Denniese Walker, a lawyer by profession and singjay, recently took a break from her busy schedule to return to her roots in Ansdelight, Bybrook, Portland.

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

The journey, beginning at Half-Way-Tree, Kingston, was an almost two-hour 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 who’s 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 cousins quickly showed her the playfield on which they practiced 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 sounded as the vehicle left the hills of Stony Hill to Constant Spring where cars and buses keep the streets alive, even after five.

Lawyer Walker has recorded three songs: ‘Rise Up Young Men’, ‘Weh Mi Fi Do’ and ‘Farming’.

(Photos contributed)