My 2 Ethiopian Girls: Caren comes to meet Tigist!

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Caren comes to meet Tigist!

My friend from choir who moved to Texas before Tigist came home, was dying to meet Tigist. It was really great to catch up with her ...

Her hair is getting longer and I can do a little more with it. It's fun to decide what to do with her hair each day ...

6 comments:

Amber said...: I love it when friends visit!; February 16, 2009 at 8:24 PM
Ryan Hale said...: Hi David & Lisa -

My wife Gina and I met you at C.B. & Potts a couple of weeks ago. I just got back to St. Louis and we were talking about you this morning and started checking out your blog. Great stuff and keep it up!

As you might remember, we're in the process now to adopt from Ethiopia ourselves. Can't wait for that, but with the move to Denver, we have some things to get accomplished to be ready to go.

Thought you might be interested in our story with Ellie on an older version of my blog. I noticed that there are some broken links, but you'll get the idea. If you like, you can also check out the video that we created.

http://manila.ryanjhale.com/journeytoellie/

Gina also has a blog where she writes pretty frequently:

http://hale.adoptblogs.org

We're getting ready to move to Denver in a few weeks. We'd really like to get together with you when we get to town!

Ryan, Gina, Hannah, & Ellie; February 22, 2009 at 6:11 AM
Stephanie and Gary said...: Hi Lisa -- It was so enjoyable to catch up on your blog. What a beautiful little lady Tigist has become. It was so heartwarming to read your Holiday 2008 letter as well. I feel terrible, that I never contacted you yet, and still have something for Tigist that I wanted to send you. I really have to get my act together! Would an evening this week work?
Steph in Brooklyn, NY; March 15, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Lisa said...: Hi Stehpanie,
Don't even worry about stuff like that. I have found I am so busy now with another child, I forget so much stuff and get so caught up in just catching up I forget what I did yesterday. You can call me anytime this week, Tigist goes down at 8pm Denver time, so anytime after that would be good. So glad you are keeping up with what we are doing. Now I'm off to see where you guys are in the process.

Did I tell you I spent 4 weeks in Brooklyn 2 yrs. ago? My friend Sheryl Martinelli lives in an apt. on Shore Rd. I love NY!!; March 15, 2009 at 8:42 PM
Amber said...: Just checking in...How is everyone doing?
Amber; March 24, 2009 at 3:47 PM
Lisa said...: Hi Amber,
We're all fine. I'm just so crazy busy since Tigist came. Everything is fine, she just needs most of my attention and everything else gets put on the back burner ... and unfortunately the blog is one of them. I've been sneaking peeks at your blog and I'm just so giddy for you and your new little girl. We'll talk real soon on the phone. I'm so very happy for you and your family...hugs, Lisa; March 24, 2009 at 6:15 PM

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Welcome to our Site ... This is our Journey of our Adoption from Africa and our Life in Denver.

This journal (blog) is about adoption, our change of life from California to Denver and our little girl who we have adopted from Ethiopia. Our daughter came home to us after 9 months of tons of paperwork and she has come home to us on August 18th, 2008.

I highly encourage you to post comments at the end of any post if you'd like. I update every few days, so sign up to be emailed each time I post something new. It's a great way to keep updated.

So far, this has been an amazing journey. The adoption process is more "stuff" than you can imagine leading to what has been an incredible change in our lives. This journal is from my heart to you the reader and to our daughter whom we just recently met. It is also dedicated to the biological parents of our adopted girl who may or may not be alive. I do know that Tigist was placed in a safe place to be found by police, who then took her to an orphanage. In doing so, they saved her life! I applaud her Mother and/or Father's courage in the decision to offer their child a life full of opportunity. They decided to put her up for adoption by relinquishing her in such a way. This is such a touchy subject, yet very personal to both the biological parents and us. We will always honor them in the lives of our daughter...they will never be forgotten! That....I can promise.

Where we are in the adoption process....

We picked Tigist up in Addis Ababa August 9th, 2008. She is home, healthy and very happy!

We passed court on June 23rd 2008, traveled on July 31st, met Tigist on August 9th, and arrived home on August 18th.

What has changed is that we are not adopting two girls, which is what we started out attempting to do, but ended up with one amazing little 2 yr. old. Just another reminder how this process can be so unpredictable.

Why does our blog title says 2 girls...well, we sponsor a very sweet 12 year old girl in Ethiopia and have adopted another. So even though we weren't referred 2 girls as was the plan, the title coincidentally still applies to Our 2 Ethiopian Girls! One here, one there! We eagerly await the letters and pictures Fatuma sends us and we send letters and photos too.

The meaning of the Ethiopian flag

(adapted from a Yahoo group web posting and Unicef-Ethiopia)

Ethiopia is one of the oldest countries in the world, and the only African country that has no history of colonization. Upon their independence, many African countries adopted the colors of the Ethiopian flag - green, yellow and red - that became known as the Pan-African colors.

The official flag of Ethiopia consists of three equal and horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and red with a yellow pentagram and single yellow rays emanating from the angles between the points on a light blue disk centered on the three bands.

The significance of the colors on the Ethiopian flag are interpreted to have a connection to the Holy Trinity, as well as the three main provinces of Ethiopia. The red stripe stands for power, faith and blood. The yellow strip symbolizes peace, natural wealth and love. The green stripe represents the land and hope.

The yellow pentagram on the blue disk, also known as the National Coat of Arms, is a symbol of the current government; it is intended to reflect the desire of the nations, nationalities and peoples of Ethiopia, as well as of its religious communities, to live together in unity and equality. The star represents unity of the people and the races that make up Ethiopia. The five rays on the outside of the star represent prosperity, and the blue disk represents peace.

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Caren comes to meet Tigist!

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