Sometimes the victories are monumental, moments that will be forever etched in your memory. They are the days that are written in the pages of your journal, marked by a specific date, so as to be remembered, treasured even, because of their significance.

Six years ago today, on January 12, 2010, one of the most devastating earthquakes in history struck Haiti, a country that was already pinned as the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. Léogâne was its epicenter, a city just west of Haiti’s overcrowded capital, Port-au-Prince.