Oluatoyin Alleyne

“But mommy, I don’t like this bag. You say you would buy the other  one,” an obviously distressed primary school girl said to her mother on the jampacked Regent Street pavement.

Having gone through what she has described as “a number of heartbreaks”, including acting in the best interests of her daughters and separating from them while they were young, and being in an abusive relationship, life coach Annalisa Bahadur believes she is in a position to help people heal from the many heartbreaks they may have had to face and in doing so she strategically focuses on men.

Almost a year ago Davindra Sukhu moved from being a healthy working father of two when he was diagnosed with COVID-19 as well as Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) which resulted in him becoming paralysed and only able to move his fingers.

“I love my mother. But then I could say I dislike my mother.

Whether it was a ‘sweetie’ stand in front of their home or selling leather belts to tourists, Tiffany Johnson’s parents were always into some form of business so much so that when their young teenage daughter moved to the US she followed in their footsteps and made money from shoveling snow.

Today I digress again from the usual format of this column to write about a beauty queen in the Cayman Islands.

Rosemary Kilkenny believes that the work she has been doing at her alma mater – Georgetown University in Washington DC, USA, where she is the first Black woman to have been elevated to a leadership role – on ensuring that there is inclusivity the university’s faculty and staff is impactful and that success is due to the “significant grounding” she had in Guyana as a child.

In this week’s column I am going to digress from the usual format of chronicling the life experiences of women to address a swirling issue that has exploded in the virtual world, but does not seem to have taken root in the physical realm where actual damage has been done.

Having spent all of her working life in the public service, the ever resilient Ann Greene recently stepped away from  a profession that she said chose her.

“I really did think that when I get this new job things would get so much better.

Holly-Anne Maksyhung, always one for adventures, had just moved to a new country and a new job when her mobility suddenly became difficult.

“It is like something was wrong with he in he head.

“When I see the land and saw where it was, I felt like instantly a part of me died.

June 28th, 2022 is a day that will remain etched in my memory forever.

A sports enthusiast and ardent fan of West Indies cricket, young Ariane Mangar had dreamt of one day running onto the cricket field not as a player but as their physiotherapist.

“I was very excited to get this job because it was long I was looking, you know.

As we celebrate our father’s today worldwide we are republishing in this space a piece in which a young woman spoke of her love for her Dad.

A childhood injury is as partially responsible for American Dr Richard Westreich becoming a plastic surgeon and today, 18 years into his profession, he offers advice on the safe way to have these surgeries done even as he brushes aside criticisms that they are not necessary, are risky and a waste of time.

“Me life living in fear, I know he brutal and he would kill me.

Although she has been deemed cancer free, 45-year-old Aloma Garnett tears up when talking about her diagnosis and how difficult the fight was, but for her giving up was never an option and that is the message she wants to get over to other women.