Collection 03
Where we come from is part of the medicine.
Essays on Caribbean lineage, language, and the quiet inheritances we carry forward.
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What our elders taught without ever sitting us down.
Caribbean wisdom rarely came in lessons. It came in the way she stirred the pot, the way she swept the yard at dusk, the prayer she half-sang while ironing.
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Why our people called it 'taking it easy.'
Long before wellness was a word in our mouths, our elders had a phrase: take it easy. Not a slogan. A practice.
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Bush tea, mint tea, the cup that holds the morning.
Long before wellness was a word, our elders had the tea ritual — a pot on the stove, leaves picked fresh, a cup that marked the start or end of a day.
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Why our grandmothers fed us first.
Before pharmacies, before clinics, before the language of wellness, there was the kitchen. A pot. A bowl. A grandmother who knew what to cook when someone wasn't well.
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