Raising Children to Weather the Storm
I enjoy connecting with different people online, especially bloggers and entrepreneurs who share similar backgrounds. I recently met fellow Jamaican, Kingsley Grant, a man who wears many different hats. One of his most recognized roles is host of Success Caribbean Style. About Kingsley Grant Grant empowers people to live their best life, regardless of their past or…
It wasn’t too long ago that “gay parents” became the topic of discussion with our four-year-old daughter. Now in the wake of reports regarding Bruce Jenner officially coming out as a woman, it’s got me thinking about how to explain transgender and transsexualism to our kids, if the subject ever came up. Identity has become a…
If you’ve ever been to Jamaica, then you know all about Jamaican cornrows and beads. The braided curly hairstyles are actually called cane rows back home, and here in America people call them Dutch braids. I remember the night before we boarded the plane from Sangster International Airport in Monego Bay, Jamaica to begin a new life…
When I learned that my job was celebrating Boxing Day, I was like “yaas!” Okay, so they weren’t really referring to the actual holiday. The company decided to give us the day after Christmas off because it falls on a Thursday. They threw us a bone by including Friday, I’ve been told. For those of you unfamiliar with the Boxing…
