“Guns, guns, guns! Oh what a horrible to end the year”

A 29 year old woman was accidentally shot and killed by her 2 yr old son. He took the pistol from her purse. They were out with young relatives shopping at a Wal-Mart in Idaho. Her family says that she is a responsible gun holder.

Lord, have mercy! This could have been the fate of any shoppers. 

As the old folks in Trinbago used to say, “Beh beh oui dor dor — Well, well yes!” It is December 31, 2014 in my area of the world, but it is January 1st. 2015 somewhere in the world.

You are reading this so thank God for life and seeing the last day of 2014 or the first day of 2015. Happy old year’s day, to you and yours or Happy New Year’s Day, to you and yours. I wish you and yours all the good things that life has to offer in 2015.  Enjoy the day and be safe.

No DRINKING and DRIVING and ROAD RAGE. Before you succumb to the two evils think about the people you love and the people who love you!

“My Christmas Story”

A family friend and his son were going to baptize one Christmas Day and he invited us. Although we did not go to the same church and had the same religious views, we decided to go. After attending our church service we went to our friend’s baptismal service. When the service was over, I presented him and his son with a book each —The Gospel of St. Thomas and The Pilgrim’s Progress. Days later our friend phoned me and said, “The book you gave me ‘The Gospel Of St. Thomas, is not for me. It is against my religious views. I do not agree with any Catholic values. I am upset that you choose to give me a gift like that.”

While he was speaking I was thinking that I should say, ‘Ignorance is bliss to a fool’, but I said, “Did you read it?”

“No I did not.” He went on insulting me. “You Catholics worship idols, eat pork and worship on a Sunday. I hope you did not give my son the same book?”

I hung up the phone. When I told my husband he simply said, “Do you remember your favorite verse from The Bible?”

“Yes Proverb 18:2 ‘The fool takes no delight in understanding, but rather in displaying what he thinks,” I said.

“Okay so you know what I have been saying about him is true. He is a jackass!”

As time went by we ignored that character until he turned up at our home, one Christmas morning. We had just sat down to have breakfast —Pig-trotters souse, ham, scrambled eggs etc., When I heard his voice, I was hoping my husband did not invite this fool to join us, but knowing the kind of man he was, hoping for that would not happen. Our friend pulled out a chair and sat at the table. The moment I put a plate, cup, glass etc., in front of him, he took up the bowl of Pig-trotters souse and started to dish out some onto his plate. I looked at my husband with my eyes wide open. He smiled, shook his head for me not to say anything., but I said, “That is Pig-trotters souse!”

“I know,” said the fool and he continued dishing out.

 I looked at my husband and had a smile on his lips as he shook his head for me not to say anything.

“I whispered, “Hypocrite.”…

To all that this day brings into my space, I am just going to say~ Thank you God for everything!

A wonderful safe day to you and yours and remember, Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house. He will become weary of you and hate you. Prov. 25:17

“A scary state of affairs is being portrayed in the news as though it is just a blasé situation.

The most troubling thing that is taking place in New York at the end of 2014; some New York police officers are turning their back on the Mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio. It is shameful, insulting, disrespectful and frightening. If they can do this to the Mayor who are we? The world is watching the United States of America.

“Just say thanks. It is a prayer of admiration”

“He who rushes from his bed to his business and waiteth not to worship is as foolish as though he had not put on his clothes, or cleansed his face, and as unwise as though he had dashed into battle without arms or armor. Be it ours to bathe in the softly flowing river of communion with God, before the heat of the wilderness and the burden of the day begins to oppress.”

At Jesus’ Feet By Doug Batchelor

Feast of the Holy Innocents or Childermas; Holy Innocents’ Day.

This festival is celebrated in some Christian churches on December 28th and other Christian churches on December 29^th. It is to commemorate the massacre of the children by King Herod. He wanted to kill the infant Jesus. (Mat. 2:16-18).

In medieval England, children were reminded of the mournfulness of the day by being whipped in bed. This custom continued until the 17the century.

I remember going to church on this day. The church used to be full of children with their toys. The priest blessed the toys. It was fun. The last time I went to church on Holy Innocents’ Day my daughter was 10. She took her DS to be blessed then she stayed for the party they had for them. She had lots of fun...  

“Another day! Another story! Someone else story is worst than yours.”

In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you. ― Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)

If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart. ― Socrates (469- 399 BCE)

And I repeat “If we were all asked to write our troubles on a piece of paper, throw it in a pile then we were told to take one and it will become ours. After reading the one we took, we will throw it back in the pile and try to get the one we threw in.

Enjoy your day and be safe.

“Woman --- Physiology”

Men need to make a decree to take an interest in the life issues of their woman. Read up about; Menstruation— The pre-menstrual syndrome and menstrual cramps.

Child-birth— Postpartum depression. Baby blues after childbirth is real.

Menopause— One moment she feels hot, hot, hot. The next moment she is freezing. One minute she is happy and the next minute she is crying. The aches and pains in her body, etc.

If men delve deeply into women issues they would be kind, loving and understanding to their woman…

“Did you leave a peppermint stick for old Saint Nick? Did you hang it on the Christmas tree?

I hope you got what you wanted. I did … The world did not end. I am enjoying my 54th Christmas. A HAPPY SAFE, AND ENJOYABLE CHRISTMAS, KWANZAA and HANUKKAH to you and yours. No DRINKING and  DRIVING and ROAD RAGE. Before you succumb to the two evils think about the people you love and the people who love you…

“Do Not Deny Santa”

It just pisses me off when I hear people say to their children in a loud arrogant tone so that everyone around could hear, “THERE IS NO SANTA! HE DOES NOT EXIST! I BUY YOUR GIFT/S!” If you want to tell your child that it is your prerogative, you don’t have to tell the other children around. “But, what is your reason for telling them that you buy their gift/s? Is it because you need to be glorified? What the… Jesus!” Give me a freaking break.

When we were children, most of us were told that Santa is coming to town and he was bringing our gift/s if we are nice. If we were naughty, he was not bringing anything for us. Somewhere in your mind you were not sure that there was a Santa, but you played along. It gave you a jolly feeling.

Let children hold on to their innocence as long as possible. They already have to deal with the horrible situations that are lurking around. No where is safe today, so why take away the one innocent joyous moment they may have. I say do not deny SANTA. He is harmless...

“Don’t knock the gift/s.” ours.

Again I received my Christmas gift from the vegetable store. A bag of onions and as usual I said, “I guess they decided to give me something to cry about.”

And as usual my son said, “Remember when you are crying, it’s the thought that counts. Do not knock the gift. Just say thanks.”

Merry Christmas to you and yours.

“Dollar Devils”

Luke 2:14. “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men of good will.”

When Christmas was about the birth of Jesus Christ … Peace on earth good will towards men, lots of peace, kindness and love was floating in the air. Today, “Peace on earth good will towards men is a NO! NO!

