Every Crumb
Maya never met her grandmother. But one photograph changes the way she hears everything — her mother's corrections, her auntie's stories, and the Jamaican sayings that keep showing up when she needs them most.
Twelve Jamaican proverbs. One school year. A girl learning that the wisdom her family has been passing down was never old-fashioned — it was just waiting for her to grow into it.
Every Crumb is a novel about family wisdom, cultural inheritance, and the slow, ordinary way love teaches you who you are. The proverbs are Jamaican. The questions they raise belong to every family.
With chapter reflections, a proverb glossary, and a path to the Every Crumb Journal series.
The companion journals
Four 90-day guided journals. Any order. No prerequisites.
Notice
Look up and see — discovering the wisdom already in your life.
Grow
Choose on purpose — practising wisdom through small, daily choices.
Belong
Find where you fit — exploring family, culture, friendship, and identity.
Become
Step forward — naming the person you are choosing to be.
Not sure? Start with Notice. It is the widest door.
"One-one coco full basket."
Small things add up. — Jamaican proverb
Which journal is right?
There is no first journal and no last journal. Start with whichever one fits where you are right now.
Notice
Discovering the wisdom already in your life
You might be ready if you are curious, you like asking questions, or you have a feeling that the people around you know things you have not asked about yet.
Grow
Practising wisdom through small, daily choices
You might be ready if you are facing decisions about honesty, effort, money, or peer pressure, and you want to handle them better than you did last time.
Belong
Exploring family, culture, friendship, and identity
You might be ready if you are asking questions about your identity, your heritage, your friendships, or what it means to be yourself in a world that sometimes makes that hard.
Become
Naming the person you are choosing to be
You might be ready if you feel like you are changing, and you want to pay attention to who you are choosing to become instead of just letting it happen.
Not sure? Start with Notice. It is the widest door.
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