Do Celebrities Shun Safe Sex?

Ok, maybe the headline is off, but seriously, it’s amazing how many of Hollywood’s top players are pregnant or recently gave birth shortly after beginning a new relationship. Some are pregnant and the other half is already in another relationship. Some of the men are fighting paternity suits with former lovers… It just leaves me wondering if they pay attention to little details such as safe sex.

At last count there is quite a long list of well-known soon-to-be-moms and moms in Hollywood, none of whom are married. Now, I’m not saying that being married is an indication of faithfulness, but the way some celebrities play musical chairs with their love life…don’t they wonder about HIV? Two of the ways promoted to decrease the incidence of HIV are to use a condom and having one faithful partner. I have noticed that for many celebs, they are in a relationship for a year or less and wham, they are expecting. The pregnancies certainly indicate that condoms are not a part of the package.

As Spiderman often states, with ‘great power comes great responsibility’, or something similar; our celebrities do have great power. They influence the lives of many persons, especially teenagers. I’m sure some these couples did not set out to get pregnant, but by not practicing safe sex it happens.

Being a mom and having experienced the joys of motherhood myself, I’m happy for them. I am also happy for the fathers and fathers-to-be as well.

Being Thankful for Life’s Challenges

I realize that we sometimes get so caught up we cuss when we face some of life’s challenges. Even the smallest thing can sometimes get our goat. Today, I’m resolving to be grateful for life’s challenges for many reasons. Challenges help me garner experience; if I made a bad decision once, when faced with the same situation in the future, it is unlikely that I will make the same mistake again. There is more than a little truth to the old adage experience teaches wisdom . While I know that many people have lost their jobs and it has caused all sorts of financial challenges, I know more than a few for whom being fired has been a blessing in disguise. Just recently, a young woman I know with four kids to take care lost her job. I was worrying about her, even though I knew she didn't like the job she had. A few weeks later, she landed another job, but even better, she was earning almost two-times what she was before. Others have taken the loss of a job as ...

Green Lizard on a Banana Leaf

Anyone who knows me knows that I’m terrified of lizards. Yeah, I know they are innocent little creatures and that they can’t hurt me. It’s just one of those things that I’m afraid of. Interestingly, growing up in Jamaica I used to catch the creatures with my brother, Henry and his friends. Of course, once I caught them in, I’d drop the bamboo snare and run for my life. It was up to them to release them. I remembered tearing my dress off on two occasions because, you got it, lizards dropped inside. Once I had gone to enjoy the river and scenery at Castleton Botanical Gardens , St. Mary. Another time, I was at home and feeling idle, I used a sledgehammer to knock the trunk of a breadfruit tree . These incidents showed me that fear can take away other inhibitions. My poor husband, earlier in our marriage, would have had to find any lizards I had seen before I could go to sleep. I’m not that bad anymore, I’ll go to sleep if I don’t see one in my bedroom. So where am I going with t...

Jamaica Public Service, Again

I’m so angry I could scream. I received my electricity bill from the Jamaica Public Service Company and once again the amount is staggering…a whopping five thousand plus dollars. This is just a measly $174 less than the previous month. The funniest part of it is the following: - I foolishly put in fluorescent bulbs since they claim that it lowers usage. - During the period billed we had 9 1/2 hours of power outages. Granted this is an estimate because it just covers the period when someone was home and was able to record the outage time. I knew there were outages when no one is home because I have an old fashion fax machine that spits out pieces of paper each time the power goes and returns. - We rarely leave an outside light on anymore So my question to JPS is: What am I to do to have my electricity bills at a reasonable rate? In the past two years my bill has jumped quite a lot. I really would love to know why this is happening. Sadly, consumers in Jamaica do not have much recour...

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