My Heart and Prayers with Haiti

I have very close friends who were born and raised in Haiti. They moved to the states years ago, but still have immediate family members on the island. Ever since the 7.0 earthquake hit Port au Prince, a city they are only too familiar with, communication went down. Until yesterday evening, as news reports, videos [...]
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True story” A close encounter with a Scam Artist

10am: I check my email, and see 8 unread messages. I scan through the list and see one from my father, with the subject ‘URGENT’. Naturally, I quickly open it and its my father in distress. The email read that he was in the UK on an impromptu business trip, and was strapped of cash, [...]
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A Turkeyless Thanksgiving?

Before I came to this country, I only heard of Thanksgiving in movies. For the first time in the 5 years I have been in this country, this Thanksgiving was the first one that I celebrated in an almost American traditional way. There was plenty of food, family, friends, and the part before the meal [...]
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