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Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Candy seemed like a good idea

This was Oct. 2000 in #Haiti. 
Five very brave friends embarked on a journey that would change their lives forever. 
Her name is Shirley, she was dressed in her best. 
Traveling alone, oh so tiny and such an old soul. 
She didn't say a peep, ever. 
Her hair seemed red, a sign of severe malnutrition we would learn much later. 
For some strange reason it seems like a good idea to bring huge bags of suckers for the kids. 
Candy, it proved to break the barrier between us, like an unspoken language. 
She liked #hugs, always smiled, never complained. 
How?  
Looking at her, her story may seem carefree. 
And yet, in my mind I know it to be the farthest thing from the truth. 
How do you leave your family? 
Yet, she did, like so many others.

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