Archive for December, 2009

A Mother’s Heritage: My Father …

This weeks journal entry question was about my father. It asks … My father worked at … His job was … My father was born and raised on the island of Jamaica. He studied Economics and Business Management and graduated from UWI (University of West Indies) in 1966. He started out working primarily in banking. [...]

Food Not Bombs

This holiday season I really wanted to find ways that I could give back to the community. I tried to serve in a nursing home, the same one my grandmother had lived at for many years, however they had so much background checking and drug testing to do that I wouldn’t be able to volunteer [...]

DIY: Beeswax Lip Balm

As part of our new series DIY Fridays, I will be presenting a new project each week on how you are able to create and maintain so much on you own for a fraction of the price you would pay otherwise. For today’s project I am sharing with you my experience making my very own [...]