We’ve just returned a few days ago but it seems like an eternity. Between the cultural differences, the time zone, the jet lag, the new family configuration, etc., each day seems to last a week. The first adjustment took place in Ethiopia during the week I spent with [...]

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I still have so many things to write about my trip in January to Ethiopia, but now I have to leave all that for later. Finally, we are reaching the end of this adoption journey and I need to get back to Addis for an interview at the [...]

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I have it pretty clear by now that I won’t change my new daughter’s first name. I haven’t done it with my other Ethiopian kids and won’t do it with a girl that is already 5 years old. Besides keeping the ties with her culture, I also think it’s a pretty [...]

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Although most people consider the number 13 to bring bad luck, for our family all our biggest and happiest events have happened on a 13th. Another one has been added to the list. We were supposed to have our court date on [...]

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