Mi corazón desborda de tanto amor.
Besos a todos, y especialmente a mi bebé.
Esperame, amor, que prontito estoy con vos.
Mami

Lo que está escrito más abajo, lo escribió mi hermana Maggie en su flower journal. Es hermoso, y es el raconto de su viaje a Haití.
Hi Dears!
This is a very special entry, a bitter-sweet one, a look at reality...
My little sister contacted me this November a few days before Thanksgiving and said that she was going to Haiti to meet the baby she was adopting; his name is "Kennedy"... I was just speechless with emotions.
Happiness never felt so real, pure and selfless.
I decided to accompany her and leave my family behind for the thanksgiving holiday and join her in Haiti to help her become a Mommy for the very first time. You see my sister and I have never lived together. We were brought up in different households. She was brought up with her biological father and me with my biological mother. We both had extraordinary parents with all the meaning of EXTRAORDINARY.
I thought what better way to express to her my unconditional love than to walk with her through the road of mother hood, the hardest job you learn to love, more than anything.
So I flew to Haiti the Monday before thanksgiving without any expectations just with the hope and dream to share with her the most amazing moment in her life, meeting her baby boy.
I can't explain to you the shock when leaving the airport in Haiti and immersing ourselves between the people.
I have never seen such poverty. It was everywhere yet the people were just full of spirit.
Waiting for us were Barbara, the orphanage mother, Vera, her assistant, Madeline, Anne and with them 3 beautiful babies. Two of the children were twins, Rudlaine and Midline, they belong to another adoptive Mommy that flew in with my sister. Her name is Elisa, and she is the essence of love. Elisa has 3 more adopted children. I'm honored to have met such an amazing, beautiful and strong woman.
And then there was Kennedy, a 7 month old Truffle. You had to see my sister's face. Her eyes were full of tears. There was not a bigger joy in the world than the one she was feeling in her heart at the moment she met her son while holding him in her arms for the very first time.
I was so moved by the experience of seeing my sister fall in love in seconds with Kennedy...
That I went to the orphanage and met the other children, so many of them waiting for families to love them. Some of them were as young as a few hours old -some of them were as old as ten. When arriving so many of them would run to you and hold your hand and try to hug and kiss you. Some of them looked shy and worried not knowing their future: These being the oldest ones!
The orphanage has between 30 to 50 children looking for parents. Some of them have been born from HIV mothers and have successfully made there own antibodies and tested negative for the virus. Some other ones have been left there because of the lack of food and the state of poverty of there parents and some of them are unwanted.
I have been blessed with the chance of holding these children in my arms. With humbleness I take with me their love and the memories gathered in my heart.
I want to give my sister a heartfelt thanks for having given me the opportunity not only to share her special moment but the experience of a lifetime where I found true love in the eyes of the unknown... thank you Po! I truly love you... you inspire me!
I would also love to thank all the parents and children of our local public school, Dixie Canyon Elementary, who helped collect new and used toys, books, clothing, and diapers for the children in Haiti. Thank you so much it means the world to me and even more to them!!
Christmas and New Years is approaching fast and I don't want to miss the opportunity to thank you and wish you all the very best that this new year of 2009 has to offer.
Like I say every year, it's a new canvas; white, painted with memories, laughter, love and family... make it into your own master piece!
