Hello You! That special day is almost here. The one celebrated around the world proudly and boldly because of the meaning. Mother's day! May each and every one of you enjoy this weekend and look at your creation with love. Show them love. Treat them with love and celebrate your strength.  Motherhood, the right way.Mother’s Day is going to arrive softlywrapped in flowers,Sunday dinners,tiny hands, grown hugsold memories,and the quiet weight of becoming.And somewhere betwe...

Hello You! It comes a point in your life where you realize the lessons that had to be learnt or the changes that needs to be made. You realize that your journey is just beginning and certain patterns or behaviors are too heavy to continue to carry them along. You have to let it go. Why? Because your new life requires a different version of you. Happy Thursday! The Price of Your New LifeThe price of your new lifeis your old one.Not pieces of itall of it. The habitsthat kept you small.Th...

Perhaps the precedent was set by the 32nd President of the United States.  It was a grim time for the US and the world when President Roosevelt (FDR) engaged American citizens with his “fireside chats.”  The Great Depression was raging.  Adolph Hitler was running loose and free in Europe and Americans still needed to be convinced to enter a war that was defining world hegemony.  And FDR spoke to his people about his ‘New Deal’ policies t...

We are not ornithologists but whenever we pass around the Hawk’s Nest on our weekly Saturday morning walks, we look eagerly into the pond to count the number of flamingos.Twenty-three is the top number, so far, with 5 light grey chicks; A wonder!  (Flamingos are born white or some shade of grey.)It’s the food!  The shrimps, algae, that clothe them in the brilliant pink that we observe in the adults.  So many lessons from food.  So little initiative from the govern...

Hello You! What a drive. Getting home these days feels more like a task than going to a place of sanctuary. Anybody else feels this way? I do understand that with development comes a few inconveniences but dawg, this is not for the weak rather the impatient. Hours upon hours in traffic, hungry, tired, sleepy. Kids in the back arguing away. But we must endure it for the sake of progress. Election is really around the corner. We see you, big dawg!Sirens, Dust & More PromisesThe roads feel...

Spring Bay National Park is absolutely stunning.  When we visited on Easter Sunday, even I was amazed at how clean, well-kept and manicured she was.  As we walked from a well-designed and inviting access point, over a stoned platform, down the strip, to the beach, we were impressed with the quality of work done by the NPTVI to restore the area after its destruction by multiple rainstorms.The gabion baskets recommended by the engineers should protect the beach during future rainstorms a...

Hello You! How was your weekend? Your Easter Holidays. Did you feel the presence of Jesus during that time or was it just a solitude of reflection and praise? In the islands, Easter feels like togetherness, a Lyme or a whole celebration. Not about the bunny and Easter eggs :). I do hope that you continue with that spirit of happiness into the summer season and if you don't feel a thing. Try a thing!   Riddim & High FrequenciesThe island alive in its own rhythm,trees s...

Politics is dividing us.  We are not strangers to each other.  in-fact, we are relatives, friends, co-workers, acquaintances.So many have been grafted in that it is inappropriate even to speak of ‘us’ and them.  And in time, those who have worked hard to dilute the essence of the Virgin Islander will, too late, realize that they have only succeeded in hurting their children, grandchildren and future generations.  For it is, in part, a question about the beginning ...