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Debre Evans likes to push herself. A few months ago she sprained her ankle. Doctors told her to stay off of it for two weeks but within days she was back in classes at In Motion School of Dance. “I know my body,” the 18-year-old insisted. “I felt li...

Almuriel Simons-Busby has always had a weakness for chocolate peanut clusters. Ten years ago, frustrated because she could not always find them in stores, she tried to make her own. “I couldn’t do it,” she said. “It wasn’t right.” The heat and humid...

Nobody gets much sleep on the first night of Camp Hope. The children giggle, run around in the dark — and complain about bugs. “The girls inevitably start screaming that there are roaches in their tents,” said Dean Furbert. “Sometimes there are, but ...

Luis Samudio believes birthdays should be more about giving than gifts. His 50th was no different. The Pennsylvania resident brought three suitcases filled with things for charity when he visited on Anthem of the Seas two weeks ago. He and his wife,...

Raymond DeShields never visits St George’s without taking a swing around Ordnance Island. He likes to check on the Deliverance replica; his baby. Fifty years ago, he helped to build it for the Bermuda Junior Service League, and still remembers ever...

Kristina Bassett loves singing, but struggles with stage fright. Before every public performance she shakes and sweats. The more intimate the setting, the worse it is. “I’m a shy person,” she said. “Everyone is watching you and you are the centre of...

Vivian Yearwood loves her work as an information technology manager, but sometimes it can get stressful. If the system is not down, someone has forgotten a password, or cannot log in. “IT is not a job you leave at 5pm,” Ms Yearwood said. Five years ...

Michelle Freeman calls her son, Iziah, a little warrior. Iziah has battled health issues: acid reflux, a milk protein allergy, breathing problems, severe sleep apnoea, and poor growth, for all of his eight months. “He’s a little fighter,” said Mrs F...

When Sacha Welsh gave birth to her second daughter, Victoria, she thought she’d had a dream delivery. Victoria came into the world after just three pushes. But four hours later things took a bad turn for Ms Welsh. “I had the baby on my chest, and ...

Elizabeth “Betty” Musson Kawaley had her hair straightened the day her ship was supposed to leave for university in Canada. “It was what you did in those days if you were going somewhere special,” the 96-year-old remembered. But it was 1939, and th...