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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I haven’t posted lately anything related to hairstyles mostly because it has turned from novelty to routine. There are some days I want to try new things but since Feven started school I try to keep things simple. We have developed a weekly routine to keep her [...]

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We have already received a referral for our ongoing adoption. She’s a beautiful girl and we can’t wait to meet her. We are waiting to get a court date, that hopefully will be before the year ends. The judicial courts in Ethiopia are now on recess, [...]

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