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“Fruits were my candy as a little girl growing up in Barbados. I was surrounded by a variety of fruit trees: Tamarind, cherry, mango, dunks, papaya, guava, pear, sugar apple, golden apple, and gooseberry trees.”

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“When I was a little girl growing up in Barbados- I never had to worry about 5-a-day, On a given day, I ate hog plums, mangoes, sugar apples, tamarinds, golden- apples, gooseberries, ackees, and dunks.”

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“I will never forget the Barbados National Pledge- I pledge allegiance to my country Barbados and to my flag, To uphold and defend their honour, And by my living to do credit to my nation wherever I go. (Written by Lester Vaughan)”

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“6That moment in America, When someone asks you where you’re from? And you reply in a Bajan accent bursting with pride, "BARBADOS 246”

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“The Way We Were I will never forget that two bedroom chattel house we owned in Barbados, Sweet Memories!”

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“As I look at those recipients at the Barbados “National Independence Honors Ceremony”, I say to myself, “One day that going to be me” Pride & industry 11.30.21”

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“NEVER STOP DREAMING When we were little girls, my sister and I used to sit on the Nightingale pasture in the hot afternoon sun, in Barbados. Daydreaming of America. (I have been living in America for more than 40 years. My sister has been living here for almost 20 years.)”

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“Over In Away- Is a term used in Barbados, it is especially used in reference to visitors to the island. There's a certain look and the way in which the individual speaks, that causes the Bajans to refer them as coming from "Over In Away." One may hear a Bajan asks someone with an accent-" You come from over in away? Very common term in the 70's and 80's.”

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“ELLERSLIE SECONDARY SCHOOL MOTTO “Make Wise Use of Your Time”

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“Hold fast to your hope, even before it comes to pass.”

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Book:The Light in the Heart

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