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"Sa'w pa konnen pi gran pase'w." - What you don't know is greater than you. It was a whirlwind last week, if me writing this two weeks...

"Bel soulyè bezwen mache nan tè a kanmenm." - Beautiful shoes still have to walk on the ground. I love this proverb, it's a constant...

"Li pa gen nen nan figi li." - "He doesn't have a nose on his face." - He doesn't understand what he's talking about. It feels strange to...

“Bouche nen ou pou bue dlo santi.” -Pinch you nose to drink the stinky water. “Make concessions.” As the end to my time here draws nearer...

"Met dlo nan diven." - Put water in his wine. (Calm down!) Hoping everyone back home is having a wonderful Easter! Here, Easter is a BIG...

"Ede pote. Pote chay. Pase met chay." - Help to carry. Carry them. More than you. It's crazy to think about how much time has passed...

"To be a Caribbean country is a treasure because it is to live in the gratitude of nature." - Saïthama Exume (One of my English Students)...

"Si syel la te tombe, yo ta ramase zetwal." - If the sky fell, they'd scoop up the stars. An even more busy week than usual, but I got to...

"Tout sa w'we, se pa sa." - Nothing you see is what it seems. Another week full of so much fun, love, and learning (most often by me!)....

"Moun yo pa achte libete ak demokrasi nan mache a." - The people do not buy liberty and freedom at the market. Jean-Bertrand Aristide I...

So here I wanted to give a little history and background on what is going on in Haiti that has prompted the nationwide protests, and what...

"Yon je louvri. Yon je fèmen." - One eye open. One eye closed. This is a Haitian saying that everyone always loves saying to me, seeing...

"We become the stories we tell ourselves." - Roxanne Gay (Haitian American Writer) I am finally starting to get into the full swing of...

"Mete zwazo nan kay pa di li mouri la dann." - If you put a bird in a cage it doesn't mean he'll die there. One of the most beautiful...

"Plus ye pa leve san van." - Dust doesn't rise without the wind. Another week on this journey and life so different from what I’ve ever...

Jan w'bat tan bou-a, se konsa nou danse. - However you beat the drum, that's how we'll dance. I read this Haitian proverb first in a Amy...