Barbados' Forty-fourth Anniversary of Independence!!!

[Bajanne]

My home country Barbados is in a festive mood today.  We are celebrating our Forty-Fourth year of Independence from Britain.  However, our Queen is still Elizabeth.
This is been a hard year for the country. 
First of all was a very sad incident that sent the country into mourning.  Some young men robbed a little store and as they ran, they threw a molotov cocktail behind them.  This was a little store with no back door.  Some young ladies ran to the back and died of smoke inhalation - 6 of them.
Then one Saturday morning, we woke up to the news that our Prime Minister was dead at 48, of pancreatic cancer.
The following Saturday morning, Hurricane Tomas gave us a visit, thankfully with no loss of life, but a bit of damage.
But today will be a day of thankfulness, in the midst of our sorrow and mourning.
Over here in the British Virgin Islands where I live, the Barbadian society had a church service on Sunday.  At the end I did a presentation, reading a little comic passage.   ['Bajan' is the nickname for Barbadians.  It rhymes with 'Cajun']

[okarol]

  Very funny directions!
Congrats on your anniversary!

[Poppylicious]

*chuckles* at the directions!

Happy Independence from My Country Day!

 

[kitkatz]

Ever had a sixth grader give you directions???   That was very cute.