[Viva] beautiful words from Romari

[Lisa Lagos]

Wow!  What beautiful writing!  Thanks for sharing such a heart-warming,
captivating story.  What a remarkable journey!
Lisa L.
On Jun 18, 2016 1:24 PM, "Denise Wozniak" <deniseswozniak at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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