Christmas is all about financial power… the amount of money the Dollar Devils intends to grasp. Today the Dollar Devils are triumphant. They are beaming from the millions, billions, trillions of dollars that is floating into their clutch. Christmas is no longer about, “Happy birthday Jesus. I’m so glad it's Christmas. All the tinsel and lights and the presents are nice, but the real gift is you. Happy birthday Jesus. I’m so glad it’s Christmas. All the carols and bells make the holiday swell and it’s all about you. Happy Birthday Jesus. Jesus I love you.

Don’t judge me. I am an author. My scheming mind has been on over-ride since childhood.

Is it me or did you ever feel or believe that this lady was having an affair with Santa Claus, and his father wasn’t going to be laughing. Oh drama.

I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus, underneath the mistletoe last night. She didn’t see me creep, down the stairs to have a peek. She thought that I was tucked up in my bedroom fast asleep. Then, I saw Mommy tickle Santa Claus, underneath his beard so snowy white. Oh, what a laugh it would have been, If Daddy had only seen Mommy kissing Santa Claus last night!

“Guns! Guns! Guns! An invention that causes pain in every way possible! A sad, sad affair.”

Brooklyn, NY— Two police men shot and killed, The shooter shot his girlfriend first, the policemen then himself. One man shot Newark, NJ A man dies after being shot by a security gard.

Bronx, NY — A woman shot and killed.

Brooklyn, NY — Multiple shots fired through an apartment door in Bedford Stuyvesant.

Tabernacle, NJ  — Mother shot her 3 children then she shot herself.

I can go on and on. What is the sense of these tragic events? All I can say about this is that guns were invented to kill and that is what the gunslingers are doing.

"Eleven Hints for Life" — Author Unknown

Don't go for looks, they can deceive. Don't go for wealth, even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright.

"Eleven Hints for Life" — Author Unknown

It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone-but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.

"Eleven Hints for Life" — Author Unknown

It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.

"Eleven Hints for Life" — Author Unknown .

The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had.

"Eleven Hints for Life" — Author Unknown

A sad thing in life is when you meet someone who means a lot to you, only to find out in the end that it was never meant to be and you just have to let go.

"Eleven Hints for Life" — Author Unknown

It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return. But what is more painful is to love someone and never find the courage to let that person know how you feel.

“For there is no one who does not sin” 1 Kings 8:46

When we sit in the Pharisees’ pew, throwing stones at others in judgment and accusation, we may one day witness the finger of Jesus writing our sins in the dust for all to see. — At Jesus’ Feet, Doug Batchelor

“On a personal note” Every fault is a fashion. Every mistake is a recipe.

One morning when my daughter was about six years, I was frying an egg for her. While the egg was frying the phone started ringing. I looked at the charger and around the kitchen. It wasn’t there. The egg was still frying, but I ran into the bedroom for it. Didn’t find it, stopped looking and went back to the egg. It was more than well done. The yellow and white was cooked and around the edges of the white was brown. I took it out of the frying pan, put it on a plate, and I told my daughter I was going to fry another.

She said, “Mom, around the white looks crunchy. Let me taste it.”

“Are you sure? I can fry you another.”

“Please give me.”

I put the plate in front of her, she took up the fork, started eating and I stood watching her. She ate it all then said, “That was yummy.”

I fried one for me, just like hers. It did taste good. Today my daughter is 17 and I still have to fry eggs for her like that. So every mistake in cooking is a recipe…  

I Remember how kind people used to be.”

I remember when adults disagree and their children did not know that they were having a disagreement. If we knew, we had to mind our own business. I remember when my parents weren’t talking to the neighbor. For more than eight months they were not speaking, but when we crossed paths with the neighbor we had to say good morning, good evening or goodnight to them. I remember when Christmas came; my father went to the neighbor’s house and called him out. When he came out, my father said, “Merry Christmas to you, the Misses and your children.” 

“Merry Christmas to you and yours,” The neighbor said and he extended his hand. My father put his hand in his and they shook hands, smiling as they said that the argument was stupid.

“You and your family are invited to my house for drinks and eats.”

“Thank you. We will come over and I extend the same to you and yours.”

The neighbor and his family came over to our house then we went to their house. It was real nice to eat and drink all the Christmas delight, while the adults talk about this and that, as they drink from their glass of liquor. Those were the days…

“For there is no one who does not sin” 1 Kings 8:46

When we sit in the Pharisees’ pew, throwing stones at others in judgment and accusation, we may one day witness the finger of Jesus writing our sins in the dust for all to see. — At Jesus’ Feet, Doug Batchelor

I had to post this again — “Who Is Ugly”

One day a man in drab clothes was standing outside a store. He was not bothering anyone. The store owner —a very insulting kind of man, said to the poor man, “Why the hell, don’t you move your ugly ass from here!?” The poor man looked at him and said, “Son you calling me ugly? God did not make anybody ugly, but when your heart is ugly, then you see people as ugly.

I had to post this again — “Who Am I”

Ugliness is really a state of mind. The first day I met him, I said to myself that he is ugly. Although I was thinking that way about him, he was the help I needed to complete a business transaction. I said good morning to him, then I asked him a question. He had a very nice voice and he spoke very politely to me, yet ugliness was still on my mind. After our conversation, I went away feeling happy that my business was completed in a professional and valuable manner. Weeks later I had to take some documents to his office. My son –14 and daughter –8 were with me. When we walked into his office I introduced them to him. They smiled and shook his hand. He asked my son a question and as they started talking, my daughter intervene, stating that she did not agree with a point. They both sat talking to him for more than 20 minutes and I was impressed with how expressive they were. When we left my daughter said, “He is a kind man.”

“Yes. Also polite and smart,” My son said.

I was thinking, “My children did not see ugly. Who am I to think that this man was ugly?”

I had to post this again — "Mad, foolish, crazy, barmy, nutty, nuts, round the bend, mentally disturb”

If our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit then it must be a part of heaven. When I was a child I used to laugh when I saw anyone dressed in lewd, undignified and humiliating ways… exposing heaven.

When I was a teenager, I was out shopping with my favorite sister Claudette. A woman walked by us and she was dressed in a very bad way, exposing heaven. I started to laugh and Claudette looked at me seriously. I kept laughing and wondered how she could not see how funny the lady looked.

“Oh LORD. Stop laughing. It is not funny. That woman must be mad to leave her home dressed like that. We don’t know the circumstances of anyone’s demeanor, so you must not laugh at people. Anything can happen to anyone of us in a flash so that could be me or you one day,” Claudette said. I stopped laughing and I felt embarrassed, but I learnt a lesson…

Enjoy your day, be safe and remember that you have your own situation going on, but you don’t know what the other person is going through. Have empathy.

