It has taken me a long time to learn an important lesson about life and relationships. It is the fact that I do not need to understand or ‘figure out’ why people treat me a…
On March 25, 2018, Linda Brown, the school girl who was at the centre of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that resulted in the desegregation of American Public Schools in 1954, died. Her death…
We have a way of mistitling and misrepresenting the people in our lives. We mistakenly call some 'friends', 'day ones', 'girlfriend', 'boyfriend', 'Bae' - all in the name of placement and proximity. The truth is,…
This is not a slash and burn post. I am not telling you to identify and remove these people from your life. Acknowledging that the following people are in your life doesn’t mean that your…
Many of us Jamaicans have been so convinced that we live in a scammer’s paradise that we put our guards down when we travel. Let’s admit it, some Jamaicans are ingenious and get up to…
After watching that video of the partly naked mother, viciously beating her daughter with a machete on Sunday, (reported on here) I was part amused and mostly dismayed. I was amused because the dang dog reminded…
When I was growing up, I had imaginary friends. I became conscious of these ‘friends’ when I was about 7 and for a few years, they were a big deal in my life. Now, these…