Not easily defined in black and white but the colors you allow me to see. In nature. In laughter. In tears. My pain. My joys. My failures. My fears. Love is… More than the ring on my finger. Its the memories. The music. The madness of the emotions you evoke when I think of...
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by Truly Caribbean Woman Who told you… … you were naked? Who told you… …the dignity and strength that squared your shoulders and held your head high was false pride? Who told you… … to forget you healed thousands with your hands, with herbs, with words? Who told you… …I required you to disregard...
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by Truly Caribbean Woman I can hear the conversation well. My former husband telling me that my priority had to be him and his child and not church and my other social obligations. It was a sign of my success as a wife if I could manage to keep the house clean, laundry done...
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by Truly Caribbean Woman Returning to Montserrat to live with my kids last summer was a practical but also a very emotional decision. It signaled my desire to move forward with my life and really live it to the fullest. There were job opportunities opening up within the fields I enjoy and I needed...
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I’ve been praying and searching to see if anyone has written anything about this. It was the words spoken to me by a man, I did not recognize who showed up in a vision one year ago. He asked me what year it was and at the time I was working on a piece...
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An old flaw/trait seems to be raising its ugly/truthful head again. I would like to think I have added some tact to it after all these years but not sure how that is working. Either way, I am sticking to my personal belief that honesty is the best policy. My dad still remembers that...
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Two words that I would probably never use to describe myself are consistent or committed. Not necessarily because I am neither of the two but I don’t think I have mastered either enough to list them as a part of me. I know my lack of commitment stemmed from growing up as a Preacher’s...
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Battles for the Children of God are always won in a place and state of rest. That was one of my lessons learned in 2008. Over and over I tried to do things in my own strength and watch them come to naught as I wanted to have a hand in my own deliverance....
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It was my weekend Facebook status “Nerissa is getting the hang of living”, then my sister asked me to share the secret. Didn’t really know if the secret could be put into words but this was my response: “Don’t take yourself too seriously. Dust yourself off and move on when you mess up. Try,...
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I have learned that regrets are a waste of time. They take up emotional space and energy better spent on dreams and getting on with the job of living. It seems as if we are programmed to look back and moan and bemoan, misspent youth, lost love or a bad purchase. All wasted time,...
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