched careers (somewhat) after the age of 50, I learned something very important: you cannot teach what you do not know. My first career (first love) was nursing, and I […]
FMM 1 30 2026 This is US
“And who is my neighbor?” ~ Luke 10: 29. After living in the U.S. for almost 40 years, in an area now known as Miami Gardens, I moved to Hollywood, Florida. It so happened that the house I fell in love with (one feature was the circular window which faced due east, which has provided […]
FMM 8 15 2025 Thinking with the Heart
“Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.” ~ Robert Frost. I can’t say that I have ever been very good at debating on the fly. Some people are quick, able to respond to taunts and jabs with a rapid response, cutting and accurate. Me, my best responses […]
FMM 6 20 2025 Amplifying Hope
“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” ~ Desmond Tutu. My thoughts have been on my childhood a lot recently. Ever since I was invited to be the guest speaker at my old primary (elementary in the US) school’s graduation, I have been reminiscing about those days […]
FMM 5 2 2025 ‘A it mek!’
“Isn’t it amazing that we are all made in God’s image, and yet there is so much diversity among his people?” ~ Desmond Tutu. One of the great defining features of my life was the fact that my family moved from a city in the UK to the heart of rural Jamaica when I was […]
FMM 4 4 2025 Tan Tuddy!
“May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.” ~ Peter Marshall. I was a frontline nurse working in Miami when AIDS appeared, with all of the unknowns that went along with it. In the early years it seemed to be […]
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