Jamaican athletics moving forward

I wrote this last year after Jamaica’s performance in the Beijing Olympics. I am repeating it, after Jamaica’s performance in the Berlin World Championships. The calls for “government to do this and government to do that” are getting louder – I take a different view, as I observe something really interesting. Read on …. Much […]

Usain Bolt – “That’s just me”

I wrote this blog one year ago, after Usain Bolt’s amazing performance at the Olympic Games in Beijing. Watching him shatter his own world record in the 100m at the World Championships in Berlin yesterday – relaxed, joking, sparring, having fun – I was reminded that yes, Bolt is a mind-boggling athlete, but it is […]

Panic …. then peace

I awoke yesterday morning at 4.45 a.m. in a panic. The day before I had moved my furniture and released my dogs, Daisy and Mufasa, to their new owner. Now, I realized, I was really moving to Canada. A rush of seemingly limitless “things to do before I leave” flooded my brain, juxtaposed with the […]

Nothing is ever lost …. but my money was stolen!

There is a chapter in my book, “Free and Laughing: Spiritual Insights in Everyday Moments” entitled “Nothing is ever lost”. In this chapter I reflect on the nature of our divinely ordered Universe, which deems that everything is in its divinely ordered place and can therefore not be lost. “Nothing is ever lost” is a […]

My Hairstory

“Your dreads are so beautiful” a new acquaintance said to me “Is it just style or is it something more?” “Oh, just style” I responded flippantly, by now used to comments like this. Yet, I realize that my locks are NOT just style. Yes, they are done using Sisterlocks, a very scientific locking technique. But […]

Thinking rationally – “if A, then ….?”

Over the past few months, my sister and I have been trying to figure out a very puzzling situation. We hash and rehash what has happened over and over again, trying to understand why things have gone the way they have. Almost every conversation about the matter has ended up with “What I don’t understand […]

Dealing with doubts and fears

I received this question from a reader of the blog I posted on “I am moving to Canada”:   “This is so inspiring. But suppose you did have some doubts… what would you do with them? I’m not trying to be arch, I am just wondering how you overcome doubts (and fears and anxieties) when […]

I am moving to Canada …. free and laughing!

I am moving!   I am relocating from Jamaica to Canada next month. It is a major move in my life, not just for me, but also my two teenagers.  It has been in the works for the past 2 ½ years, and now it is coming to fruition.   I will be blogging my […]

Blakka is free and laughing!

Owen “Blakka” Ellis, a well-known Jamaican comedian, and one of the nicest people you can ever meet,  speaks about being “free and laughing” in the Jamaican Star!

Divine Order the morning of Victoria’s exam

This morning my daughter had an examination at 8.00 a.m. This is the one morning when: 1. We all wake up late 2. Shane’s school uniform is not ironed 3. My car has a flat tyre PANIC! But, it is also the morning when: 1. I breathe 2. I affirm Divine Order 3. Marlon, the […]

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