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Jamakka

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About Me

I'm a Teacher who teaches in early childhood development. Always striving to improve myself while helping others improve as well. Living and learning one day at a time!!!Free MySpace Layouts by Iron Spider

My Interests

The Arts, reading, early childhood development, and collecting Reggae, sight seeing, beach bumming, traveling, and movie going....(to name a few). img border="0" src="http://www.images.zingerbugimages.com/celestial/moon1.g if" width="204"

I'd like to meet:

Lot's and lot's of new (and maybe old) friends!!Luciano, Ziggy Marley, Lena Horne, Harry Belefonte, Bill Cosby, Oprah, Dr. Phil Dr. Brian Weiss, Mutabaruka, Rickey Smiley, Eric Jerome Dickey, Terry McMillian, Frank McCourt, BeBe Moore-Campbell, to name a few!..

Music:

Anything "Roots", Bob Marley, Burning Spear, Midnite, Morgan Heritage, Israel Vibrations, Mutabaruka, Yellowman, Ambelique, Capleton, Garnett Silk, Sugar Minot, Gregory Isaacs, Micheal Rose, Freddie McGregor, just to name a few. Old School R&B; Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, The Temptations, Gladys Knight and the Pips, The Delfonics, The Dells, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Jr. Walker and the All Stars, The Chi-Lites, The Stylistics, Donny Hathaway, Curtis Mayfield, The Spinners, Marvin Gaye Tammy Terrell, Al Green, Sam Cooke, James Brown, The Ike and Tina Turner Review, The Hughes Corporation, The O'Jays, and the list goes on. Also...Jazz...from Wayman Tidsdale to Kenny G...
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Movies:

The Color Purple, The Boys Next Door, all of Tyler Perry's works, To Sir With Love, You've Got Mail, Man on Fire, to name a few!!img src="http://www.CommentReload.com/Images/Animated_Glitter/im ages/41.gif"

Television:

Reality T.V. Dramas(24), comedies and of course, judge shows..(so sue me)!!!!!

Books:

All of Maya Angelou's works as well as Eric Jerome Dickey, Mitch Albom,(For One more Day), Connie Briscoe (PG County), Jamaica Kincade (The Autobiography of my Mother), all of Terry McMillian's works, Tina McElroy Ansa (The Hand I Fan With), all of Frank McCourt's works, all of Tony Morrison's works, Ishmael Beah (A Long Way Gone), Raffi (The Life of a Troubadour), J. California Cooper (Some People, Some Other Place), Carl Weber (Married Men), Michael Patrick MacDonald (All Souls), all of Reginald McKnight's works...and the list goes on.............

Heroes:

Jesus, My Grandpa Andrew (rest in peace), my brothers Jon and Robert (rest in peace), my Granma Mary Jane (rest in peace), Uncle Cliff, the Honorable Robert Nesta Marley, and of course my husband J.C..
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My Blog

Teach Your Children Well....

Many of us grew up with the idea that children should be seen and not heard, but we don't have to carry on this abusive practice. We can treat our children with dignity and respect. Children have the ...
Posted by Jamakka on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 04:15:00 PST

Body Image....

Too often we connect our feelings about our bodies to how we feel about ourselves. Women are especially prone to thinking of themselves in terms of their appearance, but men also sometimes feel inadeq...
Posted by Jamakka on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 07:15:00 PST

Beauty...

Different cultures have different standards of beauty. Some cultures associate heavy bodies with beauty. To them stoutness means prosperity and fertility. Other cultures admire thinness for its implie...
Posted by Jamakka on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 06:14:00 PST

Right Attitude...

Our attitudes and perceptions shape everything about our lives, including our relationships and our behavior. Right attitude is knowing that WE are responsible for our feelings. Our lovers, children, ...
Posted by Jamakka on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:49:00 PST

Anger....

It is alright to be angry. What is unhealthy is to stuff anger (or any emotion) inside and not express it. All emotions come out whether we consciously communicate them or not. It's inappropriate to v...
Posted by Jamakka on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 05:08:00 PST

Things....

Some of us buy expensive toys on impulse; tire of them quickly; and let ourselves feel hopeless and inadequate because the impulsive wish was a shallow one. To ease our pain, we buy new toys---and so ...
Posted by Jamakka on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 04:56:00 PST

How We Look...

It seems to be human nature to judge one person in comparison to another. The danger lies in using a dysfunctional standard. Many people in this country consider European features as the norm to measu...
Posted by Jamakka on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 05:11:00 PST

On A Slow Burn......

If you put a frog in a pan of boiling water, the frog will jump out to save its life. But if you put a frog in a pan of cool water and slowly increase the temperature, its body will adjust to the heat...
Posted by Jamakka on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 03:42:00 PST

Religion and Spirituality

Religion is based on a dogma and a structured pattern of worship. Spirituality is more about the feeling about God, nature, our fellows, and ourselves. If we go to church or temple every week, but don...
Posted by Jamakka on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 04:41:00 PST

The Wisdom To Laugh....

Laughter is a special gift from God, a gift He intends for us to use. Yet sometimes, because of the inevitable stresses of everyday living, we fail to find the fun in life. When we allow life's inevit...
Posted by Jamakka on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:59:00 PST