A September to Remember

[tickytocky2]

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I am just LOVING this story, Please don't let it end! You need more trips and more stories! I love it , And please show us the finished photo of the bathing place-It just never ever ceases to amaze me the creativity of jamaican people

[diabolical_Tanya]

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mi know yu sick an ting BUT..... yu finga dem noh bruk


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[sammy]

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CONGRATULATIONS Bandana!

I am so happy for you and your family and so enjoying your report. May God continue to shine His light on you and yours!

((((((((((Mr &amp; Mrs Bandana and the lovely children)))))))))))

[SamChabs]

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Congrats Bandanna. Lovely pictures, lovely family and u look positively glowing. All the best.

[JamBrit]

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Thoroughly enjoying your trip report Mrs B....thanks for sharing with us. Lilla is adorable and Imani is sooo handsome!! Here's wishing you all a lifetime of love, good health, peace and happiness!!!

[Bandana]

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Thanks for all the kind words, and for being patient while I recover from what must be the worst cold/flu/bug I have ever encountered

I will attempt to write/post more tonight or tomorrow...

tictock, sammy, JamBrit, SamChabs, goldilocs, applepie, and Stormmey

Tanya mi finger dem soon work again

[Jazz]

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OH ((((Danner))) sorry to hear you are not feeling well - tek yuh time and feel better.... the report can wait.

That being said - Loving the report and the family - Miss Lilla is just too delightful for words... and Mr. Imanni is just such a great big brother!

[Nanook]

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Oh no you're sick! Bandy .

I hope you feel better, I have enjoyed your journey immensely!

[missus_vegas]

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ehmmmmm that greenery, the things I could do in there so lush and green. remind me of home but here too much critter bout the place.
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cow itch and nekkle ketch yuh yuh fawt

[Bandana]

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<span style="font-size: 11pt">Soon the yard was filled with family almost all of whom I have met before. They greet me with smiles and hugs, but they're not here to see me. Lilla is the star of the show and she is loving every minute of it. She is the baby of the baby, and she is named after a mother to them all. She is carried from one part of the yard to the other, in the house and out, her feet did not touch the ground again that day. Imanni ran and played with his new cousins and I tried to take it all in... The heat, the family, the house, the release of my baby to a yard full of people. In truth it was a bit overwhelming. I handled it with as much grace as I could, but I did not feel quite myself until the moon was high in the sky and all the people had gone...

Imanni in his bed and Lilla in her tent, both sound asleep after a day filled with energy.
My husband lying next to me sound asleep after an evening of rum and congratulations

I can't sleep... the heat is thick and the osculating fan barely cuts through to me before it moves again... the mosquitoes are having a feast, and I am the main course... the darkness is like none I've known before... and all I can do is lay there and think: can I live here if he doesn't get through? As the sweat drips from my brow and the next mosquito takes a bite I am afraid of the answer, then the tears spring from my eyes, and suddenly I am bawling silently, without movement, I lay there and cry... I love this man, I have made a covenant with God to spend my life with this person who has touched my heart and my soul like no other has, and I want nothing more than to fulfill that commitment. I want to spend my life loving, and caring for the man laying beside me, but if my country won't let him in, can I do it?? Can I live in a one room board house with two children??

I don't know, maybe it was just the weight of the day, maybe I was just feeing vulnerable... I love the country, I am a country girl at heart... Some of my best memories of us together were out in the country at Auntie's house... I have bathed from a bucket, I have slept with out AC, but God I need a bigger fan and some window screens

I don't think I made a sound... yet somehow he always knows when I am upset, and through the darkness his hand reaches out and I feel a finger touch my tear soaked cheek... in an instant I am in his arms and he is an inch from my face peering into my eyes... &quot;Danna, what is the matter&quot;? The concern in his voice is like a knife through my heart. How do I tell him what is wrong? I keep seeing the joy on his face earlier that day... the joy of having his family here at his home... &quot;Nothing baby, I am okay, I'm sorry I woke you, go back to sleep&quot;... pssshhh.. like I thought that would work We tell each other everything and he would not rest until he knew what was wrong... so I told him my fears, and then we both lay there crying for a while... he wants nothing more than to provide for us... We talk for a long time there in the dark, and I know he understands, but it hurts all the same... when I slap another mosquito on my leg he jumps up and turns on the light... my mosquito warrior to the rescue he can catch them like no one I have ever seen and he spent a good 20 minutes on the hunt I will never forget the way he hovered over Imanni that night protecting him from mosquitoes... God really did give me a good man, and when we finally lay down together again, there was no fear in my heart...
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[Bandana]

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<span style="font-size: 11pt">The next day dawned a little brighter, and as I took my bath in a bucket my husband came to check on me... I took that opportunity to plant one super sized kiss on his lips, and I followed it with... for richer, for poorer, in sickness, and in health, mosquitoes or no mosquitoes, the grin on his face just then is forever etched in my mind..

We made breakfast, and he did some work around the yard...

By mid-day the heat was killing me, and we decided to go down to sisters and partake of the little piece of heaven in her back yard!





The water is so cool and refreshing... I would have stayed there all day if he'd let me...



He's not so at home in the cold







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[Bandana]

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yes, heaven on earth...</span>

[trelawnysmall]

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This is a wonderful, love filled journey for you &amp; your family.

I am overjoyed to know you all and I know everything will fall into place. You know it too.

Lilla now, has stolen a piece of my heart, her spirit is sweet &amp; gentle yet full of fire. Holding her made my heart sing.

I look forward to seeing you all again.

More love Danna.
God is GREAT, never forget that.
He will provide all that you need, this is true.

[rie]

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congrats Mrs. B

Good luck wining your sister in law over, from her face looks like your going to need it!

Nice secenery, where is that swimming hole? The water looks cold!

All the best and nice dress on you~

[Skelly]

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dammit woman I am crying!


I love seeing Lilla eat up all the Jamaican food..that is a Jamaican baby...I loved seeing her play in the soil...my kids have NEVER been in anything other than sand I love the love she gets from her cousins....I especially loved the pic of her Dad holding her by the river....

and I love the way that man loves you!