To Ethiopia And Back, Epilogue

I have hesitant to share this post, so it is a bit late. Yet I feel it is good for me to write these things. I desire to be true to the story and to you, to share the whole of it. I also feel it will be good for our children to hear these [...]

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To Ethiopia And Back, Part XXII (This Is Why)

This flight was much, much less painful than it could have been. I can’t begin to tell you how thankful we were for that; we felt our friends and family must have been praying for us! When we got off, we were bound for US immigration and customs… -from Part XXI When arriving into the [...]

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To Ethiopia And Back, Part XXI.V (‘Cause I Forgot to Show You Some Stuff!)

Here are the pictures that go with the last couple of Ethiopia posts. I just simply forgot to put them in, and it seems easier just to make a new post out of them…and this way, you won’t have to go digging to see them. Y, fresh out of the bath. While many things about [...]

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To Ethiopia And Back, Part XXI (In The Air)

On the airplane, we found our seats, and over and over Y said, “Aeroplana? Aeroplana?!” She was positively delirious with excitement to ride on an airplane. That lasted right up until we took off…from Part XX At the beginning of that first flight, Y was very happy to get settled in. It was late at [...]

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To Ethiopia And Back, Part XX (Journey Home)

As we walked away to the car, my tears spilled out in a steam that I thought might never end. To think of saying good-bye to my children forever. To think that maybe I could hand them back, that they could stay with her, that we could start over and do it all differently and [...]

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To Ethiopia And Back, Part XIX (Meeting Her)

He told us that Y & M’s birthmother would meet us there at 9am. She was going to meet us; we were going to meet her! – From Part XVIII Again I woke up crazy-early. Not only was this our last day in Addis Ababa, but this was the day that we were supposed to [...]

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To Ethiopia And Back, Part XVIII (Wrappin’ It Up and Packin’ It In)

Sheka handed us the children’s passports (with the visas inside).Then we had to say good-bye to Getachew. After spending so much time with him, I found it terribly sad to say good-bye. I became keenly aware of the treasure that our children would be leaving behind – a people that are so open and kind [...]

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To Ethiopia And Back, Part XVII (Shopping, Again?)

He returned to the car just as we did. We left [the orphanage] and headed for the shops near Churchill Road again. -from Part XVI It was certainly a day of contrasts. From a government funded orphanages to the shops near Churchill road – I was struggling a bit with mental and emotional whiplash, yet [...]

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To Ethiopia And Back, Part XVI (Enat Alem)

“We got back to our room at the Hilton, changed the kids into pajamas, watched some bad television, caught up in the journal, and went to sleep. And for the first time, sleep I did…” –From Part XV After literally sleeping for only two to three hours a night for days, I felt like a [...]

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To Ethiopia And Back, Part XV (It’s a Small World After All)

Walking back into the hotel I was sad that the morning had to come to and end, yet the kids needed to rest…and my brain needed a break to process all I had seen, heard, and learned. –from Part XIV Again, we ordered room service for the kids to eat. We tried a lamb stew…or [...]

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