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 … Continue reading There Is No Relaxing When You Have Two Kids
Ethiopia
The Long Awaited Ethiopia Post
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 … Continue reading The Long Awaited Ethiopia Post
Things Left Unsaid
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 … Continue reading Things Left Unsaid
Racism Is Everywhere–Even When All The Same “Race”
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 … Continue reading Racism Is Everywhere–Even When All The Same “Race”
Reasons Why I Am Happy To Live Where I Do
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 … Continue reading Reasons Why I Am Happy To Live Where I Do
