Recently I have been reading about the history of Haiti, and thought I would share a little with you all. (I will share links to the informative websites at the end.)

Haiti shares the western half of the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic. Haiti is the world’s first Black republic, and it is the only nation to be born of a successful slave rebellion.

In December of 1492, Christopher Columbus landed on Hispaniola in and claimed it for the Spanish crown. He called it, “La Isla Espanola,” which was later shortened... more

Continued from September 25, 2006...

Thursday, September 28, 2006

I haven't felt like writing anything at all. It has been very hot and humid--zapping all of my energy. On top of that, Georgia has decided to show her true colors. She definitely has attachment issues. Worse than that, we feel concerned about her in other ways. I find it so upsetting, I can barely talk or even think about it. In July we met her... more

Continued from September 24, 2006...

Monday, September 25, 2006

1 am

I was awoken at about midnight to the sounds of diarrhea. Talley had had a little right before bed. She went all out this time. She was covered in poop! If that's what you could call it--it was so liquidy. I changed her, cleaned her up, re-applied the scabies medicine, got her dressed in clean clothes and comforted her until she fell asleep again.... more

September 24, 2006 continued from Part Two...

We finally made our way back to the hotel. The roads were a little flooded and so the driver couldn't see pot holes. We were bouncing all over. When we were coming up the hill to the hotel, the tires started spinning and slipping. The driver just floored it and we slowly slipped into the hotel parking lot.

We went up to our room and hung out for awhile.... more

September 24, 2006 continued from Part One...

I started feeling emotional when we pulled up to the orphanage gate. Everyone got out of the van as quickly as possible, and immediately searched out their children. I was worried that Georgia and Talley wouldn't be there yet, like last time. So I was please to see Talley sitting on a table between a man and a woman on the patio. I said, "Talley-Po!" She... more

I’m feeling a little emotional today. Our adoption coordinator and 21 adoptive parents and volunteers left for Haiti today. I was supposed to go on this trip, but a few weeks ago I suddenly decided that I should not go. Since I am feeling wistful for my daughters, I decided I would share the travelogue from our second trip to Haiti last September. We visited longer on this trip, but I hardly wrote anything in my journal. We were dealing with some issues with our older daughter, Georgia, and a part... more

Recently, rapper Wyclef Jean was honored with a new role as an ambassador to his native Haiti.

Rapper and producer Wyclef Jean has gladly accepted the position of roving ambassador for his native Haiti.

The rapper, who founded the Yele Haiti Foundation to help the struggling country, told the Caribbean Media Corporation, "I thank President Preval and it's an honor for me to have the opportunity to serve my country as a roving ambassador. I will continue to do the best I can to help change... more

In 2004, after a revolt that led President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to flee Haiti, The United Nation’s (UN) Security Council issued a resolution to establish a peacekeeping force in Haiti (MINUSTAH). MINUSTAH currently employs more than 6,600 military personnel and over 1,700 police officers, as well as hundreds of civilian staff assisting the people of Haiti.

Some adoptive parents have expressed concern over the fact that the mandate was set to expire in February of this year. Without the UN, some adoptive parents feared that rioting and... more

July 15, 2006 continued from Part Three...

When we got back to the hotel, I asked the director of Talley's orphanage, Harry (who was our driver that day), to tell Georgia that she was going to be in Talley's orphanage. I asked him to tell her that we were her parents and that we had come to visit her, and would come back another time. Georgia burst into tears. It was the most emotion I had ever seen from her. It broke my heart.

We... more

July 15, 2006 continued from Part Two...

On the way there, we stopped at a roadside market and a few families did some drive-by shopping. I was holding one of the lady's baby girl and she pooped on me. By the time we got to the new orphanage site, she had pooped all over her mom and my leg and tummy. In Haiti, these sorts of things barely phase ya! I just wiped myself off with lots... more