My children often laugh when I say that I cannot believe that we live in this wonderful place. I am often asked if they are adjusting to...

At least once a week I tell Randy that I cannot believe this is now my life. Our life. Knowing that that which feeds my soul, what I...

This past week has been filled with lots of OR time for gynecological surgeries; operations that I had gladly said goodbye to in exchange...

We have been in New Zealand for about 5 months. Micah, Makayla and Kai went from online school in the US to zoom learning here to finally...

Sometimes, every so often, I feel a bit unsettled about how well the kids have adapted to their new environment. When I see how much...

I'm not writing to rain on any parades. I am consistent in my policy to not make New Years Resolutions because I have always seen how...

In my post titled "Black Hair on the Move", I discussed the steps that I had to take to prepare myself to be self sufficient with my hair...

I have a picture from Cathedral Cove in the Coromandel peninsula on my blog page. I picked it because it was majestic and beautiful and...

I am always in the exercise of introspection. Knowing oneself is important to staying on the right course and to being successful. Often...

On November 22nd, our belongings that had arrived to New Zealand about three weeks prior, finally arrived to our house. That morning, the...

Last year, I transitioned from private practice as a generalist OBGYN to Hospitalist work. Instead of working 5 days a week and at least...

I don't know what it is about birthdays that makes one reminisce. Twelve years ago was a year filled with so many milestones in my life....

Nothing brings me back to my childhood in Trinidad like hanging up clothes to dry on a line. I remember watching my mother hand wash...

I will try to make this post brief. I almost considered explaining all of this in a video but I think I can make this succinct. Over the...

Every time we set a goal for ourselves and we reach it, we quickly learn that the destination has opened up new opportunities for growth....

There are three very nice beaches within 8 minutes from our house. Although I had wanted to leave the US for years, Randy and I were also...

So much can be said about 2020 and 2021. In every aspect of my life and in every aspect of the world, we can collectively use words like...

Tonight I sit upstairs in my bed listening to Sarah Brightman sing "Dust in the wind" and I am overcome with emotion as I reflect on...

Behind our new house is a Reserve. We can walk over to a playground that we can see from our house. Today, the kids got to explore for...

I wish I had on me, the picture of Randy 16 years ago, helping me take out my braids. It is in a photo album on its way across the...

So, Auckland has been allowed to move down to Level 3 lockdown as of 11:59 pm tonight. Our cases are continuing to drop and more...

Back in the OR after weeks off while moving countries and being in Managed Isolation. After years of getting into a good routine with...

Today, despite the on again off again rains, I compelled Randy to indulge me in a drive to a nearby beach. We hadn't ventured very far...

When Randy and I and our two eldest children (I was pregnant with our third at the time) visited my homeland of Trinidad years ago for my...