Today, we met with our friend, Remy, whom we have known for several years. He is originally from Haiti and has resided in the U.S. since he came here to attend high school. He was sponsored by my hometown Lutheran church and my late mother provided housing for him. At the same time, she took him under her wing and became like a mother to him. Remy graduated from college, went to seminary and pastored a church for a while. Currently, he is a hospice chaplain, he teaches at the local college and he is working on his doctorate degree. I think that is quite an accomplishment for someone whose mother tongue is French! His mother from Haiti has been staying with him.
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We reluctantly left the very warm weather of Fort Lauderdale and drove to Fort Pierce. The air became cooler and cooler as we traveled northward and we watched the temperature gauge steadily drop from the high 70’s to the 60’s. I changed into long pants at a rest stop realizing that the time for wearing shorts was over until warm weather arrives to stay in Maryland.
We visited with Dorothy, an old friend of my mother’s, who moved to Fort Pierce ten years ago to be closer to her son. She told us that she made a mistake and wishes she never left southwest Virginia.
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