Things You Can’t Control: Snoring, Cake,  a Pandemic

LEARNING to live with things we cannot control or change is hard. Things like a neighbour’s…

Donna, Walk in the Shoes of Hamper Seekers

“Take off your leather stilettoes and try on the shoes of those lining up for hampers.”…

My Little Daughter Uses the F Word

“If I spent my time smoking crack, getting into street fights, being disrespectful, spitting on police…

I’m Scared After I Had Covid

“I was scared I would lose my husband. I was scared my children would lose a…

I Fought Covid, I won

“It sucks you dry, chews you up, and then spits what’s left of you out into…

Children Will Test Every Nerve

  THIS week, while paying for something, I was asked if I had a Trinidad and…

I Got Vaxxed

  HEAR ye! Hear ye! I wish to inform you all that I, Alicia Louise Llanos…

This Pandemic Feels Never Ending

FOR anyone who thinks Trinidad and Tobago is the only one under Covid -19 restrictions, I…

Our Children are Paying the Biggest Price

  TO quote the renowned poet Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Thiam aka Akon: “Can’t wait to…

Oh Little Black-Hearted Nation of Mine

  “The issue with Covid-19 isn’t its mortality rate. The issue is its high transmission rate…