{"author":"Charmaine J Forde","author_id":"Charmaine+J+Forde","total_quotes":23,"quotes":[{"text":"I miss being in Barbados in December,That is a time I always remember,The smell of varnish on the wooden floors,And the smell of paint on the wooden doorsThe crowds in de Supermarket,Buying up the rum,And the music blastingPuh rup a pum pum.","author":"Charmaine J Forde","tags":["barbados","crowds","december","music","paint","puh-rup-a-pum-pum","remember","rum","varnish","wooden-floors"],"id":4437,"author_id":"Charmaine+J+Forde"},{"text":"During the course of your temporary hurdles, keep searching for a tad of optimism.","author":"Charmaine J Forde","tags":["course","hurdles","optimism","searching","tad","temporary"],"id":62413,"author_id":"Charmaine+J+Forde"},{"text":"Praise children when they do good, And if they should stumble or fall, Show them how to be humble,Show them how to stand tall.","author":"Charmaine J Forde","tags":["children","fall","good","humble","praise","stand","stumble","tall"],"id":85633,"author_id":"Charmaine+J+Forde"},{"text":"I watch the trees all dressed up in the Spring,  While posing as they stand in line, Placing their best foot forward, showing off their leaves and fighting for attention,One tree at a time.","author":"Charmaine J Forde","tags":["attention","dressed-up","fighting","foot","forward","showing-off","spring","stand","trees"],"id":113069,"author_id":"Charmaine+J+Forde"},{"text":"For when he was poor, he had an unpretentious heart, but when he became rich, he became filled with arrogance.","author":"Charmaine J Forde","tags":["arrogance","heart","poor","rich","unpretentious"],"id":122138,"author_id":"Charmaine+J+Forde"},{"text":"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.”John Fitzgerald Kennedy.","author":"Charmaine J Forde","tags":["country","john-fitzgerald-kennedy"],"id":150094,"author_id":"Charmaine+J+Forde"},{"text":"The more you do for people, the less grateful they become, but don’t let that deter your sincere spirit of giving.","author":"Charmaine J Forde","tags":["deter","giving","grateful","people","sincere","spirit"],"id":153483,"author_id":"Charmaine+J+Forde"},{"text":"I am not celebrity rich, but I have a job, therefore I can help someone else in need, really, it's not that difficult.","author":"Charmaine J Forde","tags":["celebrity","difficult","help","job","need","rich"],"id":159608,"author_id":"Charmaine+J+Forde"},{"text":"Just because it is not done your way, doesn't mean it is not right.","author":"Charmaine J Forde","tags":["doesn-t","done","right","way"],"id":175416,"author_id":"Charmaine+J+Forde"},{"text":"I miss that jellied coconut and thatinvigorating coconut water,Oh, how I miss my sweet Barbados,'Yes, this is your lost daughter.","author":"Charmaine J Forde","tags":["barbados","cocnut-water","coconut","daughter","invigorating","jellied","lost","miss","sweet"],"id":182223,"author_id":"Charmaine+J+Forde"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":23,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}