“There is a war on children”

Gunmen shoot up a school in Pakistan, 126 people killed and 122 injured. 100 of the dead were school children. Cruelty rules the world — 2012, Sandy Hook 21 killed. 20 were children. 219 girls kidnapped in Nigeria and I can go on and on. There is a war on children.

There are so many hurtful people in the world. LORD you know I don’t wish people bad, but for all the violent, sadistic, hurtful things that are being dished out, especially on innocent children, I hope the executor sees their victim/s face on judgment day. 

“Life is short. Be kind, gentle, loving and sincere”

I don’t know how your day started and how it is progressing … Good or bad say, “Thank you God for making me see another day.”

Do not leave your home without saying goodbye. Remember to buy the gift you promised to buy.

I wish you strength and courage to face the day. Enjoy it and be safe. 

“The best Quotes in the whole wide world”

Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. ― Chief Seattle (1780-1866)

Man does not weave this web of life. He is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. ― Chief Seattle (1780-1866)

All things share the same breath - the beast, the tree, the man... the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports. ― Chief Seattle (1780-1866)

Humans merely share the earth. We can only protect the land, not own it. ― Chief Seattle (1780-1866)

“As we are part of the land, you too are part of the land. This earth is precious to us. It is also precious to you. One thing we know: there is only one God. No man, be he Red Man or White man, can be apart. We are brothers after all.” ― Chief Seattle (1780-1866)

If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them? ― Chief Seattle (1780-1866)

“The earth does not belong to us. We belong to the earth.” ― Chief Seattle (1780-1866

The Blackman still marching … walking to be free.

Negroes - Sweet and docile, Meek, humble, and kind: Beware the day - They change their mind. ― Langston Hughes (1902-1967)

“Do you know La Diablesse, the devil’s bride?”

I got up 4:30 this morning. It is now after seven and outside looks like dusk. You know the period after day, just before night. It looks a bit disturbing as though La Diablesse is out and ready to woo the man who passes by. To all the men who get taken in by attractive women, you better be very careful when you meet one today, especially a woman who entice you, to follow her. You better look down at her feet to make sure one of her legs is not a satanic cloven foot… oui.

“On a personal note. Just a hysterical moment in my life.” I really don’t know what happened. Oh yes I know. I looked at the clock without my glasses.

This morning when I woke up I felt sleepy, but I looked at the clock. It said 4:00 o’clock. That’s the time I wake every morning. I prayed then showered. While I was showering my husband came in the bathroom and he said, “Why are you bathing so early?”

It’s not early, it must be about 4:30.”

“No it is 2:45 in the morning.”

“Nah, you must be joking,” I said, thinking that he was teasing me.

“I’m going back to bed,” he said.

I finished showering and dressed, came into the bedroom, he was snoring; I put on my glasses and looked at the clock. It said 3:10. Now I am wide awake enjoying life, oui.

“In most situations it can be disrespectful to put your hand on a man or a woman, if they are not related to you.”

It does not matter if he or she is royalty. A man should have respect for another man by not putting his hand on the man's wife/girlfriend. It is disrespectful. Which man likes another man to hug his wife/girlfriend, especially when they are being photographed? How would you feel when you look at the picture, your hand is not on your significant other, but another man’s (not even a relative) hand, is on her? It is damn disrespectful.

“None of us could handle liquor! Liquor handles us!”

***CHRISTMAS***KWANZAA***HANUKKAH*** Yes it is December, the last month of the year. The month for all of us to be jolly, ebullient, cheerful, happy, jovial and cheery not drunk. If you get drunk, do not drive. Let someone drive you home. Enjoy the activities and the eats, but leave the alcoholic beverage alone!

Some people are so full of shit that they need to buy a SQUATTY POTTY. And on that note I wish you a wonderful safe day.

“Another Day … Another Story”

It has been raining since two this morning. Outside looks like twilight. A nor’easter is heading our way and I know if it gets here, there will be more showers of blessings and wind galore. I love the rain, it makes me feel calm. The best thing about this day… it’s raining not snowing. If you have to go out in it, remember the umbrella, but it may not survive the wind. Enjoy your day and be safe. 

“A Little MERCY This CHRISTMAS”

Compassion, Pity, Clemency, Kindness, Sympathy, Understanding, Leniency, Humanity, FORGIVENESS! However you want to say it, it means MERCY!

Like I said and have been saying, “Yes you are upset that your child/children did something you deem unforgivable, yet you call yourself a Christian… hmm.”

We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness. — Frederick William Robertson (1816 -1853)  “On Christmas morning give your child/Children the gift/gifts you have for them and make it a Merry Christmas for you all. A little MERCY goes a long way…

Give it with a clean heart. Do not give it with a dirty heart … The heart that wants recognition. “What would Jesus do!?”

Matthew 8:1-4. When Jesus came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him. A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, “LORD, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”

Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Immediately he was cleansed of his leprosy. Then Jesus said to him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.” A blessed safe day to you and yours.

“Mother Father Caregiver”

Magnanimity~ Great generosity!

Openhandedness~ Kindness!

Thoughtful~ Considerate!

Humanity~ Compassionate!

Empathy~ Understanding!

Responsible~ Accountable

This is who you are and take it on full-blast. At this joyous time of the year do not be so angry with your child/children because of that failing grade, that situation which might have caused a suspension etc. This is the point where you have to let ‘EGO’go. Sit quietly and think about the moment you went wrong in your child/children’s lives. That moment when you were not generous, did not show kindness, was not considerate, compassionate, understanding. Hold yourself accountable for a moment. In that quiet moment, ask God to help you fix it all. Yes you are angry with your child/children and you have decided not to give them the gift that you already purchased or were going to buy. Think carefully about your child/children and the one or two or more moments of generosity, kindness, considerate, compassionate and understanding moments that they bestowed on you. On Christmas morning, give your child/children the gift/gifts you have for him/her and make it a Merry Christmas for you all…

As Lord Brigo said, “Doh (don’t) beat mamma Po-Po. Like you want to spoil the child’s, beauty.”

I believe that there is a better way to discipline children. Somebody has to break the chain of painful and hurtful punishment. Do not let your child/children believe that licks or beating is the right and only way to defuse a situation. Oh gosh doh beat them. Find another way to discipline them. A blessed safe day to you and yours.

Lord Brigo- Shake Up

They may say that you working obeah. They may say that you working voodoo too. If your husband is a wild man. Only running plenty woman, he could stop quite easily, if you only listen to me. In the morning or evening make love to your husband in the latest fashion. Charity begins at home. Charity begins at home.

You must kiss him all about. Let him eat from out your mouth. Let him oil your skin. Oil your skin. When you out for him.

Shake up your bumsee. Shake it. Shake it. Show him that you sexy. Shake up. Shake up.

