Soy Criada Jamaican author
Jamaican Author
There are numerous Jamaican authors. individuals who have
written many books, some living a broad while many still reside in
Jamaica all making up the prestigious group of Caribbean writers.At the
western part of the Island of Jamaica in the district of Sandy Bay lives
the author,poet and inspirational writer Juliet Christie Murray who
also goes by the pen name Soy Criada.
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Born to
Panamanian
mother and a Jamaican father the blend has produce an author with an
intriguing mind and an interesting personality,quite a powerful yet
unassuming lady.
She grew up for the first 5 years with her mother’s mother in the
small rural district called Roslyn, a district now dead. It has lost
its glory and fame of years gone by as the liveliest district in Hanover
before the 1950’s.
Fame gained from the many young men who once visited from
adjoining districts especially on Saturdays and Sundays because it is
said that the district had the prettiest girls found no where else in
Hanover. For this reason many cricket matches were hosted in Roslyn up
to the early 50’s.
Soy Criada was christened Juliet Christie but later added the
name Murray When she married in her late twenties and moved to Sandy
Bay.
She left Roslyn in 1956. At age five her grandmother who was ill
and felt unable to take care of her brought her to a cross road and gave
her the choice to choose any she wished.
One would have taken her to the town of Lucea to live with her
Father’s mother ,the other to Johnson Town to her mother’s uncle. She
said she chose Johnson town; because the house was huge, but her other
grand mother lived in one room in a tenement yard. The house where she
live before had five rooms and a big very yard.
<3>The Jamaican author says making that choice was easy but
later she realized that she had walked into a dreadful situation when
she lived with this couple and their two grand daughters. She had a
near almost Cinderella experience with the exception of the Prince
charming to the rescue.
Her prince charming did materialize at age 19 with the missing”
live happy ever after ending". By then she was a single mother with all
the responsibilities of a single parent.She was determined that her
child should not suffer as she did ;never knowing her father and not
knowing her mother until age 28.
Soycriada a born Jamaican
She said she is still proud she had made that choice that day and
believed it to have been the right one. She learned a number of skills
including cooking baking and sewing, as she had to sew her own clothes
at an early age of 14 and took over the chores of cooking and house
management very early. She said that these, laid the foundation of her
becoming a Home Economics teacher in later years.
Try to get hold of the first :
Journey to Enlightenment -Revealed.ISBN 1-4120-3623-2
You will be so inspired that you will not hesitate to get the next
As a young woman she had good manners respect to her elders and a strong
love for God . These opened many opportunities when as a single mother
things got rough and she needed help. She worked as a clerk in stores
and got holiday jobs in a few government agencies all because of these.
One of the most rewarding jobs for this black jamaican author was when
she worked for one year as an apprentice in a photo shop where she took
and cleaned pictures. Pretty soon she became so good at it that one day
the boss commented “ Gal you a get betta than me.”
With the determination to make something worthwhile of her life
she left that job when her evening classes paid off. She took up her
first teaching appointment 1970 at Lucea Primary. She continued to
upgrade herself by working and studying. She has worked herself up to
the position of Vice principal in a prominent Jamaican school and is the
proud recipient of certificates, diplomas, degree and awards both in
education and poetry.
The latter she ventured in 2002 In January 2008 she acted as
Acting Principal of The Sandy Bay Primary and Junior High while the
principal was on Vacation leave.
The Jamaican author now gives back to Jamaica and Jamaicans in
the form of two of the greatest inspirational Jamaican books ever
written,which can be added to Jamaica's literature collection.
To the world she give recipes and articles on various websites and blogs.
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Soy criada Works
Journey to Enlightenment – Seasons. ISBN 1-4251-1110-
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To Peace
Quietly nestling in a tree
Branches hurling in the breeze
Raging river tossing below
A little bird sits at peace
And yet the big wide world blows
True peace comes from deep within
And not by world leaders defined
Now war rages on every side
As prophesied in Mathew’s lines
As natural signs of the end time.
Light now all a candle of peace
Born within the heart of every man
If I be at peace with myself
And he is at peace with his self
There can certainly be no war
How many houses can I live in
.
How many cows can I consume
How much land can I be buried on
How much oil do I need to light
An eternal flame to peace and love.
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