Denniese Walker a Lawyer and Singjay Returns to Her Roots

Kingston, Jamaica – Everyone, no matter where they live has this special bond with their first home or community. Denniese Walker is one such person. She recently took time out to visit Ansdelight a community in Bybrook, Portland to relive some memories.

It was a day of meeting, greeting and reminiscing of the good ole days.

The journey, beginning at Half- Way-Tree, Kingston, was almost two hours drive through, St. Mary and finally Portland.

She took with her Randy – a long time friend and classmate, who has the memory of an elephant; almost stealing the spotlight for the five hour stops.

Denniese or Paula as she is affectionately called, was obviously fascinated by her many relatives and friends  who remembered her as, the slim, fair- skin daughter of the Walker’s, who never fear debating anyone, including her father Wesley now living abroad.

“She stood up even to her father while her siblings never questioned him or other adults. We had it in our minds she would become a lawyer,” a relative remarked.

One of her cousin quickly showed her the playfield on which they practised before sports day, and where the ice- cream man would stop on Sundays.

Many came out to meet her with love and adoratión throughout the path to Ansdelight which is no longer a place of dark delight.

She couldn’t forget Mabess the mother and matriarch of rivers which provided food through crayfish, mudfish and precious water for life, including the Walker’s donkey.

“Her sudden rush down the precarious terrain to hug Mabess showed her sentiments to one who never fails to accommodate her whenever she knocked on her door.

She visited the house she once lived hoping to remodel it into a resort cottage for everyone to remember.

The Seventh Day adventist church was closed but she could still recite the memory text she was taught and the “Blue Draws” or “Duckunoo” a pudding tied in banana leaves, baked in a pot with hot water.

There were oranges and guavas which she picked and breadfruit she used to roast on the bank of Mabess.

It was an unforgettable experience as she left before the rain threatening to get some of the spotlight. And, as the vehicle rolled through the winding road of St.Mary, she never forgot to visit her niece Latoya who lives in Windsor Castle, Portland.

“Uhh, uhh,” she souñded as the vehicle left the hills of Stony Hill to Constant Spring where cars and buses keep the streets alive, even after five.

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