It’s easy to trap your husband. If you really want him to cling to you. Keep your bed and your bedroom tidy. Always make sure you looking healthy. On weekends make him a pie. If you come out to have him tied. Pin your undies on your pillow, around fo-day morning. As soon as you wake him, put on a see-through nighty. Make sure you looking sexy. If you want him to cling to you. If you want him cling to you, do things you recall, the outside girl, mighten do at all.

Shake up your bumsee. Shake it. Shake it. Show him that you sexy. Shake up. Shake up.

Housewife you must love your husband. No matter what he may say or do. If he rough, not to rough him. If he cheat you. You got to kiss him. Where the colors that he love best, when you going to be his best. In the morning or evening, make love to your husband in the latest fashion. Charity begins at home. Charity begins at home. Kiss your husband all about, let him eat from out your mouth, let him oil your skin. Oil your skin. When you out for him. Shake up your bumsee, Shake it, shake it. Show him that you sexy. Shake up. Shake up…

“Victims don’t talk”

I believe something happened between Bill Cosby and the women who said that he violated them. For all of you who are saying that you do not believe them because they are now coming forward, after so many years, I say, “You have to be in it to know it.” When you are violated, you feel hurt and embarrassment. You also feel that no one will believe you so you do not talk.

Parents talk to your child/children and remember that your friends are not their friends.

“Life is what you make”

Be happy with what you have. Stop wanting to be like the Joneses, wanting to have what they have. Mr. and Mrs. Jones don’t give a damn about you. 

Why worry about tomorrow when you can do it today. Enjoy your day and be safe.

“Choked to death”

“I pray that Eric Garner’s family get strength and courage to face the days ahead. The coroner said that choking was the cause of death. The video proved it, but the killer walks free. I am not surprised. ”

A police officer’s duty is to PROTECT and SERVE the general public, but the majority of them HARMS and OPPRESSES the Black man. Harming and oppressing the Black man is no big thing to them because they are protected by the law. The United States of America is not a bed of roses for the Black man. 

“Quotes I like”

Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ― Lao Tzu (604 BC, Zhou Dynasty

“Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.” — Lao Tzu (604 BC, Zhou Dynasty)

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you. ― Lao Tzu (604 BC, Zhou Dynasty

“The past has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that. What is grievance? The baggage of old thought and emotion.” ― Lao Tzu, (604 BC, Zhou Dynasty)

“In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.” ― Albert Schweitzer, (1875-1965)

A moment of fun can be a life time of heartache. Think long and hard before you do it. Enjoy your day and be safe.

Just the other day it was January 1st, 2014 today is December 1st, 2014. Another year skated by. January 01, 2015 is almost here.

Be on your p’s and q’s.

If anyone ask you for directions, you know it so you give it to them then they say, “Can you please show me?”

Do not go with them. Some of these people are not lost they just want to harm you. Speak to your child/children about strangers even the acquaintance they see you speak to day by day. An acquaintance is not a friend and they should not be conversing with your child/children. Remember your friends are not your child/children’s friend.

Ps. 104:19-26.

You made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows the hour of its setting. You bring darkness, and it is night; then all the beasts of the forest roam about: Young lions roar for the prey and seek their food from God. When the sun rises, they withdraw and couch in their dens. Man goes forth to his work and to his tillage till the evening. How manifold are your works, O LORD! In wisdom you have wrought them all — the earth is full of your creatures; the sea also, great and wide, in which are schools without number of living things both small and great. And where ships move about with Leviathan which you formed to make sport of. Have a blessed safe and enjoyable day.

“To Make It Last”

Have a good sense of humor. Listen to each other. Know when to shut up. Ignore the unfounded information from the naysayer. Be there in the moment of sickness. Be kind and loving.

I wish you love, joy, peace and lots of laughable moments. 

“The Sweet Taste Of Heaven”

You co-join and you shared intimate moments. Those sweet tender moments gave you the most loving gentle being/s —A child or children. For reasons beyond your control the relationship ended so you make your child/children pay for the hurt you feel. Some of you love to say, “You are just like your mother/father and I hate him/her. Most of you bitter people call yourselves, followers of Christ. Every Sunday you are sitting in church. Christ teaches forgiveness, but you teach your child/children to be as bitter as you. Truth or lie about their father or mother is going to make them unhappy. They are not going to have loving thoughts about you. Do not share bad experiences about their father or mother with them. Let go of all depressing thoughts. Love yourself and love will flow from you. Being kind and loving makes you taste how sweet heaven is… A wonderful safe day to you and yours.

Thanksgiving Day was beautiful

Lots of laughable moments with my sister —(best friend), bother-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephew and my family. We had Turkey, stuffing, pelau —(pilao), macaroni pie, collard greens, mashed potato, potato salad, spaghetti delight,  lasagna, geera pork, curry goat, Basmati rice, lemon pound cake, cookies, wine, beer, sorrel and soda. I am thankful every day but it was a wonderful day to say it and to spend it with people I love. I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day. I wish you the best. Enjoy and be safe.

“HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU AND YOU~ AND YOU TOO”

“Drinking Driving~Road Rage”

Make this a HAPPY, SAFE AND ENJOYABLE THANKSGIVING.

Don’t let those two enemies over take your existence –DRINKING AND DRIVING AND ROAD RAGE. Before you succumb to these two evils think about the people you love and the people who love you~TO YOU, AND YOURS, FROM ME, AND MINES, Have a HAPPY, SAFE AND ENJOYABLE THANKSGIVING…

“On a softer note”

Some people does really play they mad oui. Well I does say, if you mad and I hit you on your head you suppose to rub your foot. If you rub your head, you are playing the ass.

And on that note, I wish you all a happy day. Enjoy and be safe.

“Stop And Frisk”

The first time this happened to my son he was 15yrs. To anyone out there he used to look like 12yrs. One morning while he was on his way to a 10:00AM college class at City Tech., two policemen stopped him, the moment he got off the train. He said they went through his pockets and his backpack. The questions started;

“It is 9:30AM! Why aren’t you in school?”

“I am going to school.”

“What school are you going too?”

“City Tech, 300 Jay Street.”
“How old are you?”

“15yrs.”

“You are 15!?”

“Yes.”

One of the officers found his college ID and the questions continued.

“Where did you get this ID?”

“From the college, when I registered.”

“We have to check this out.”

While all of this was happening my son said that he felt embarrassed because people were coming into the subway to wait on their trains. Also trains kept stopping and off-loading people. Everyone was looking at him. Some of them looked with eyes that were saying another African American did something illegal.

After they thoroughly searched him and found no illegal items, on him, but being black, they let him go. He arrived to class 10:35AM that morning, now he had to go through the process of explaining to his professor, why he was late for class…

Life in the United States of America is not a bed of roses for BLACK PEOPLE

I probably sound like a broken record, but my son is 24. It is scary to think about what each day will bring into his life. At a very young age, I told him, and it was sad to say, but it was the truth. You are an African American male living in the United States of America so there are strikes against you.

