Double-up Adoption: article from Globe & Mail
Mar. 17th | Posted by Nicky
8 comments
I’m pretty pleased with the results… and I have to say our friends from Westbank contributed a great picture!
It was nice to hear about Debbie and Rod’s girls as well.
ADRIANA BARTON
From Tuesday’s Globe and Mail
March 17, 2009 at 4:36 AM EDTBarely a month has passed since Mekfira and Kalkidan made the long journey to West Kelowna, B.C., from Ethiopia, and already the two seven-year-old girls have settled into a routine. Each day they splash in the local swimming pool or play in the snow. And each night before bed, they well up with tears as their adoptive parents, Brent and Laura Livingstone, try to soothe their raw grief.
In their short, turbulent lives, Mekfira and Kalkidan have lost their birth parents, their orphan community and their homeland. But the children can rely on one constant from their former lives: each other.
The girls prattle away in their native language, Amharic, dress their dolls together and fight like sisters do. Although they are cousins, they were raised as siblings in Ethiopia.
Such a good article! Thanks for sharing!
I even know the Kurtz family through my church! Very neat!
Yes that was good!
Thanks!
Very well said!
Barb
The article is great, but the comments are so very out of hand and only show how truly ignorant people are.
Thanks for sharing the article! And know that our prayers will be with you and your upcoming court date in a couple of days! Can’t wait to hear good news!
Alysia
I thoroughly enjoyed that article. You must be proud to be a part of it.
I found the comments interesting. I was encouraged to read so many supportive voices and went from being annoyed to somewhat entertained as I followed “Dave N” talking himself into a corner.
Me too! I thought about saying something, but there were plenty of voices… and Dave N seems to put his own foot in his own mouth