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My Journal to Haiti: Power of Women
I have been a woman in a man’s world my whole life. I was a “math and science” kid, I worked for an investment bank, I worked at Microsoft and I own Key Hyundai (and am one of the only female car...
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My Journey to Haiti: Day One Complete
We met 4:30am at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, Ct and it’s now 8:45pm EST. It’s been a long but productive day. We took a van service to JFK and then a flight onto Port au Prince. We were the...
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My Journey to Haiti: Day 2
Today was totally overwhelming. In fact, it was so much so that when we came back I fell dead asleep for 20 minutes. I don’t think I’ve ever crashed that hard at 4:00pm in the afternoon. It’s...
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My Journey to Haiti: Day 3
Today was supposed to be an in-service day at the clinic that administers the MATH program and then a dry run of the eye clinic and dermatology clinic with the staff. Instead, we arrived to lines of...
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My Journey to Haiti: Day 4, Life in Tent City Ain’t Pretty
Today was very emotionally draining and the extent of what we saw is just beginning to set in. Quite frankly, I’m not sure it ever “sets in” but I guess you begin to digest it. We went to Jerusalem,...
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Days 5 & 6: Lilevois, Sathre and Life on a Medical Mission Trip
We went to Lilevois yesterday. It was about 10-15 miles outside Port-au-Prince and it took us about 1 1/2 hours. You never move more than 10 – 20 miles an hour. The roads are dirt and concrete and...
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Day 7: “Life is a Cabaret” (except in Haiti)
Here was one of our adorable patients with me in Cabaret. We went to Cabaret today. While the name sounds lively and upbeat, it is unfortunately not. It’s a village in a banana plantation about 20...
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My Journey to Haiti: Re-entry into First World Life
Waiting in her Sunday best It is good to be home. I mean, really good! A lot of people have asked me if it was more or less difficult than I imagined. The conditions in Haiti are significantly worse...
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Weekly Musings: Happy Holidays from Key Hyundai and Jill Merriam
Dear Fellow Solution Providers, I hope you had a wonderful holiday. My husband, kids and I went to my brother, Jeff’s house for the day and had a mixed up holiday. We celebrated Christmas with my...
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Weekly Musings at Key Hyundai: Importance of our Car to Our Lifestyles
Key Hyundai Solution Providers Dear Solution Providers: Goodbye January! Although I always try to see the brighter side of life, January is not my favorite month of the year. December brings hope for...
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