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Laurence | Martine

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Martine and Laurence Pierre-Louise   

Haiti

"My aunt CeCe made a trip from Haiti to New York on an ocean liner when I was just a little girl. She loved it so much that she eventually made her home there, and we only saw her when she came to visit. I think it was through her stories that I began to love the United States too. Years later when I was grown and had my own children she invited me to come and visit. My husband arranged my trip. He said, "Laurence, your world has been small, but now it is about to become very wide."

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