A use to feel like is just me and IVY, fighting to walk di journey. But the truth is I was NEVER alone taking care of Ivy. All of us was taking care of IVY and Ivy was doing her best to take care of herself before I was born.
Everybody who did ghi her a $1.00 was helping. Thanks
She use to tell me in a rude way: “ Is a Chile you warn and main you Chile, please leave me leh me live” she mouth.
One of the first spaces I had to jump right into was the health services and we know dem people dere and dah system.
I started in Newtown. We didn’t like each other. I was assertive and a did mean it. Truths I was scared and to the nurses Ivy was just another elder abandoned to the system before I come show up like I was doing the most all the time.
I didn’t make their job easy at all.
But somethings is only to tell Jesus. Eventually we got to a rhythm and understanding. And I learned to appreciate their contribution and I hope they learned that I came to the game late and I was trying my best.
Then JNF- boy JNF some things you only tell Jesus. There were some compassionate nurses, some good leaders, some kind efforts.
I like most that they allowed me to be with her.
After a while it was just good afternoon and I gone.
What made me behave at JNF is dah a did see my students as young nurses and so, I had to behave because they does watch you to tell you things bout you self and deh expectations of you eh. So you does have to walk good if you want that hallowed position of teacher to be for real.
Between Newtown, JNF, Nephrology and everybody in between I realize
life is a WE sport.
You just can’t win ALONE no matter how musky your team is, your team is your strength and your best advantage.
I really appreciate the medical community that Cared for me and IVY. So a went back and said thanks. And I want us to stop LOUD up only di bad and go back to dem and say thanks.
Don’t leave it for Akila Byron and Dr. Terrance Drew alone and the BIG Foreign people and di BIG business people.
The nurses and health care staff are our people, deh is we chiren mudda, we God mother, we aunty, we father, we brother, we church warden, we teachers, deh is we people
So let’s start to say thanks! Cause deh wuk ain’t easy.
Let’s start a CARE in every COMMUNITY.
Lil bit by lil bit – say thanks for a nurse or EMT or secretarial staff today or when you see them. Say thanks for what deh does do.
Life is a WE sport
