A Day In The Life of The Haiti Lady: On A Jet Plane

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

On A Jet Plane

Well, we pulled it together....emails have been sent, clothes are packed, last minute instructions are sent and the family is on their way!
I think it may actually hit the family that they are going to get their daughter (unfortunately one of the two since the youngest is still in IBESR)when they actually land in Haiti:-) Nothing like 85* heat hitting you in the face when you exit the plane to say "WELCOME TO HAITI!"
I am so excited for them, have run thru all sorts of scenarios with them as to what to expect and have let them free to go. I know the families are always safe, but I always nail bite and fight to sleep when families are gone...they are my responsibility and I have to coordinate their trip to a 3rd (5th) World Country from afar....aarrgghh...no control, control freak is having an issue here....
I will update here how things are going and how the US Consulate reacts to the family actually making it to the 'impossible appointment time'!

3 comments:

Julie said...: You know that this entry and the one below caused my husband to panic. We have been waiting so long for the kids, I think there is a part of him that has quit waiting. Until he read this post.; 7:47 AM
Angela said...: Hooray!!! Way to Go!!!!; 8:37 AM
Becky Hinchley said...: Wow...this is bizzare! It's got me movin' to get ready!!!

Becky; 5:46 AM

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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,
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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,
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whose tears we sometimes laugh at and
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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.
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