In Haiti You Had The Duvaliers For

We Try To Keep The Beautiful Memories, But Other Things From The Past Creep Up On Us.

People Think That There Is A Country There That These People Are Only Around When They Are On Cnn. I Don't Think That's Limited To Haiti.

I See The Sharp Inequality Between How Haitian And Cuban Refugees Are Treated In Florida. Both Groups Come Here Because Their Lives Are Equally Desperate. But On Arrival, The Haitians Are Incarcerated, And Some Are Immediately Repatriated, Whereas Cubans Get To Stay And Are Eligible For Citizenship.

We Live Now In A Global Culture Where Anything That Happens In A Place That's 90 Minutes From Your Shores Really Affects You.

I Can't Wait For Both My Daughters To Be Old Enough To Read All My Books. I Loved It Every Time I Saw My Parents Acting Like More Than Just My Parents. And I'm Looking Forward To That With My Daughters Too. I Am Looking Forward To Having Them Discover Me As Someone Completely Other Than Their Mother.