A Year on Hispaniola.

Back in November when I was hiding in our house wondering what to do with a baby and how to become anonymous in the most extraverted culture in the world, I don't know what was worse: the minutes dragging or how hot it was getting by the minute in our little Haitian house with rock walls and corrogated tin aka a griye pen (toaster). But the minutes and days, weeks, months have passed by and by the graceful and surprising ways of God we've gotten better at loving our neighbours and the day before yesterday marks a year that I've spent on this lovely little island of reality and dreams without leaving. One of the dreams we were having back in the day was to make our family grow...here in Haiti a dream has come true for us when we met the angel Gabriela and and she agreed to come live with us. 2 days from now marks a year of me and Gabriela and Matt living all together.
Here are a few things that happened this year, the first of G's life.

The war in Iraq is STILL going on and no one (well almost no one) thinks it's a good idea...still.



Henry David Thoreau was reincarnated in a washtub in Waterloo, Ontario.


















Tim Hortons became Fonthill's official donut, and Grayson Van Geest, Fonthill's official dutchie (well ~50% dutchie).









A baby popped out of an eagle's egg in
not-so-rural Manitoba.














And Jane De Lange turned 85 !
That's at least 3x your age Tiger (Woods) Happy Birthday OMA !


. . . and OMA, here's a message from your
6th great grand daughter:



Did any of your dreams come true this year?



Post your dreams here:
Please, we want to hear about them ; ) or send us an e-mail to: greatspirit@fastmail.fm if you don't want the world to see them yet.

love Esther & Matt & Gabriela
(cousin of Grayson, Ronin, Eily, and Zavi)