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Echoes of Haiti: Happy Week Birthday!
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Friday, July 5, 2013. Welcome to our family, beloved little one. I remember with such fondness the first time I spoke those words of welcome to you, in late September of last year. Since then, you have grown in our hearts just as you were growing in my womb. And now, finally, the time has come for us to gaze at your beautiful face and to hold your precious body in our arms. Welcome, welcome, welcome. On June 27, you were born, and today, on the Fourth of July, you are a week old. This story is one that I...
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Echoes of Haiti: December 2012
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Sunday, December 2, 2012. First Sunday: Passionate Waiting. What a blessing to start the Advent season with them, and share the following Advent reflection. Today is the first Sunday of Advent, one of my very favorite seasons of the church year—the four weeks leading up to Christmas. Advent is a season that reminds us that we are a part of a story of passionate waiting. Passionate waiting for something very, very good. One of the first people who comes to mind is Mary. Today, we heard the words of the pr...
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Echoes of Haiti: So loved
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013. From the time we knew we were expecting you, and even before that, we loved you. We loved the dream of you. We loved your growing, forming body. We loved feeling your kicks and squirms in my belly. We loved the knowledge that you were ours. And since your birth, we have fallen even more in love with you in ways that we couldn’t have imagined. We fell in love with your eyes, gazing steadily into ours. And your soft baby skin and even softer baby hair. Of their great grandchildren.
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Echoes of Haiti: August 2012
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Sunday, August 12, 2012. Going back and forth between Haiti and the United States often comes with a jolt. One of the first times I experienced this was when Robbie and I headed back to Virginia and South Carolina over our Christmas break last year. We had just finished our first semester of teaching and guidance counseling at Quisqueya Christian School in Port-au-Prince, and were bubbling with excitement to see our families again. Our time in the States was wonderful and refreshing. I had to chuckle to ...
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Echoes of Haiti: July 2013
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Wednesday, July 31, 2013. A few days ago, we celebrated your one month birthday! It’s hard to believe that you’ve already been with us for almost 5 weeks. All of time seems to have a different quality since you’ve been born. Hours and days of the week no longer organize our lives. Instead, it’s your little sounds, your naps, your delightful periods of wakefulness, and your basic needs that give structure to our days. Really, “structure” is not the right word. And even with all these changes, you’re...
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Echoes of Haiti: Settling into Acceptance
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013. When I first heard the idea, I couldn’t help but get excited. A Spring Break adventure in Haiti with our fearless travel buddies! The idea brewing was a trip to the beautiful South, backpacking through remote cloud forest known for rare orchids and wildlife, camping out on one of the loveliest beaches in the country. What better way to spend a week off from work? There were two days of intense hiking through rugged mountains with packs. The pesky questions I asked were being a...
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Echoes of Haiti: February 2012
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Thursday, February 9, 2012. Photo above by friend and amazing photographer Rachel Snyder. There is just nothing like a good story. Maybe that’s why I’ve loved Creole class this week, where we’ve been listening to and reading stories about Haiti, told by a master storyteller, Maurice Sixto. He was born in 1919 in the northern Haitian town of Gonaives, and died in 1984. In his lifetime, he became one of Haiti’s most beloved writers and humorists. Photo above by friend and amazing photographer Rachel Snyder.
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Echoes of Haiti: Joyful News!
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Monday, November 26, 2012. Nne Lammott wrote that two of her most frequent prayers are helpmehelpmehelpme and thankyouthankyouthankyou. In these last couple of months— s ilent. But today, the time has come for the hidden to be revealed. Robbie and I have some wonderful news to share. News that will certainly shape the rest of our lives. News that has filled us with wonder, gratitude, and a little bit of trepidation. News that we’ve barely been able to keep to ourselves for so long. And so, with great joy.
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Echoes of Haiti: March 2012
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Monday, March 26, 2012. Glancing at the blog for the first time in weeks, I was reminded of what I already knew—it’s been almost two months since I last posted anything. I could say that I’ve been busy. Or that work has occupied too much of my attention. Or that nothing blog-worthy has happened. These excuses seem plausible, right? But, if I told them, they would be nothing but the kind of lies that so often cover up discord that is really much harder to explain. Or Haitian friend was prized and precious...
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Echoes of Haiti: February 2013
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013. When I first heard the idea, I couldn’t help but get excited. A Spring Break adventure in Haiti with our fearless travel buddies! The idea brewing was a trip to the beautiful South, backpacking through remote cloud forest known for rare orchids and wildlife, camping out on one of the loveliest beaches in the country. What better way to spend a week off from work? There were two days of intense hiking through rugged mountains with packs. The pesky questions I asked were being a...