A Near-Death Experience: The Day I Almost Died Free-diving for Conch
Read about my near-death experience diving for conch in Antigua and the critical lessons on diving safety I learned. Stay safe in the water!
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The Story You Grow Up Inside
A reflection on how the stories we consume as children shape identity, belonging, and the limits of what we believe is possible.
The Oath and the Open Door
Joy opens with a ritual. A chicken, blood, a young woman swearing an oath before she crosses the water. I kept asking: is it the belief that traps her, or the circumstances?
What It Means to Be From Somewhere
A personal reflection on Caribbean diaspora identity, exploring what it means to carry home across distance, memory, and generations.
The Light Here Is Different
When you spend 30 years moving for professional reasons, you develop a kind of useful detachment. You get very good at being open. You get good at choosing a place that's calm, planting yourself deliberately, and deciding this is the new home where you will let things slow down enough to be seen.