Tag Archives: Woke

FMM 11 15 2024 The ‘W’ Word

“The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because man is disunited with himself.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson. For those who don’t know me, I had a uniquely educational childhood. The youngest daughter of a minister who moved his white family from the UK to the heart of rural […]

FMM 11 3 2023 Senioritis

“Since new developments are the products of a creative mind, we must therefore stimulate and encourage that type of mind in every way possible.” ~ George Washington Carver. When you start a family in a country not of your birth, with traditions similar in some ways, but quite different in others, you stumble around for […]

FMM 7 21 2023 True Colors

“There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi. Early in my marriage, my home was a place where there would be consequential arguments about significant topics like historical and social injustice.  Friends who came over would be engaged in […]