by Amy Bretall | May 7, 2017 | Blog, Faith, Inspired, Life, Love
A little girl in Cuba, Yordielis, is my next. I have written often about my sweet Jean as my adopted grandmother, how we met 22 years ago at my first job out of college. Jean was age 68 and I was 23. I held onto her over the years, loved her and cared for her...
by Amy Bretall | Oct 15, 2016 | Blog, Inspired, Life, Love
Yesterday I posted about meeting a little girl in Cuba. Today I want to share how I found her. A day after meeting this little girl in Cuba (one year ago), I was still thinking about her. Having dinner the prior evening with Santana, a local taxi driver we met and...
by Amy Bretall | Oct 14, 2016 | Blog, Inspired, Love
One year ago today, October 14, 2015, while traveling in Cuba, I met this little girl. Walking outside of Ernest Hemingway’s estate to see more of how Cubans really live, I took a photo of the surrounding neighborhood, turned around, and there she was… just...