Tag Archives: UK
FMM 5 16 2025 ‘Don’t Stress Me!’
“Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.” ~ Leo Buscaglia. I migrated to the US in 1978, fresh out of nursing school in the UK (land of my birth), after growing up in Jamaica (land of my rebirth). My boyfriend had moved to Miami, and that was enough […]
FMM 2 16 2024 Legacy
“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.” ~ Aldous Huxley. February, although the shortest month, carries the weight of history. In the US it is the month assigned to commemorate ‘Black History’, a term (like the country) which unfortunately continues to judge people by the color of their skin. February […]
FMM 10 27 23 Reconstructing Family
“Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty.” ~ George Eliot. It seems obscene to say this, but fifty years ago I was a senior in high school (in Upper Sixth Form as we say in the old British system). I had lived most of my life in Jamaica, […]
FMM 4 24 2020 The Ties that Bond
“The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.” ~ Epictetus. We are living through an amazing time. There are eras in your life that are special. When I started in nursing school in England in the 70s, I knew absolutely […]
FMM 11 23 18 Sparking
“At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” ~ Albert Schweitzer. I did not know what a shower looked like until I was almost 8 years old. Homes […]
FMM 5 26 17 Which Path?
“Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.”~Viktor E. Frankl. I am a Mancunian by birth. That means that I know that the correct pronunciation of the city’s name is Manchister, with the emphasis on the first syllable. I lived there until I was […]
FMM 23 16 Meditation on the Moon
“There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.”~George Carlin. I have no definitive memory of when I saw my first full moon. Spending my first seven years mostly in a city was one factor. Even when we went on vacation to the less light polluted seaside, I have no recollection of […]
FMM 2 12 16 Upcycling
“We should give meaning to life, not wait for life to give us meaning ”~Stacy. Once, driving through the beautiful Blue Mountains in Jamaica, we came upon a bus load of cyclists perched at the top of the steep climb on the north side of the range. They were assembled with the intention of riding […]
myfmm.blog 