Author Archives: Jessica

We had to do this a year ago, and it wasn’t easy. It sucks to say good bye to family, to friends, to those you love and care about-and who love you back. For some reason, as I was packing up our place in Port de Paix, all those emotions struck me a fresh.I missContinue reading “Good bye’s suck”

1. We are waiting at the little airport, where there is a large Haitian woman. I mean she was almost wider than taller (bless her heart) all decked out looking like a million bucks. A Haitian gentleman walks by, eyes her up and down and says loudly in Creole, “You are a big girl, youContinue reading “Things you can’t say or do in the States…but go for it in Haiti !”

The term roast can have many meanings. I liked using it when referring to “roasting” someone-poking fun at them. That is, until  I just looked up the word and a roast is much more harsh and severe than that, “to ridicule or criticize severely”. Yikes. So, none of that kind of roasting for me-just aContinue reading “A Roast.”