Word: guatemala
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...think we would have made it without my parents' help," says Becci Goldman, who traveled with her husband Steve and her parents to Guatemala City, where the Goldmans adopted two biologically unrelated 4-month-old babies, Kevin and Emma. Becci vividly remembers watching her mother take an inconsolable Kevin into her arms at 3 a.m., placing him on her chest and sleeping with him for the rest of the night. The next day Becci came down with a virulent stomach flu; after that, Steve and her parents juggled all the baby care...
...Ronni Blumenthal, the moment of family bliss came in Guatemala City as her mother Barbara wrapped 23-month-old Dov in a worn red woolen blanket that Ronni's great-grandmother had made. "My grandmother used to tell me," says Barbara, "'Go get the red blanket, and we'll cuddle.' So this blanket--and tradition--has been passed from generation to generation, and has special meaning...
...going to keep working while God gives me energy,” says Iscayau, an immigrant grandmother who came here from Guatemala more than 20 years...
Iscayau has pictures of herself with all of the Democratic contenders who spoke at the convention, including Dean, which she has sent to relatives in Guatemala. The SEIU has no problem with non-citizens’ potentially choosing the next U.S. president, Bartley says...
...director of the Harvard Foundation, Lopez earned the award through his dedication to humanitarian causes. Lopez’s charity, the George and Ann Lopez-Richie Alarcon Care Foundation, supports community arts and education programs. Lopez has also been an active fundraiser for earthquake victims in El Salvador and Guatemala...