I’m still glad I said yes…
Archive for July, 2007
Comer
Posted in Haiti, Home on July 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
In Kreyol, Comer means “Comrade.” Comer is also the nickname of my nanny, the woman who cared for me as if I were her own child, the woman who I affectionally called my other mother.
Comer, when in the company of the community church goers, elicits great respect. She is a pilar of the community. She [...]
Good news…
Posted in Life on July 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This has been a week of good news. In deed, glad tidings seem to have fallen from the sky in a summer storm of blessings:
A job interview for Roberto doing <just want he wants to do
A job offer for Roberto doing just want he wants to do
A successful meeting with a potential new client for [...]
Homecoming
Posted in Haiti, Home on July 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I do believe that homecomings, like Portia’s quality of mercy, are twice blessed. And they are also most humbling.
I was gone far too long. I did not write enough letters or make enough phone calls to during my very long absence from the homeland I claim to love so dearly.
I did not announce our [...]
Better late than…
Posted in Haiti on July 24, 2007 | 1 Comment »
You know how it goes.
Since we were too busy enjoying ourselves to bother accomodating the internet connection at our mountaintop retreat, I have been silent for a long while.
But fear not, dear friend. I have been writing in mind as the trip home progressed. And I have several delicious posts just waiting to come out. [...]
Technical Difficulties
Posted in Haiti on July 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I haven’t fallen off the face of the earth or been “disappeared” in Haiti. No, I have simply been enjoying myself enormously. And, of course, every time I have gone online to tell you about it, dear friend, I have encountered techinical difficulties — like now, for example. The connection is so slow that it [...]
Disappointment
Posted in Haiti, Home on July 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Tomorrow, Roberto and I drive to Miami and begin our journey to Haiti. I must admit that I am a little anxious about what awaits me at my childhood home. Everything — landscape, people, politics, and roads — has changed. Of this I am certain. What I am not certain about is how I will [...]
Home
Posted in Haiti, Home on July 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I am going home. Not home to Gray Fox Ct. Not home to Mom and Dad’s. Home to my mountains in Haiti where the fog rolls through the valley and suddenly, you are in the clouds. Home to where the crickets and frogs form a chorus so loud they keep you awake at night. Home [...]
Mad as Hell
Posted in Life on July 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
That’s how I felt for a rather long, heated period of time today due to a rather unfortunate circumstance. And cursing felt like just the thing to do. I’m fairly certain that it probably wasn’t the thing to do, but it felt just right at the time.
It felt good to slap my hand on the [...]
26 years…
Posted in Life, Reflections on July 3, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday I turned 26 years young. My family made a beautiful fuss over it. Roberto brought me coffee in bed and made a most scrumptious (eggless) German Chocolate cake. Rhet called from California with Happy Birthday wishes from the family. Daniela Cristina called all the way from Cuba just to give me a birthday kiss, [...]
