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Comment on It’s pretty, but… by Deborah

Deborah — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:20:23 +0000

The kids stayed behind with Dad. I regretted not taking my daughter because she has been dying to see snow. I Skyped with her though and she got to see it falling. She asked me to bring her back some and instead of taking a little bottle of water and saying “oops, it melted!”, I brought her a snow globe. She loved it.

Comment on It’s pretty, but… by Lynne Diligent

Lynne Diligent — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:17:07 +0000

So what did your kids think of the snow after being in Venezuela?

Comment on Better left behind by Deborah

Deborah — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:46:09 +0000

Yes, very similar reasons for Haitians. I think the gender equality issue is everywhere. I remember watching an episode of Oprah years ago where a woman who had gone from being a stay-at-home mom to working outside of the home, while her husband became a retiree. She said that for some reason, if she stopped by with a co-worker and the house wasn’t clean, she felt it reflected poorly on her, as opposed to her husband who was home all day. We as women need to get past the type of societal conditioning. It’s nonsense.

Comment on Better left behind by hummingloon.wordpress.com/

hummingloon.wordpress.com/ — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:12:51 +0000

Oh, mercy. Are you talking about Haitians…or Jamaicans? I guess the only difference is that there is a small (though significant) proportion of J’can immigrants who manage to get themselves in high profile trouble, despite their love for “low profile” living. J’ca is also a matriarchical society, but somehow the men get off the hook. Canadian men are doing a bit better, but not much. The lil lady is still expected to mind the home, by and large. Dutch men rule in this respect. Dutch & Canadians are more willing to report crime/abuses, but the reason many J’cans don’t is that they grew up in a culture where the police are useless, corrupt, and generally untrustworthy. Not sure if it’s the same situation in Haiti.

Comment on I came bearing snow by Deborah

Deborah — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:18:31 +0000

Really? Thank you!