Category: Family Inspiration
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Ten women who taught me everything I know: Pearl
“It’s never too late to try. “ In the Caribbean, family relationships can be complex.You could possibly live your entire life with your mother and your aunt, but discover later in life that the former was really your grandmother and your aunt, your biological mother. My maternal grandmother, Pearl never…
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Ten women who taught me everything I know: Inez
Just because it starts off broke doesn’t mean God can’t fix it in the middle. We were sitting at the back of the church while she told me a small part of the story of her marriage. I was 24 years old and felt trapped in a very dysfunctional one. There…
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5 Big lessons I learned from a little woman…
Who in your life have you learned the most lessons from? For me it was my grandmother. Five big lessons I learned from this little woman.
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Embracing change…
Dealing with change, especially in close friendships or family relationships is never easy but it is sometimes necessary. If you want to grow, embrace it.
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ALDI’s saved my life…financially speaking!
“Hi, my name is Nicholine and I am addicted to shopping at ALDI.” If you have absolutely no idea, what I am talking about then let me introduce you to one of the loves of my life! Aldi is an international German chain of small-scale supermarkets spanning 18 countries in…
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10 Tips to Simple Living…Its Stuff You Already Know!
I found this list on the internet somewhere and it spoke to me on so many levels. Its part of who I already am and its a lot of who I want to be and how I want to live. If you are like me, there is a deep desire…
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Thrift shopping…Oh yes, she did!
Shopping at second hand stores became my salvation (pardon the pun but I had to do it.) It was empowering to be able to walk into a store and know that if you found something you liked, there was a great possibility you could afford to buy it
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3 Reasons Why I Love Brooklyn
I felt that the blog two weeks ago about my love for Brooklyn deserved a follow up. So the challenge became, what more could I say beyond professing my love for the city in which I live than outlining specific reasons why I feel this way. Brooklyn, how I love…
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Love where you live…It’s Brooklyn baby!
My parents are Jamaican and although I love, love, love so many aspects of my Caribbean culture, if you asked me where I’m from, the answer would be unapologetically Brooklyn, New York. I first attended school on the island of Jamaica until the age of 13 and share many memories…
East Flatbush Writer 