The first column on January 29, featured the experience of a battered woman’s struggle in dealing with a system that is not friendly towards women like her and dealing with her husband whose only intent is for her to return to their matrimonial home.
A 27-year-old mother of three is decrying the justice system she believes failed her two young daughters, after a relative was freed of charges of sexually assaulting them, by Magistrate Clive Nurse, who dismissed the matters on May 4.
Her father was involved in a misunderstanding with a relative, which was about to get violent.
Her heart set on black pudding with ‘loud sour,’ Guyanese Heather Chin, journeyed 50 miles from her Texas, US home only to be told that there was not enough pudding to sell.
“It is a daily struggle, some days are good but others like you don’t get no sale.
Single mom Rosanne Farley thought she was prepared for parenthood until her world was thrown into disarray when her daughter was diagnosed with mild to moderate autism.
“Raising a girl child is not easy I tell you. Is like sometimes you wish they would be the same little baby girl because when they turn teenager is another ball game,” the frank words of a mother of a teenage daughter, who according to her has been giving her the “time of my life.”
A chance sample-taking of “dutty water” led by an eccentric science teacher, propelled Lorna McPherson to rewarding experiences in the world of science; she is still to exit more than 50 years later and if given a chance she would do it all over again.
“You think it easy? Let me tell you, the force stinks and if you don’t get a head on you shoulder it will destroy you, tek wah I telling you,” she said forcefully, her face contorting in the process.
Ambassador Cheryl Miles has crafted an enviable career in diplomacy, the only job she did for some 37 years; after nine years away, she is back full circle as head of mission in Venezuela, where she first served as ambassador 30-odd years ago, still with a lot to offer.
After over 30 years in the teaching profession Sharon Smith has put away her chalk and may have erased her last words from the blackboard but education has not heard the last of her and if given the opportunity, she has much more to offer.
“I can’t trust him, when he leaves the house I just know he is going to see somebody and my friends would tell me they does see him…,” she said almost to herself.
By Oluatoyin Alleyne Raised in a “very violent family” in Jamaica, Jacqueline Linder from a very young age saw herself as a “survivor of trauma” and knew that the inner struggles that came with such an experience were faced by many others and this planted the seed of wanting to help such persons.
At 21, Rosemarie Ramitt has already fought many battles and while she has tasted the sweetness of victory time and again, her struggles continue, not just for herself, but for many others in the same situation.
She stopped at the stall on Bourda Street and looked around before quietly asking the price of a slice of pumpkin.
She looks anxiously at her wristwatch before she begins to speak.
The dog barked and resisted as his owner took him into the store and after a kiss on his mouth she left as he tugged at his leash seemingly with the intention of following her, but he was soon scooped up and comforting words were said in his ear as he settled contentedly on the inviting lap.
Unable to find the right photographs of wooden buildings in Georgetown for her child’s assignment, Amanda Richards and her then primary school child armed themselves with a ‘point and shoot camera’ and roved the streets of the city, taking what they considered to be the right photographs of various buildings.
It is the dream of many to own their own home and in Guyana this often entails purchasing a piece of land first through the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), a process that in itself can be a struggle.
At 16, Richard Kansinally had just graduated from the St Roses High School where he was among the top ten and as a result he baulked at attending the Government Technical Institute (GTI) as was being suggested by his parents, his belief was that the institute was for low achievers.
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