Life in Haiti

by Anonymous

I am from Haiti. I am married and we have two children.

In my country, I worked in a bank and my husband was a lawyer. After my husband won a case, we faced a lot of problems, they threatened to kill my husband and family. We had no choice but to leave our country to come to the United States. My husband and I used to come to the USA for vacations, my second child was born in the United States. Unfortunately, my first daughter did not have a visa yet. When we started the visa application process for her, my country had just blocked, nothing worked. And at that time bandits almost killed my husband. We had to leave our hometown to protect ourselves. And then, we had no choice but to leave the country without our daughter. But before leaving I asked her what she thought, and at that time, she was only (9) nine years old. Then she looked at me in the eyes and said, “Mom, it’s for a good cause, don’t worry about me because my aunt will take care of me”

Since that day, I felt strong and now I am waiting for her. I don’t know the day yet, but I have a feeling that this day is near.