It hasn’t been that long since I published the last ”special moments…” but there is a lot of good news out there! -
New (on my blog)
Journey to My Daughter
Journey to Emmy
Journey to Our Son
Meeting ZiaÂ
And babies make 10
Our Angel Astrid
Bringing Home Girum
Meeting Silas
The Triplets
Our First Year with Ava Sidisse
Our two little ones
Bade Family Adoption
Others Previously Posted (but worth another [...]
I stumbled a little late on this conversation… Shannon blogged about two issues we ALL deal with, as parents adopting from Ethiopia.Â
First, what to say about the bloody Angelina comment. Anybody actually thought of a really good retort? (I don’t want to bash the lady, as I don’t even know her and assume her motives are [...]
It’s just amazing the difference a year can make…. here we are in 2008, and the environment is once again at the top of the list of Canadians’ concerns. It’s about time.Â
The wonderful thing about green being the new black (and yes, I mean that in a fashion sense!) is that the products that we [...]
Many parents prayers were answered today… the “pouch” arrived from the High Commission in Nairobi to the agency offices in Addis with a whole swath of visas and citizenship documents.Â
Yahoo! I’m really happy for these families, some of which have been waiting a really long time for HC Nairobi to process their paperwork… and also [...]
The Globe and Mail published an article earlier this week, which broke the story that Ethiopia is now the second most popular country Canadians adopt from, after China. You can read the story here.
The story was good in many ways, but I worried that it left an impression that all African adoptions are risky and [...]
Pick up your kids, people!!!
I called the agency today and asked “what’s up?” and our caseworker said that basically the transition home is pretty full, and when the next wave of parents go and pick up their kids, there wil be more beds free, and then, supposedly, our children will appear in the transition home [...]
Our group, Okanagan Families With Children From Africa, is getting together in May. If you are in the neighborhood, maybe you can join us!
Sunday, May 18th - Westbank
Okanagan Families With Children From Africa FAMILY POTLUCK
We’ll BBQ at Laura and Brent’s house and there is a lot of room for the kids to play inside and [...]
Here are some links to some interesting videos - part of a mini-series on CityTV about Westlock volunteers travelling to Ethiopia. The narration is, at times, a little exagerated and patronizing, but the stories are great and it’s a real interesting watch! Many of these progects are rooted in Rotary - they receive grants from Rotary International [...]
Hamish has this special little toy… we call him “Fox”. That’s what he was, anyway, when we originally got him years ago. He’s lost his ears and tail along the way, but he remains Hamish’s special little friend. I kid you not - he actually takes him to bed every night, and licks him over in [...]
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You know, the waiting has now reached a different level. I think we’ve plateaued at “I wonder, seriously, if this is ever going to happen.” Remember, when we started out it was supposed to be a 2-6 month wait until referral. Wow. 7 months.
I still check my email every day… but I don’t actually expect [...]
I haven’t been on-line much, because I’ve been a traveling fiend!
Last weekend, I went to the Great Blue Heron Nature Sanctuary - boy, that is an amazing place. If you are ever in Chilliwack, check it out - it’s astounding how many of those magnificent birds are in one place. this picture doesn’t do it justice, [...]
