Molly Little KidzKorner GLA, Orphanage, Toddler House 6 Comments
A saddened little face looks up at me, his thick black eyebrows raised towards each other just above his nose, parted only by the wrinkle of concern running down his forehead. His face speaks without the slightest movement on his lips, inquisitively, hesitantly, he looks at me. His eyes open to the pain in his [...]
Molly Little KidzKorner Christmas, God's Littlest Angels, Haiti, Orphanage 6 Comments
The days and weeks leading up to this years Christmas with the kids at Toddler House was filled with excitement and anticipation. We tried to do small things here and there to that reminded Joyce and I each of things that our families did with us when we were little to make the holiday special. [...]
Molly Little KidzKorner, Uncategorized 5 Comments
Its been gray for days! Even when the rain drops are not falling it is still too wet and muddy outside for the kids to play. They have been cooped up in the house since Tuesday and its more than evident. This morning while the older kids were in church the skies cleared enough [...]
Molly Little KidzKorner, Uncategorized 4 Comments
“Mon drapeau po po Mon joli petit drapeau C’est Dessalines qui l’a créé mon joli petit drapeau C’est Catherine Flon qui l’a cousu Mon joli petit drapeau!” School children all over Haiti know this song by heart, once a year singing it with loudly with pride as their march through their neighborhoods, waving [...]
Molly Little KidzKorner, Uncategorized 10 Comments
The Monday morning after the first raised garden bed had been made was the day to plant. Four weeks ago to the day. Joyce carefully chose the fastest producing seeds we had for the kids to plant, not wanting to discourage them if the crop took too long to blossom. She chose radishes. Radi [...]
Molly Little KidzKorner, Uncategorized 2 Comments
If you who have followed the happenings of the GLA Toddler House since the beginning of the blog back in 2008 you may recall the wooden play set that a church in the States so kindly donated to us in early 2009 after they had redone their playground with a newer model. The [...]
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School let out this rainy afternoon just about the time face painting pro Melissa Morrisette showed up at the Toddler House with her pallet of colors. She and her husband spent their last afternoon at GLA by blessing the kids with their artistic talent. Faces close they leaned in to bring to life [...]
Molly Little KidzKorner, Uncategorized 3 Comments
~ Many Hands Make the Load Lighter ~ A Haitian Proverb For weeks Joyce and kids having been dutifully tending to the small rocky weedy patch of open soil behind our house willing their seeds of tomatoes, beans, pumpkin, and peas to grow. Most days the time they spend on it involves pulling weeks, [...]