:: Haiti 2.0 Day Nine ::
LES CAYES, HAITI — This is what a family does.
This is how a family acts.
This is what a family feels.
As we walked down the beach at Port Salut with a few of the Global Family Philanthropy volunteers along with Junau, Yvenil, Sarah (one of the housemothers) and some of the GFP kids, we couldn’t help but smile as wide as the coast is long.
We laughed and we played. On the sand. In the shore.
Like a family.
We tried catching crabs crawling in the sand. Marveled at the intricate spider webs in the trees. And drank coconut milk and ate coconut meat straight from the source.
We had played soccer on the beach. Ate lobster at the table. And swam in the Caribbean sea.
This was our last day with the kids, who have become our sons and daughters, our little brothers and sisters.
They don’t ask to be carried anymore. We don’t ask to hug them anymore.
We just do it.
Some of the GFP children were unable to come to the beach. So we had just an hour or two to be with them back at the GFP home before heading back to the hotel and prepare for our flight tomorrow morning in Port-au-Prince, a three-hour bus ride away without a traffic.
We made sure to kiss and hug every child. They made sure not to show their sadness. They knew we were leaving.
One boy, Peterson, asked us in Creole, “Are you going to America tomorrow?”
We didn’t know what to tell him.
The truth would have been best. But at that moment, we didn’t know what to say.
They will miss us. We will miss them.
That’s just the way it goes when family leaves.
——————————————————————
Read more of eeko studios’ daily posts from Haiti, here.
Haiti 2.0 Day 9
Great stories and amazing pictures! Thanks for all that you are doing, have done and will do in the future! You are impacting lives!
Thanks Seth! You also rule.
yea, you're the best writer ever. so touching.