Tezin Nan Dlo
A long time ago, a young woman lived at the outskirts of a small village on the Island of Haiti . On the outside, her family looked every bit as normal as every other family in the village… with one tiny difference. This young woman had a secret that made her uniquely special! Something about her baffled her parents and brothers alike, and on the surface, there appeared to be no logical explanation for her behavior. A mystery they vowed to solve. In Haiti , girls live with their parents until they turn eighteen. At eighteen, a young woman is considered to have be a woman, and is expected to create a home of her own. Our story begins when this young woman was twelve full moons away from her marital age. She lived with her parents and helped with household chores such as water fetching, cooking and cleaning. This young woman was exceptional in many regards. What set her apart was that she could bring “clear and clay free” water home. There lived the mystery! The on...