HAITI

After the earthquake which destroyed the only place that I knew well enough to call home,  I found myself desperately trying to remember what I loved so much about Haiti. In a sense trying to reconnect  with what I knew to be true, Haiti "La perle des Antilles."  Whether it was because I'd been gone for so long or because I didn't know as much as I thought, I was desperate.  I never understood why I felt as I did that night.  My emotions went from anger, sadness, denial, then back to anger, I was stuck.  I felt powerless, I wanted to be with my people.  In that moment, nothing else mattered.  I was Haitian. 

I love my new home, but Haiti will always be my first love.

       My Land, My Roots