A Day In The Life of The Haiti Lady: Our Anniversary

Saturday, April 21, 2007

Our Anniversary

Yesterday, April 20th, was my and Curt's 16 year Wedding Anniversary! We got to enjoy 3 hours of alone time!!! 3 of the kids went to a friends house (Tracey, one of the best buddies a person can have) and one went to Mammy and Pappy's house. The one that went to Mammy and Pappy's was grounded and not allowed to play with friends so that child had to spend a boring evening watching tv at the grandparents house. hehehe I know.....very evil and mean, but a lesson had to be learned. The kid that went to Mammy and Pappy's still got a little spoiled, what can you expect from grandparents anyway, but learned a good lesson anyway.
Kai was a little unsure of our leaving. I explained in English and Creole that they would play and eat and watch TV at Tracey's house and then mommy and daddy would be back....he was eventually bribed with hugs, kisses and a Popsicle. :-) About 9pm it got dark and Kai decided we had been gone long enough....thank goodness we got back shortly afterwards so he didn't panic to bad. Everyone had fun including Curt and I. We went to the Outback Steak House for dinner and went to Target to get a couple of movies we have wanted to buy and spent the rest of the night with the kids tucked in and watched the movies....very nice for a 16 year Anniversary if I do say so myself!
It was a big night, since we have never left the kids with anyone but one of us since they came home. Both did well and seemed perfectly attached still...whew...

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We Are Responsible

We are responsible for children who put chocolate fingers everywhere,
who like to be tickled,
who stomp in puddles and ruin their pants,
who sneak Popsicles before supper,
who erase holes in math workbooks,
who can never find their shoes.
And we are responsible for those who stare at photographers from behind barbed wires,
who can't bound down the street in a new pair of sneakers, who never "counted potatoes",
who are born in places we wouldn't be caught dead,
who never got to the circus,
who live in an x-rated world.
We are responsible for children
who give us sticky kisses and fistfuls of dandelions,
who sleep with the dog and bury goldfish,
who hug us in a hurry and forget their lunch money,
who cover themselves with Band-Aids and sing off-key,
who squeeze toothpaste all over the sink,
who slurp their soup.
And we are responsible for those who never get dessert,
who have no safe blanket to drag behind them,
who watch their parents watch them die,
who can't find any bread to steal,
who don't have any rooms to clean up,
whose pictures aren't on anybody's dresser,
whose monsters are real.
We are responsible for children who spend all their allowance before Tuesday,
who throw tantrums in the grocery store and pick at their food,
who like ghost stories,
who shove dirty clothes under the bed ,
and never rinse the tub,
who get visits from the tooth fairy,
who don't like to be kissed in front of the carpool,
who squirm in church and scream in the phone,
whose tears we sometimes laugh at and
whose smiles can make us cry.
And we are responsible for those whose nightmares come in the daytime,
who will eat anything,
who have never seen a dentist,
who aren't spoiled by anybody,
who go to bed hungry and cry themselves to sleep,
who live and move, but have no being.
We are responsible for children who want to be carried, and for those who must be...
For those we never give up on,
and for those who don't get a second chance.
For those we smother... and for those who will grab the hand of anybody kind enough to offer it.
~Ina Hughes