Tag Archives: writing

FMM 1 2 2026 Reflections

“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” ~ Edith Wharton. One of the most annoying things we ask children is ‘What do you want to be when you grow up.’  I was reminded of that in a conversation with a four-year-old who, without being asked, […]

FMM 12 19 2025 Don’t Overthink it!

“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 10 10 2025 Falling for You

“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” ~ Charles Spurgeon. Back in the day, many years ago, before we had personal computers or smart phones, before the Internet, we used to communicate by sending handwritten (or typed, if you were fancy or in business) letters.  These […]

FMM 10 3 2025 Walk a Mile in My Skin

“I think, at a child’s birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt. My father was a planner.  Before he moved his family (wife and five children of whom I was the youngest) and all of their worldly […]

FMM 8 22 2025 Stutter-stepping through Life

“To sin by silence, when we should protest, Makes cowards out of men.” ~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox. When it comes to gifts and blessings, the nurse learns early on that health has to be number one.  Even if you were not exposed to illness before entering the healthcare field, it is not long before you […]

FMM 7 25 2025 Writing my Truth

“Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness.” ~ Alice Walker. It hit me this week that I am not familiar with my children’s (now adults) handwriting.  It was when I was reading over something my father had written in 1992 about the town I grew up in, in Jamaica.  Those […]

FMM 6 27 2025 No Excuses!

“It doesn’t take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go.” ~ J. C. Watts. One of the messages that was drilled into me as a child, was to never give up.  There were any number of rhymes or quotes to instill perseverance. ‘If at first you […]

FMM 5 9 25 ‘Follow me Part-way’

“We are all just walking each other home” ~ Ram Dass. I have had some interesting conversations while walking with different people during my life.  For a start I grew up walking.  Not like in the US where it seems you drive everywhere, at least here in South Florida, especially in the hot, humid, summertime.  […]

FMM 4 11 2025 It’s a MAD…world!

“Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.” ~ Walt Whitman. Confession time.  There have been a couple of times in my life when my fantasies have helped me to make a decision.  I realized that I needed to end my marriage when I had started to think my life would be better if […]

FMM 7 12 2024 Sustainable Storytelling

“The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.” ~ Ben Okri. My father was a storyteller.  He was also a Minister, and so had the opportunity and the venue, each Sunday morning, to intersperse his preaching with […]