Author name: Meli Mel

Mom and wife originally from the Caribbean island of St. Lucia and now reside in the United States. This blog is about the day to day things I see and sometimes may encounter in this fascinating world that we live in. Live life in concert with your values! Never be paralyzed! Don't wait for people to change!

Life & Projects

Gel Nail Polish

For the past few years, I had been putting gel powder or once or twice acrylic powder on my nails.  Well father time is now making me feel the effect of it.  The nails are all so pretty and perfect but the long-term effect on the nails is not that pretty.  My natural nails have […]

Journal

No Ice-Cream Party!

So my son has (well had) an ice-cream party to go to for his after-school program.  The whole week that is all I am hearing and reminding me of turning in the money.  So last night we had a meeting for Mackie’s program, and as soon as I pick them up first question out of

Health & Advocacy

September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month

Sickle cell disease is an inherited disorder that affects red blood cells.  It affects more than 72,000 Americans, primarily those of African heritage, but also those of Arabian, Asian, Caribbean, Indian, Mediterranean, and South and Central American ancestry.  The disease is a lifelong condition that may result in serious health problems. Complications can include painful episodes (crises),

Life & Projects

Learning Tips and Activities for kids

Lately, I find that parents need to be involved in their children’s education a lot more than when I was growing up.  In Florida, for sure I can say that they stress FCAT (Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test) on these kids so much that in my opinion, they do not teach the kids the fundamentals or the

Life & Projects

Ideas for school lunch

So this school year, we have decided to send the kids to school with lunch instead of them eating in the school.  Our main reason was more so that we can control what they eat.  Granted the school maybe providing somewhat healthy lunch even if the kids thinks that the food is nasty, we just

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