1. You are black.

2. You are male and.

3. If you don’t have an education.

You cannot change yourself, but you can make changes to your educational status. Go to school and get a good education.

When you go to the store, the workers in the store may shadow you. Ignore them, get what you want, pay for it; make sure you get a bag and a receipt.

If you are stopped by the police make sure they could see your hands.

Be aware of the neighborhood watch. He might be packing heat, and easily upset when he sees a black man.

Today I say to him and my daughter. When you at school your professor/s and or classmate/s might be packing heat. Don’t antagonize. Be careful…

The United States Of America’s shame. RACISM! They think it is hidden by the hood, but it is blatant in the black man’s face.

I pray for Michael Brown’s Parents and I empathize with them, because of the double blow they received — His death and his killer walks free.

Situations like these always have me bothered because I have a husband and a son —(Two black men, living in the USA). I worry about the gangs and the character/s who might decide to do bodily harm to them, but my biggest concern is the POLICE. Their sense of duty is to PROTECT and SERVE, but the majority of them HARMS and OPPRESS the Blackman.

“Ham and Rolls. I am getting set”

Ham

Yesterday I baked a ham but before baking I put it in a pot, filled the pot with boiling water to cover the ham, added 1 cup of brown sugar, 2 tablespoons of cinnamon, ½ cup clove then boiled for 1½ hours. I kept adding hot water to cover the ham. After boiling, I placed the ham in a baking dish, covered with foil and baked at 400º for 1 hr. Took off the foil and left in the oven for 15 minutes. I did my ham this way to cook and to make it low sodium. I served it with home made rolls.

My Rolls

I put 1 cup of warm milk that had I tablespoon of melted brown sugar in a bowl. Added one pack of yeast then I left it to rise in a warm place.

2 cups of milk, I stick of butter and 3 tablespoons of brown sugar in a pot on a low fire. Stirring until butter and sugar is melted. Do not boil. Cover and set aside.  

After 15 minutes, I whisked 3 eggs at room temperature then I mixed all liquids together, add 2 cups of flour, whisking until all lumps in the flour were dissolved. I added 2 cups of flour at a time, mixing with one hand. To make the flour the right consistency to knead (not sticky) I add more flour. I teaspoon of salt is needed for the recipe, but since there is salt in the butter I did not add any. The total amount of flour I added was about 12 cups. (Like I always say, “I do not follow any recipe. I always do my own thing) I kneaded the flour for 8 minutes until soft and smooth then formed it into a ball, grease the bowl and flour with butter. Cover then left it in a warm place to rise for one hour.

Pressed down raised flour, rolled out small balls leaving 1 inch apart in baking pan, cover with a kitchen towel, put in a warm place and left to rise for 45 minutes. Bake 350º for 30 minutes. Yummy.

“I am getting set for Thanksgiving. Marinate/Soak then Season Turkey”

If a turkey is not marinated/soaked and seasoned hours or days before it is cooked, it smells fresh like a snake. I get turned off by food that smells that way. This is how I prepare my turkey for roasting/frying.

1 submerge my turkey in a bucket filled with water that has; 2 cups of lime/lemon juice, 1 cup salt, ½ cup vinegar. Cover the bucket and leave the turkey to marinate/soak for 3 to 4 hours, depending on the weight. While the turkey is marinating/soaking I prepare my seasoning... Blend in vinegar, onion, lots of garlic, cilantro, scallions and ginger. I add salt and black pepper in the seasoning.

Take turkey out of the bucket, put into a bowl, in the kitchen sink and I wash outside and inside of the turkey, plucking out the feathers I find. I put the turkey in a baking pan then I rub the seasoning all over the outside, inside and even under the skin with the blended mixture, covered the baking pan and place it in the refrigerator to marinate/soak. I usually prepare my turkey 4 days before Thanksgiving, so my turkey tastes yummy.

“I love books so I write books about love for adults and books for children filled with intrigue.”

My daughter is reading the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and she wants me to read them. I read most of the books she and her brother read. Some of the books were very good and others were just good. Out of all the books that I read from their list of books, The Giver by Lois Lowry was very upsetting. It was a good book, very intriguing and mind-boggling, but I hated it because of the disturbing feelings it left me with. I am going to read the hunger games, and I hope it doesn’t creep, me out.

A wonderful safe day to you and yours.

It is better to be independent than to be dependent so I want to get rich. What do you want?

“What’s in a name?"

Lots of emotions are in a name. The intonation, the sound of that name says it all. Sometimes I hear a name and I say to myself, “His/her mother did not feel pain to make them. They named their child so they can feel pain. What the… Jesus!”

A name might be significant to the parent/s of a child, but how significant will that name be to their child? Name your child so that they would not be laughed at. Don’t selfishly name your child to suit you… Enjoy your day and be safe.

“On a personal note” “I hate pumpkin!

“I hate pumpkin! I tried it once and I did not like it! I am never going to eat it because I don’t like how it looks! Those were some of the words out of my children’s mouths. I did not say a thing, but I smiled.

One day in October, I got a very nice piece of pumpkin, peeled and cut it up in small pieces, put 8 cloves of garlic in a pot with a little oil, cooked the garlic until golden brown, added the pumpkin, two teaspoon of brown sugar, stir, put the cover on the pot then low down the fire leaving it to steam. Half an hour later the pumpkin sprang lots of water so I crush it up, mixed then I turned up the fire allowing the water to dry out. We ate it with Sada Roti, but my children ate Sada Roti with cheese, saying how much they hated pumpkin. The next day I decided to make soup. I filled a pot with water, put one cup of yellow split peas, one large onion, one tablespoon of salt and two dashes of black pepper. I let it boiled for an hour then I added small pieces of seasoned chicken, diced carrots and more water. Boil for 20 minutes, put in potato, dumplings and the rest of the pumpkin from the night before, which was about 2 cups. Cook until the potato was soft turned off the stove. The soup was a nice rice orangey color. We sat at the dining table and my children were saying that the soup tasted real good. They even took seconds. I wanted to say I am glad you all like my pumpkin soup, but I said, “Yeah, it tastes nice, real nice.”

“A story but true”

They started dating and everything was great. He did not say no to anything she wanted and she did not say no to him. She thought he was her everything and she was his. One day she was at a restaurant having dinner with friends when she saw him sitting at a table with a woman. He was holding her hands; brought them to his lips then he placed a gift rapped box in it. The woman smiled as she opened the gift.  

This scene played out like one she had been in with him. Her friends were all chatting and laughing so they did not see what she was looking at. She felt hurt and humiliated, but pretended to enjoy the conversation at the table, hoping that they did not see him. This was the man boasted about. The hurt she felt was on over ride when she got home. She couldn’t get him on the phone, but he eventually phoned her the next day. His excuse was that he was called out to work, his phone was not working in the area he was, he got home very late and he was tried.

