Sincerely Jan

“Life isn’t meant to be lived perfectly…but merely to be LIVED. Boldy, wildly, beautifully, uncertainly, imperfectly, magically, LIVED.”
– Mandy Moore

“I’ll be Home for Christmas”

It has been 40 years since my family migrated here from the island of Jamaica and although we’ve revisited numerous times, most of us, have never been home for Christmas. Even with my parents retired and back there for over 20 years, with all of us living in the US, it has been easier having…

by Janice Reid December 15, 2025

Holiday Blues?

There’s something about the holidays that brings out the insecurities in us. Against the backdrop of merriment lies our unfulfilled desires, our regrets, and our feelings of loneliness, all coming together for a reckoning. Heightened and exaggerated by the season, they invite us into comparisons with others where we often find ourselves lacking. Now, let’s…

by Janice Reid November 27, 2025November 27, 2025

No Thanksgiving This Year

Thursday is Thanksgiving Day here in the US, and guess what? For the first time since, well, forever, I won’t be the one hosting dinner! That’s right folks, no menu planning, no delegating dishes to various family members, and certainly no blowing my cool when 2 hours past the agreed dinner time, the usual suspects…

by Janice Reid November 24, 2025