Luctor, non mergor! (I struggle, but am not overwhelmed!)

Luctor, non mergor! (I struggle, but am not overwhelmed!)

It is impossible to look at someone and see their struggle. You can never fathom what horrors they have survived nor comprehend the demons that they have wrestled in the past in order to come to this point in their journey. No matter what you see on the surface...
The Fine Line

The Fine Line

Why do you continue your pretense by ignoring me and blockading our interaction? Yet you lurk gleefully in the shadows assiduously observing my every move with alacrity. Cheering silently when you see me stumble, hovering around menacingly like a vulture, waiting for...
The Key to the Prison

The Key to the Prison

Navigating this trying period that I have been going through of late has needless to say not been easy. However, I do not have any regets and would choose to do it all over again if the need were to arise again. Without a shadow of a doubt I am the master of my fate...
!Happy Emancipation Day!

!Happy Emancipation Day!

Today, August 1st, is a very special day for all people in the English-speaking Caribbean. It marks the 189th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the British Empire. This so-called emancipation proclamation heralded the death knell of the inhumane and barabric...
Adrift & Ablaze

Adrift & Ablaze

This week the rough patch I have been going through culminated in a new nadir. I finally reached the bottom of the rock in my life (or at least it feels that way). The only consolation I have is that the ground that I stand on seems firm again (rock solid literally)...
All My Life

All My Life

These past weeks and months have been tough both personally and professionally. Sometimes it has honestly felt as if everything is falling apart, with one setback coming on the heels of another. Yet thankfully I have not felt like despairing. I am keenly aware that...

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