“I saw you last night with a woman.” She detailed the clothes he and the woman were wearing.

“Oh damn! I’m so sorry. I am coming over.”

He came. Gave a speech about how sorry he was, it was the first time he went out with the woman, “She means nothing to me, I love you.”

Jennifer was angry, but eventually forgave him. After that incident everything was fine until one day she was at the right place at the right time and he was with the woman. She walked up to them with a happy smile on her face, but boiling inside.”

“Hi Gerald, this is a surprise.”

He smiled but his eyes were saying please don’t say anything as he said, “Hi Jennifer, this is truly a surprise. I would like to introduce you to my wife… 

Yes they are your friends and you probably have very happy times when you get together, but they are not your child/children’s friends. Remember to pay attention to your children and the company they keep. There are too many situations where children are being molested, mistreated by a family friend. I told my children when they were younger, that mom and dad’s friends are not their friends. If they ever feel uncomfortable in their presence let us know. I thank God our friends were friends in the truest sense of the word.

In the past couple of months, there has been many murders and abuse of children, by their mother’s boy friend or father’s girl friend.

Few men love and accept another man’s child. Few women love and accept another woman’s child. I have lived the GOOD, the BAD and the UGLY of this.

Men and women need to test the waters thoroughly before they put their child/children in the mix of their life with the so called STEPMOTHER, STEPFATHER!

“To those of you, who ride the New York Subway, please be on your p’s and q’s”

Do not stand near the edge especially to look down the track to see if a train is coming. A man pushed another man yesterday in front of an on coming D train, at 167 Street in the Bronx. The man died in front of his wife.

Please note that this DETRIMENTAL CHARACTER is still out there so remember to be on the alert.

Enjoy your day and be safe.

“Good Morning To You”

We were all born with a ‘GIFT …TALENT’! We sometimes look at the other person as they make the most of it, and we turn a blind-eye to ours, wanting theirs. Your ‘GIFT … TALENT’ lies dormant as you put your energy into taking the other person’s. Learn to love and accept who you are and what you have.

‘It only takes a little to make it big’.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you. ― Lao Tzu (604 BC, Zhou Dynasty)

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading. ― Lao Tzu (604 BC, Zhou Dynasty)

On this beautiful Sunday, I wish you the best life has to offer~ I hope today is a better day for you and yours than yesterday… 

“Sleep is a boss. When it hits you, you have no control over it.”

When you don’t have peace within you, your Spirit becomes restless. Your mind, body and soul are affected. Be truthful and do not say, “I couldn’t sleep last night and I don’t know why.”

Yes, you know why you couldn’t sleep. If what you were thinking about is beyond your control, do not worry about it. It doesn’t make sense worrying about things you have no control over. If you have power over it, you can fix it. Peace of mind makes you fall asleep as soon as your head hits the pillow. A wonderful safe day to you and yours.

Whatever good you have is all from God. Whatever evil, all is from yourself. — The Koran.

The life you live, good or bad will determine your future. Judgment day will determine your fate.

To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness. —Confucius (551 BC-479 BCE)

Keep your thoughts on the mistakes of the past guarantees that you’ll continue manifesting them in the present. Dr. Wayne Dyer

Your child/children make you talk a lot and they can get on your last nerve, but you have to be sensitive, kind and patient. In the end peace will be within and it is a good feeling.

Galatians 5:22-23. In contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

I believe if you are having a conversation with your child/children, and they use slang or their diction is wrong, you should correct them. Be gentle in your tone when correcting. Eloquence is important in most cases. There is a time and place for slang, jargon, vernacular or colloquial speech.  Remind your child/children if they write how they speak, they will fail English.

I wish you and yours a wonderful safe day. 

“On A Personal Note… Cinnamon Raisin Bagels. Some people could raise your pressure oui… Only if you let them”

One day while my husband was on his way home from work, he saw a Dunkin’ Donuts so he went in. He phone and asked me what I wanted. I told him 12 Cinnamon Raisin Bagels and 4 Poppy Seeds Bagels. He placed the order and I could hear him saying it a second time to the person who was attending to him. When he came home, I opened the bags and there was 4 Poppy seed bagels in one bag and 12 plain bagels in another bag. I started to laugh and my husband looked at me.

“What’s wrong?”

“You have 12 plain bagels in one bag.”

“What!?”

“Yeah.”

“You heard me asked the woman for Cinnamon Raisin Bagels. Right?”

“Yeah. That’s why it is funny.”

“Thing to cuss about you does laugh, oui. I feel like taking them back.”

“Nah, doh raise your pressure. Paul and Sarah will eat them with cream cheese and grape jelly or I’ll grill some hamburgers. And that is that.” 

Intuition is the good spirit within guiding you to do it so do it and don’t live regretting not doing it… Enjoy your day and be safe.

“Veterans Day”

Today is Veterans Day in the United States. Every day should be Veterans Day. Special treatment should be given to them on a daily basis yet they have been ignored. They have been treated in the most merciless way after they put their lives in harms way for their country. It is late, but thank God President Obama put and is still putting many helpful things in place for them.

I salute all Veterans and their families. I hope today is a better day for them than yesterday. I pray that they get strength and courage to face the days ahead.

“Lots of hurtful people in this world”

Many people will attend a family reunion, see a member of the family looking like things are really bad, they know that they could help, but they prefer to discredit the person. Bad talk them.

“Did you see Jane? She’s looking real bad. Like she ketchin ol’ hell. —real problems.

“Yeah boy she ketching she royal ass oui. —really difficult times

“Lord she must be ketching; she aunt, she uncle and she nennen—(godmother) —hard times.

They will go on and on talking and laughing at their relative/s and to top it off they call themselves followers of Christ.

I hope today is a better day for you than yesterday. A wonderful safe day to you all.

“Blocking another person’s blessing”

An elderly friend taught me something of worth. I was doing something for her daily. To me it was no big thing. I did it with love and I enjoyed doing it. To her it was a great service and she wanted to bless me. She bought me a great amount of something that I like. I was happy to get the item, but I felt it was too much and I told her to keep some of it. She looked at me, said “hmm,” and shook her head. Although she did this I still kept saying it was too much. She said in the calmest tone, “Alli, when you give from the heart blessings flow and this gift is for you, with love. When someone give your something, just say thank you and take it. If you refuse it you are blocking their blessing. Do not block my blessing… 

“Happy Sunday to you and yours. Enjoy and be safe.”

If someone asks you for help and you can help, HELP! Do not help then start complaining that people are always asking you to help them? Complaining is going to block your blessings…

“Cruelty is now taking over REALTY SHOWS in America”

I do not like snakes. Even the bad fresh smell they give off makes me sick. When we were in Trinidad and Tobago in 2010, my husband, daughter and son went near the snakes. They even held one. I stood more than 100 feet away from them.

