Lisa Jes­samy

Yes folks, Essi­ba has fi­nal­ly de­cid­ed to take a long-de­served va­ca­tion. Be­fore leav­ing, Essi­ba planned an ex­cit­ing is­sue for you to en­joy. This week we cov­er Pro­fes­sors Brid­get Br­ere­ton and Bar­bara Lal­la, es­teemed women who con­tributed a wealth of knowl­edge to the Uni­ver­si­ty of the West In­dies and the Caribbean as a whole.

As we re­flect on these un­cer­tain times, Ann Moore Spencer shares with us how to re­fresh and re­new our homes, while Cheryl Wright guides us on how to re­spect and mo­ti­vate each oth­er. Char­maine Dais­ley gives us the hard facts on be­ing too skin­ny. Take time to brush up on your blush­ing and read in­spir­ing sto­ries on hope, pas­sion and dreams.

We of­ten for­get the many things that we should be grate­ful for, let us look with­in and give thanks for every­thing. We thank you read­ers for your con­tin­ued sup­port, and wish to thank the en­tire team - our sales team, man­age­ment, de­sign­ers ed­i­tors, writ­ers, pho­tog­ra­phers, for all their con­tri­bu­tions. En­joy, and have blessed and peace­ful Sun­day!

Lisa Jes­samy

As­so­ciate Ed­i­tor

Spe­cial Pub­li­ca­tion Unit