[Viva] beautiful words from Romari

[Denise Wozniak]

We all celebrate the beautiful human being who is called Romari!
On Jun 18, 2016 1:12 PM, "Margarite Sanchez" <margaritesanchez at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Viva women,
> This is reposted with permission from Romari, who has moved to Scotland. I
> sort of pieced it together from 2 emails from her (Thanks Romari! we miss
> you too!!) M.
>
> Great to hear from you. I have just been catching up on posts and emails
> since my travel home to Scotland. I hit the wall with jet lag and have been
> sleeping a lot since I arrived back from NYC on Friday.
>
> Of course you may share the news on Jessica. It was tremendous to see her
> accept the award, only to be overshadowed by her amazing and surprising
> news of being pregnant with not one but two babies!  Talk about causing a
> stir in a room!
>
> It was another crazy coincidence that I was in NYC when Jessica was to be
> honoured at the VisualAIDS VaVoom Gala! Yes, I attended and sat at her
> table along with her sister, aunt, father and a few other friends,
> including Doloris Dockrey.
>
> It was quite the evening and her acceptance speech was fabulous, ending
> with a rock the world punch line! She is pregnant .... And with twins! Talk
> about leaving an audience gobsmacked! As it filtered into out collective
> minds, their was a roar and everyone up on their feet to cheers and
> thunderous applause!
>
> Participating in this 30th anniversary NYC AIDS Walk they day before and
> then attending this gala celebrating Jessica was a most and life affirming
> and memorable experience for me.
>
> I don't know quite how to explain, but walking through Central Park in the
> AIDS Walk has somehow changed me in a very significant way! I feel
> different in every way.
> My very personal highlight of participating along 30,000 people in the
> 30th anniversary of the New York City AIDS Walk! It was a glorious
> experience for me, and a great gift to have as I too was celebrating my
> 30th anniversary of my diagnosis! None of this had been planned, I just
> happened to be in the City at the time this was all happening. To me, it
> was like the Universe was giving me a huge celebration of life!
>
> I miss all my family and friends in Canada but for me, I am on more solid
> ground living here in my birthplace. The Walk for me was a turning point to
> in recognizing that in surviving the last 30 years, I want to start anew
> and thriving for however many more years I have left to live!
> Romari
>
>
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