Eaten Alive is a new reality show that is going to be on The Discovery channel. The snake is fed a live human and then it is killed to get him/her out. Although I do not like snakes, I think that this show is sadistic. I could imagine how many snakes have already been killed to film this show. Animals are not allowed to live in their habitat. Why do humans believe that the earth is theirs and animals are infiltrating.

 http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/eaten-alive

“The earth does not belong to us. We belong to the earth.” ― Chief Seattle (1780-1866)

“Today is another day, another story”

People will always say what you do. They will never say what they did and that is life. If they tell a lie about you, you cannot recover from it. Do not get a sleepless night about it. Just leave them to wallow in their guilt. A guilty conscience doesn’t need an accuser.

Enjoy your day and be safe.

This world has become very scary. There are so many creepy, sinister, frightening, eerie, scary, disturbing, spine-chilling, uncanny, weird people who walk the earth day by day, it is not funny.

Somebody or lots of bodies are hacking FB profiles, taking all your information  pictures etc., and they are creating another profile indicating that they are you. To all my FB friends, this is the only FB timeline I have. If I already accepted you as a friend then that is it. I am not going to send you another friend request. If you get another friend request from me, delete it as spam. 

Another day… Another story… My history is mine. Your history is yours…

You are seeing another day because you are reading this. God is saying to you embrace me I am with you… Breathe.

If you are not enjoying the day, thinking that life is not good and this is the end of the world, I am sending you a wave.

Do you know who started with the waving thing… God did. Enjoy your day and be safe.

“Blinded by stupidity”

An indiscriminate man is just like a crab… brainless. You will take care of a crab since it small and when it gets big it will bite you. A crab would be crossing the street and it sees a big truck coming. Instead of running back to the side of the road, it will stand in the middle of the road and open its gundy —claw, looking as though it will smash up the truck, but the truck rides over it smashing it... 

Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable. ― Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)

Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive. ― Havelock Ellis (1859-1939)

“Learn To Appreciate”

A friend invited me and two other friends —Dian and Joanne, to lunch. Joanne and I went… Dian couldn’t make it. The ambiance was very nice and lunch was delicious, but we had to sit and listen to Loraine gripe about Dian’s absence. She kept complaining, and I was getting upset. I rolled my eyes at Joanne. She gently kicked my foot and shook her head… for me to stop. I pouted my lips and opened my eyes wide then I smiled. We were doing all these antics, but Loraine did not see us because she was caught-up in her self-interest. I was enjoying the clowning around, but I knew if the gripe didn’t stop I was going to flip and I did. “Listen to me. You invited us to lunch, and Dian could not make it, Joanne and I did. Why can’t you be thankful that we came to grace you with our presence? You are insulting, selfish and disrespectful. Learn to appreciate who and what is in front of you.” 

“Her legacy of hate”

I know a woman. She hated me. She never told me she hated me, but she showed me how much she did. Her legacy of hate lives on. 

“The Rapture”

I wonder what became of the people who gave up everything that they owned because they believed the false prophets, who told them that the Rapture was going to take place, on particular date.  I remember meeting a man at Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY on the # 2 train. He told me that Jesus Christ was coming on November 21 in Jerusalem. I have to give up all that I have and move to Jerusalem. I said, “No one knows the date or time that Jesus Christ is coming even Jesus Christ doesn’t know. When he does come, the whole world would see him at the same time. I remember the last hyped up Rapture. This was predicted by Harold Camping (Born 1921- Died 2013). He looked as creepy as the words he spoke. My children were scared and they asked me how I felt about it. I said, “Neither here nor there. I cannot stop it, if it was going to happen so I am not going to get a sleepless night about it. I also don’t believe it. You should not stress over the things that you have no control over.

“I Love Pope Francis. He is human —Compassionately kind”

If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge? We shouldn't marginalise people for this. They must be integrated into society. — Pope Francis


A person once asked me, in a provocative manner, if I approved of homosexuality. I replied with another question: 'Tell me: when God looks at a gay person, does he endorse the existence of this person with love, or reject and condemn this person?' We must always consider the person. — Pope Francis


An example I often use to illustrate the reality of vanity, is this: look at the peacock; it's beautiful if you look at it from the front. But if you look at it from behind, you discover the truth... Whoever gives in to such self-absorbed vanity has huge misery hiding inside them. — Pope Francis


Since many of you do not belong to the Catholic Church and others are non-believers, from the bottom of my heart I give this silent blessing to each and every one of you, respecting the conscience of each one of you but knowing that each one of you is a child of God. — Pope Francis


In our ecclesiastical region there are priests who don't baptize the children of single mothers because they weren't conceived in the sanctity of marriage. These are today's hypocrites. Those who clericalize the church. Those who separate the people of God from salvation.— Pope Francis


If one has the answers to all the questions - that is the proof that God is not with him. It means that he is a false prophet using religion for himself. The great leaders of the people of God, like Moses, have always left room for doubt. You must leave room for the Lord, not for our certainties; we must be humble. — Pope Francis

I got up at 4:30 this morning. It is a cold windy day in NY, but I thanks God for life. I hope your day is filled with love, peace and joy. Enjoy and be safe.

“Another Personal Note”

I love sitting at the dining table to eat our meals. Conversations are always hysterical. Last night at dinner, my children said that we never took them trick-or-treating, when they were children and they missed out on that part of their childhood. Their father chuckled.

I said. “Really!? We do not like clowns so if we saw one what would we do? Suppose the clown is a real creep wearing his creepy suit? The both of you do not like candy, so you were just going to take the candy then throw it away?

“We like candy,” They said.

“Yes, I know how much you do. I have been seeing a pack of Starburst about 8 months now in the fridge and a pack of Sour Skittles has been there since September. Every time I clean the fridge, I keep putting them back because I want to see how long it would take you all to eat them.”

“I am eating the Starburst,” Sarah said.

“Yeah I could tell. Two missing since it has been in the fridge.”

“I will eat the skittles,” Paul said.

“Yeah, I know that you may eat it by January, 2015. You both see why I never bothered with Halloween. I also do not like it.

“You guys should have still taken us trick-or-treating,” They both said.

“Why to spend the evening running from clowns?”

“No dad would have manners them,” Sarah said.

Hysterical... 

“On A Personal Note” My family and I don’t like clowns.

We were at a birthday party for a 3 year old. My son was moving about really enjoying himself as he played games with the children. Suddenly a clown came out and most of the children got excited as they crowded around it. Paul was standing away from it, with a flushed terrified face. He started to walk backwards to me, but he kept his eyes on the clown. When he got to me, he put his head in my lap. “Mom, hold me and don’t let me go.”

Although I knew why he was scared, I asked him what was wrong.

