We moved into our current home during lockdown June 2021. During that time, house hunters needed to have a mortgage in principle to view houses and the numbers of people viewing at a time was limited. We saw the house once before agreeing to put an offer. The four...
My family and I love board games. We mostly play when we are on our getaways. Far from the mumdrum of everyday life, we pull games out, play and bond. We play for real, no going easy on the kids and they feel proud when for ever earned win! Usually, we find something...
Leiba Lewis and I share the same alma mater, The University Of The West Indies, St. Augustine Trinidad (UWI). Studying at the UWI certainly solidified the passion not just for the written word but also stories that reflect our lived experience. When Leiba shared with...
Circa 2009, there was a massive shift within the Black community. We became aware of the findings regarding how harmful chemically straightening our hair was to our overall health. I myself ‘went natural’ in 2010. Eventually, with that demand for more...
The scourge of modern day living … STRESS! Believe it or not some of stress is good. It helps us get out of dangerous circumstances and prevents us from being complacent in situations that don’t serve us. However, to be wound up to the extreme so we have insomnia, or...
We are now in our forever house. Most days I feel like pinching myself to be sure it’s real. I’m so happy! In fact we are all are. After seven years in our previous home, we moved house. I’m a different woman, today. Back then, I was slightly broken and half-way down...