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FMM 12 19 2025 Don’t Overthink it!

December 19, 2025 · by · in Global health and disparities, Inspirational, transcendence · 2 Comments

“Books and all forms of writing have always been objects of terror to those who seek to suppress the truth.” ~ Wole Soyinka. Growing up in the country in Jamaica, social events revolved around church and school.  Going to market and doing the weekly supermarket run also provided weekly entertainment, an opportunity to stop and […]

FMM 8 15 2025 Thinking with the Heart

August 15, 2025 · by · in Global health and disparities, Inspirational, transcendence · Leave a comment

“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 5 10 2024 Shaping Culture

May 10, 2024 · by · in Global health and disparities, Inspirational, transcendence · Leave a comment

“You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” ~ Ray Bradbury. When I was very young, I was volunteered to be a model in a ‘mannequin parade’.  This was a fashion show, and I don’t recall the details, but it may have been some kind of […]

FMM 8 10 18 Shadow Boxing

August 10, 2018 · by · in Inspirational, transcendence · Leave a comment

“Reading is an exercise in empathy; an exercise in walking in someone else’s shoes for a while.” ~ Malorie Blackman. I was not a girlie girl when I was young.  I am constantly flummoxed by the way little girls nowadays are in such a rush to grow up.  I remember being quite annoyed at receiving […]