On the big yahoo group for Ethiopian adoption there is a current discussion going on about the future of Ethiopian adoption as well as the current state of affairs. The discussion started with the posting of this article (it also provides a review of other articles all on Ethiopian adoption). With the new trends in [...]
You must constantly be on your game and watching. I love having two kids and those who know me well know that I want more, but today was our first activity outing with two kids and it really is different watching out for two–even though one isn’t really mobile.
We had an awesome gathering of our [...]
I am bucking adoption blogging tradition and lumping my entire trip into one post. I am pressed for time (with two active kids and all) and the trip was much more uneventful than our first adoption trip. Just let me say that the plane ride to Ethiopia was absolutely awful–last row, seats so old their [...]
I haven’t spent anytime here discussing one of the biggest crises to hit Ethiopia since the 80’s. Famine. Ethiopia is ever important to me and will forever be my second nation–because it is my children’s first nation. As as examine our society of excess–really who needs a double whopper or double quarter pounder with cheese? The [...]
I just read an interesting information pieceby the University of Washington about the tribal roots of both of my children. Minnow and Peepers are both of Oromo descent. Sadly, my son and daughter would have been second class citizens with no political autonomy in their own country because of their Oromo heritage. I had no [...]
You can go to this section of the WHOwebsite and read about 5 different women in 5 different developing countries having babies–it gives snapshots of these 5 women at different stages of their pregnancy and upt to a year after their child is born. It is sobering to think of the realities that faced the [...]
It has been called WANNAFEST 2008. I think that name is perfect. I may even have a t-shirt made. Okay probably not but it is still an awesome event. There are a few of us who have been wanting to get together and meet for a very long time. We met via our adoption agencies [...]
I usually pay a lot more attention to politics that I have of late. I am not sure if having a toddler that doesn’t sit still is the reason or if the reason lies in the fact that this seems to be the longest campaign season ever. I feel like the election should have happened [...]
