List three jobs you’d consider pursuing if money didn’t matter.
I am a writer. And a published one who is not making money, but I love the craft.
I also love mixed media sketching. I love to capture life on canvas. I like to take pics using my cell or my digital camera, and then I edit them. That is just as much fun to do. Nature, with all the textures and colours from any season, is mysterious and beautiful.
Can I make money doing any of these professions? Yes. I need to market myself. I need to put myself out there.
What aspects of your cultural heritage are you most proud of or interested in?
When I was studying photography in university I came across a black and white photo of three little girls dressed up with little ribbons in their hair and holding their bibles running to Sunday School. The photographer’s comment was that he saw that diligent and happy behavior all through the island, and he had to capture it in that moment.
My parents provided a great life for my siblings and I. Are we uppity? Maybe, but who cares. The point is we grew up with the value of putting on our Sunday best and looking forward to meeting the Lord every Sunday. We still do this in our individual households.
This is my culture, not a national culture but one of my family and of God fearing.
We put God first in our lives. That is a great value to follow.
I can not say I associate with any certain brand. If the product works for me, then I invest in it.
I like to try different brands to see what works and what doesn’t. Maybe something is new on the market and has good reviews. It could be worth a try.
For example, for outdoor hiking clothes, I like the Eddie Bauer brand. They are comfortable and durable, but lately, I have been leaning toward the Columbia brand because it is harder to get Eddie Bauer clothes where I am. Sometimes accessibility and availability play a role in choices. I don’t stay with one thing. If it is cold and I need good winter boots, Sorrel or Pajah are my first picks.
It all depends on several valuables. Some are beyond my control.
I am a writer with not much published, only a short story here and a few magazine articles there. I need to screw myself to my desk and write more regularly.
I have an outlined schedule I need to keep if I want to complete my novel this year.
What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received?
My Mom always told us that. Whatever is destined for you, you will receive.
Being brought up in a Christian home, we are taught at a young age to pray and ask the Lord for all we need. I accepted Christ as my Saviour at a young age and started following him ever since.
Mom witnessed my struggles in life at school and work. Sometimes, I would come home depressed, complaining about not getting that promotion or crying about the poor score I received on a test. I studied hard and even prayed day and night for better results.
She would sit me down and say those words. Really I didn’t want to hear them I wanted what I wanted. But as I grew older and then Mom passed I realized she was so right.
I don’t need to struggle and to walk around upset. God has a plan. A plan that will be fulfilled not in my time but in him time, which is the right time. What he has for me, nothing can take it away for me. If God is for me, nothing can be against me.
I need to trust Him when I can not trace Him. In other words, when it is dark and he seems quiet, he is at work on my behalf.
I looked back at my requests over the years, and nothing I asked for I didn’t receive. I did not get it the way I thought I would, but I received it nevertheless.
For example: I always prayed to get a job at a certain department store. I loved the clothes I loved shopping there. Year after year, I prayed for a summer job there. I never got called. I went off to university and got engrossed in my studies, forgetting about that job I so wanted. I went off to college to further my education and graduated in a field. I had no clue if I would get a job.
I got an interview for a job with good pay even before the ink was dried on my diploma.
Guess where the clinic was located?
In that large department store, I so long ago wanted to work. I was not going to be a clerk because I did not work for the store, but the clinic was a concession in the store. I worked for the clinic that paid way more than that store would ever pay, and I worked at the store and location I wanted.
Mom was so right.
Let God take control, and he will turn it all around in ways you have no clue or idea. He will do a new thing, and you will be satisfied.
I work hard. I wake early every weekday morning and march off to work. I don’t steal time. I clock my hours by doing the best job I can. So when it is time off, I leave the job behind and never look back in the rearview mirror.
Time off is my time. Mine!!!!
I don’t have to go anywhere special to enjoy my holidays. My favorite thing to do is curl up in my room with a good book.
But holidays are also for family times to get together and laugh, chat, and eat, then eat some more. We always look at the same old movies, knowing very well the ending but still seeing them with excitement as if for the first time.
I am not a leader, and frankly, I don’t want to be one. I enjoy sitting back and having others take the reins, but lately, it does not seem to be happening my way
Out of the need to complete a task or to make a decision, I end up doing the deed and taking the lead.
Most people hate making the hard decisions, I don’t really care. If it has to be done, then I do it.
That’s leadership?
If that is a part of it, then I may be, but I don’t want to be.
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