And so Summer 2011 officially begins......
I am currently enjoying a 3 week vacation (I work on an adjusted school calendar and will work a few weeks throughout the summer) and I LOVE LOVE LOVE being home with the kids. I got to help in Jaryse's kindergarten class one day last week and I also got to attend their field day activities--SO FUN! I also got to attend the Deaf and Hard of Hearing end of school party with Ecrissa. I'm amazed at how much they have both grown in so many areas throughout this school year.
Ecrissa will have her second cochlear implant surgery this coming Thursday. We have talked about it and she is excited to have an implant in her left ear. She has been telling people that she is getting one. I hope that she remembers her excitement when she is waking up from the surgery next week!!!! :)
I have recently been in a pretty big "I miss Haiti like crazy funk!". I think about Haiti constantly. I dream in Kreyol, I want to be there. I miss my friends. I miss the kids that I did therapy with. I miss Mangos, Haitian Coke, and rice and beans. I really want to go back. I don't know if I can swing a short trip this summer or not. If I do, it will have to be without the kids as I financially cannot afford to take them. This tears at my heart too. I want them to go back. I want them to see Haiti again. I want them to always know where they are from and have a sense of who they are culturally. Of course, when I hear myself think this stuff, I realize that I want the WORLD for my kids (as all us parents do) and I just need to step back and remember that God has it all in control and the kids and I will make it back to Haiti when the time is right. I do hope that at least for me, it's sooner-----rather than later!
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