A Jamaican Beauty- Part 2

A Jamaican Beauty- Part 2

We were alone, my mother and I; my father was never present, and clearly, I idolized her, placed her high atop the throne I’d built just for her. But unfortunately, I did not bring her down to wonderful but flawed human being as I grew to and through adolescence…

No more Mr. Nice guy, errr girl…

No more Mr. Nice guy, errr girl…

A friend recently released a children’s book called Nice to be Nice. She’s also a blogger, so we frequently find ourselves discussing the nice and not so nice behavior of the people around us. As I get older I find myself embracing a different kind of nice.

Christine asks – Have we really been alive this long?

Christine asks – Have we really been alive this long?

I first ran this post last year after Christine tweeted, “Thoughts on turning 40 next year. And gosh, have we really been alive this long?” In her post Christine talks about being welcomed by her grandmother with kisses, a lunch of grapes, cheese and baguettes, and a jar of Nivea Daily Nourishing Cream…

Forty: The Age of Reason

Forty: The Age of Reason

Tricia’s approaching 40 and she’s on a roll. Literally. No really, literally. She’s recently decided to follow her life long passion for writing and literature wherever it leads her…

From a man who sings to a man who listens: The evolution of my “list”

by Grace  
Filed under On Life, Single

From a man who sings to a man who listens: The evolution of my “list”

I’ve been journaling since I was about 14. That’s why it was pretty easy for me to go back to them and look at “the lists” I’ve created and recreated over the years. You know the list I’m referring to. It’s the list of desirable qualities in a mate, Mr. Right…“The One.”