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Celebrating Beauty Amid the Imperfectness of our Lives...

A Snapshot of Port au Prince Haiti...

Palm trees silhouetted against blue skies... goats and cows digging through the trashy streets... career ladies walking to work through muddy streets in high heels...

and bright pink bougainvillea

blooming vibrantly and endlessly,

spilling over dingy white block walls.

Journey of a Tap-Tap

The streets of Port-au-Prince are full of tap-taps. Many Haitians use them every day as their only way to get from point A to point B....

Quiara

May 1, 20217 min read

Whither Thou Goest

{This post was written the first week of February. Yikes... guess it's outdated.} Thursday afternoon I got two calls, one from Zeze's...

Quiara

Mar 20, 20216 min read

Date Night

The time to leave is set for 5:00 but I straggle in at 5:10, discouraged with my backpack full of schoolwork and tired from driving and...

Quiara

Oct 24, 20203 min read

Giving

I wanted to write this long ago when we had that Sunday school lesson about generosity. I've thought about it alot since then. We had a...

Quiara

Oct 9, 20205 min read

Hey Mrs. Pen-penchinee!

... And so begins my latest adventure as a school marm. Three little Haitian boys and one white one that can't say my name, and two shy...

Quiara

Aug 29, 20205 min read

On a Slightly More Housewifely Note...

The goats have settled in nicely, except for one day they somehow got out as we were leaving for work and neither of us noticed. How did...

Quiara

Aug 29, 20204 min read

New Possessions

We are the proud owners of a couple new things... Two goats... Black is female and the brown is male. They are doing what they do best......

Quiara

Aug 17, 20206 min read

The Starting of Wife Life

I'm sitting with my feet in a bucket of lavendar oil water and eating granola from my cousin Briana and drinking strong black iced coffee...

Quiara

Jul 25, 20204 min read

How Far We've Come

Mom and I flew to Port au Prince last Wednesday. Dad, the rest of my family, and Sharla came Friday and Saturday. Zèzès family was...

Quiara

Jul 18, 20206 min read

Spring Break Plans

I get the best spring break ever this year... I'm going to Haiti!!! March 1 till March 11. The school board is giving us two extra days...

Quiara

Feb 5, 20198 min read

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Celebrating Beauty Amid the Imperfectness of our Lives...

Journey of a Tap-Tap

Whither Thou Goest

Date Night

Giving

Hey Mrs. Pen-penchinee!

On a Slightly More Housewifely Note...

New Possessions

The Starting of Wife Life

How Far We've Come

Spring Break Plans

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