by admin.maria | May 1, 2019 | Lifestyle, Product Review, Product Review- Toys
When my eldest was a toddler, he went through a brief biting phase. I spoke to an assistant at the Children’s Centre. sShe explained that children sometimes did that when they didn’t have the words yet to express themselves. From that day, I began helping him learn...
by admin.maria | Apr 30, 2019 | Baby Wearing, Child Development, Family Meals, Family Nutrition, Healthy Eating, Healthy Lifestyle, Lifestyle, Parenting
I went on to BBC 5 Live Sunday Breakfast last week to give a parent’s perspective on the findings from the report completed by Dr Charlotte Hardman (University of Liverpool) and Dr. Prabeetha Patalay (University College of London). Links were found between anxiety,...
by admin.maria | Apr 10, 2019 | Entrepreneur, Expat, Healthy Lifestyle, Lifestyle
If you grew up in Caribbean or spent your childhood summers visiting family there, you’ll know about bush tea. Bush/herbal tea was the dread of many a child. Some tricksters … ahem, might have poured theirs down the sink but it couldn’t be avoided for long. You...
by admin.maria | Apr 9, 2019 | Blogger Event, Lifestyle, Writing
In my teens, I dabbled with poetry that was before I discovered journaling. My style was closest to blank verse, it I ever got my head around ‘iambic pentameter’. At university I majored in English which meant I studied a fair bit of Shakespeare which I thoroughly...
by admin.maria | Apr 4, 2019 | Expat, Lifestyle, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
I know I’ve been way from home too long. Talking about my culture has almost become an academic discourse. It’s been 8 years since my last trip to Trinidad. It’s a long flight and expensive for a family of four. Baring my accent, I’ve pretty much acclimatized to...
by admin.maria | Mar 28, 2019 | Beauty, Lifestyle, Make-up, Makeup
It may surprise you to know, I’m a glasses wearer. I wear glasses to read and with the joy of joys of maturing, every year I need a stronger prescription. I would say that I have almond shaped eyes but I’m also prone to under eye dark circles. Insneezia and crap...
