Because of a Story...

by Susan Evans
(Ft.Worth,Tx.,USA)

Because of a small story my Jamaican friend wrote about her home, I now feel love for a place I've never seen, and a people I've never known.

Who knows why a place speaks to you? Is it those palm trees, I love to see? Is it the waves of the sea calling to me? Beautiful scenery, lovely resorts, well, they have their own appeal. But what interests me the most was the picture she painted of the people, and their marketplace, their melodic way of speaking,what they may have grown or made to sell. All the color, heat, and beat. That is what really speaks to me..all of everything I know about the Jamaican people,seems very sweet to me. A place I have only read about is really special to me. That is my Jamaican story.