“I don’t like clowns. They are ugly and real scary. Please don’t let it touch me.” His little body was trembling.

I reassured him I would not let it touch him. A year later when he was 4, we went to the circus. The moment the clowns came out, he started to describe them individually. Hearing him opened my eyes to how unattractive they are. I went to the circus 12 years later because my daughter wanted to go. When the clowns came out, Sarah said, “Mom. I don’t like clowns. They are ugly. I wish they did not have them at the circus.  

Clowns are really nerve-racking creatures. There will be clown costumes for Halloween and they will be the ugliest and most troubling. 

I do not like Halloween so I would not be trick-or-treating. For all the people who will be trick-or treating, I hope you have a safe fun-filled enjoyable time.

Whether he is Black, White, Hispanic, Indian, Asian etc, he is human and he can be a lover or a brute.

My romance books are about black men and how much of a kind, devoted and great lover most of them are. Many of the other races tend to think that the black male is a brute, but I grew up in a home with 4 black males and they were not brutes. I dated black males and they were not brutes. My husband is black and he is not a brute. Most of my inspiration for my story lines comes from my husband… 

“On A Personal Note” PSYCHIC —In Trinbago we call them SEE-ER WOMAN or SEE-ER MAN”

My husband is hysterical. He said one day when he was living in Trinbago, a co-worker told him that he went to a see-er woman (Psychic). She told him a lot of things and they are happening.

“Them real good, oui, but I does see too,” My husband said.

“Yeh?” The co-worker said.

“Ent —(Is that not so? Isn’t it true) when your mother washing she does sing?”

“Boy! How you know that? Oh gosh you hit the nail on the head. Just this morning she was washing and singing.

 “I know that. I tell you, I does see,” My husband said he was laughing inside, because all Trinbago women does sing, while they are washing. After that he became his co-worker see-er man, Psychic. The mistake he made was not charging him for being gullible. 

24 years ago today at 3:31in the morning my son, Paul came into this world. He is the kind of child any mother, father, brother or sister would be proud of... We all thank God for him. Happy birthday Paul. Love you so much...

“Don’t let the negative pounce on the positive”

I started my first novel and was afraid to tell anyone that I was writing. After I had finished my manuscript, I told my immediate family. Years later I finally got the nerve to tell my circle of friends, and other family members. They all told me that it was a great idea, and they can’t wait to read it. I sent it out to publishing houses, but was rejected over and over. I felt a bit discouraged for a while, but then I self-published. I sold copies to my family, friends, and to strangers. The phone calls started coming in with great positive comments about the book. Even those strangers who purchased books were complimenting me. I was excited, so I decided to make phone calls to the relatives and friends I didn’t hear from. They all made a 360-degree turn around. Some of their comments were, “I don’t like it, Who told you that you could write?, You should find another profession, Writing is not for you.” This one was a classic, “I didn’t read it. I put it up on a shelf.” I felt crushed and trampled on, forgetting I had gotten great compliments. I turned off my computer, and decided to stop writing, allowing the negatives to weigh heavy on my mind. It took me a while to realize that these people were being mean, and I should hold on to the moment of assurance. So here I am with 5 books on the market, Jan’s Mysterious Adventure, The Forest Is Our Home, Sandy, Leigh’s Story, A Near Fatal Twist and 2 books coming soon…

“Writing”

Many people are asking me about writing a book. It is not a major challenge because there is always something to write about — the scenery, the atmosphere, and that person who walked by. You heard something, or just your imagination working on a character, an event, or scenery. All these things make an impact on your thoughts. Get on your computer, or get a notebook, and start writing… You have a voice; use it!

Don’t worry about arranging your paragraphs, and your chapters. When you are finished writing, start editing. You would eventually know how to format your paragraphs, and then your chapters… A Valentine Joseph.

“Sorry”

It was a slow process in my life, but I grew extreme dislike for the word, ‘SORRY’. Sorry flows out of the mouth easily for many people after they did something hurtful to you. Although they know that, that thing will hurt you, they still do it. After all is said and done they say, “SORRY.” I believe that saying sorry is to cover up how they really feel about you … hate.

“Patience”

A man sowed precious seed. While he slept an evil one went forth and sowed a measure full of darnel seed, then went his way. The soil was good, and so the wheat and darnel grew.

When the servants saw the weedy grass among the wheat, they said to the owner, “You sowed good seed, but where did this weedy grass come from?”

“An enemy has done this,” said the man.

“Shall we go out and pull up by the root, the grass?”

“No. The wheat and the grass grow close together in the soil. If you pull the grass you would destroy the wheat. Let them grow together until the harvest~… Matt. 13:24-30

Patience is a lesson to learn

The constant dropping of the water wears away the hardest stone…

Let not your heart be troubled. Nor fear your soul dismay. There is a wise Defender and He will be your stay. Where you have failed, He conquers. See, how the foeman flies! And all your tribulation is turned to glad surprise. If for a while it seemeth, His mercy is withdrawn, that He no longer careth for His wandering child forlorn, doubt not His great compassion, His love can never tire, To those who wait in patience, He gives their heart's desire… (Heidi Chapter 17)

A blessed safe day to you and yours.

“Love ... Hopelessly Devoted”

A child comes into the world innocent and kindhearted. They are hopelessly devoted to their nurturer. All they are asking, as their innocent, kind eyes look into your eyes, is that you love and be kindhearted to them.

The circumstances that brought that child/children into your care, doesn’t matter. Be loving and kind to him/her. The end result leaves you with a wonderful feeling.

“I am not taking it anymore”

Many people would ignore you for months, don’t even say one single word to you. You even try to talk to them and they do not want to talk, you step back, feeling hurt that you are being treated this way; and you don’t know why. Years later they contact you and start talking as though you have been talking daily. They do not say anything to you about the reason for their disregard.

Years ago I would talk to people who treated me like that … talking as though nothing was amiss. Today I am not taking it anymore. If you want to be friends with me, tell me what I did to cause you to treat me as an enemy and be truthful about it. DO NOT LIE TO ME!

If you don’t want to talk to me about your disregard then DO NOT CONTACT ME!

“Sell Yourself Short”

“I am a nice person.” Every time I hear someone say that I felt that they should not say it. Someone else would know if you are a nice person, by your behavior.

During my family heart-to-heart, my son said, “I am a nice person.”

We all said that we know that, but I continued, “You need to stop saying that. The other person would know if you are a nice person.”

His father said, “You know yourself. He is right not to sell himself short because he knows himself better than anyone else does. You should not wait for someone else to tell you who you are. They may not be truthful.”

I stand corrected. Yes I know me. Who I am, what I LOVE, LIKE, WANT, WILL DO, WILL NOT DO. I am not going to sell myself short. I hope you do not.

“I AM A NICE PERSON.”

A blessed safe day to you and yours.