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HOW I MISS MY OLD TYME JAMAICA
08/10/05
HOW I MISS MY OLD TYME JAMAICA
Jamaican’s just celebrated 43 years of an independent Jamaica and while we have achieved much as a nation,
there are so many negatives in our society today that I long for a pre-independent Jamaica when the scariest thing on our land was the “Jonkunnu Man”.
On independence day Saturday the 6th August, one of our local television stations aired clips of festivities of our first Independence celebration, and while watching the joyous expressions on the faces caught on film, I couldn’t help wishing for the days:
- When bottles of fresh milk was delivered daily to your gate.
- When bread was brought to our homes by a horse-drawn buggy.
- For Christmases when neighbors would get together and cook gungo rice and peas and chicken, and the children would take turns “turning” the ice-cream for a delicious treat afterwards.
- When neighbors would watch over each other’s children like they were their own.
- When the elderly were respected and revered by the youth.
I mourn the loss of all these things, however I will continue to live and love my island and seek to enjoy the pleasures that still exist in a land that is still Beautiful in spite of the negatives.
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Sister Mary Margaret
SISTER MARGARET MARY, WHO WORKS FOR A LOCAL HOME HEALTH AGENCY WAS OUT MAKING HER ROUNDS WHEN SHE RAN OUT OF GAS.
AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT A GAS STATION WAS JUST A BLOCK AWAY.
SHE WALKED TO THE STATION TO BORROW A CAN OF GAS TO START & THEN DRIVE TO THE STATION FOR A FILL UP.
THE ATTENDANT REGRETFULLY TOLD HER THE ONLY GAS CAN HE OWNED HAD BEEN LOANED OUT BUT IF SHE WOULD WAIT, IT WAS SURE TO BE BACK SHORTLY.
SINCE THE NUN ! WAS ON THE WAY TO SEE A PATIENT SHE DECIDED NOT TO WAIT & SHE WALKED BACK TO THE CAR. AFTER LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO FILL WITH GAS, SHE SPOTTED A BEDPAN SHE WAS TAKING TO THE PATIENT.
ALWAYS RESOURCEFUL, SHE CARRIED IT TO THE STATION & FILLED IT WITH GASOLINE, & CARRIED IT TO HER CAR.
AS SHE WAS POURING THE GAS INTO THE TANK, TWO MEN WERE WATCHING FROM ACROSS THE STREET. ONE OF THEM TURNED TO THE OTHER & SAID, "IF IT STARTS, I'M TURNING CATHOLIC".
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