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Saturday, February 28, 2009

I'm Coming To L.A. area ...

Leaving today for Los Angeles. Bringing Brandon who will do E-school with his laptop and Tigist who will probably distract him from doing school.

I'm staying with my friend in Huntington Beach, Shere', who adopted a beautiful baby girl from Vietnam. Her son does school on the internet as well, so that'll work out great. We'll probably hop around from place to place, but I really want to see my friend of 35 years who is trying to get better right now in the hosptital. She's been fighting pancreatic cancer now for over 10 years and it's really giving her a hard time right now ... she'll hate it that I'm coming, but I just want to see her and have her meet my new daughter too. Sorry Debbie ... I'm coming anyway. Can't stop me now!

I haven't told anybody I'm coming yet, but I'll have time at the airport and when I arrive.

Bye for now... will post pics and I can't wait for Tigist's family to meet her.

6 comments:

michelle said...: Lisa, have a terrific trip! I look forward to seeing pictures of Miss T in sunny L.A.!
Michelle O; February 28, 2009 at 6:57 PM
Amber said...: Be safe. Have a great trip!; March 1, 2009 at 2:49 AM
Terry Gallina said...: Lisa I'll continue to pray for our friend. Good luck, pal, and may God keep you safe.; March 2, 2009 at 5:33 PM
Kara said...: Hi Lisa,
I found your post on the Circle of Moms Ethiopian adoption page on facebook. I noticed you are from Denver. I'm from Southern Wyoming- we are neighbors! I have a couple questions for you regarding your adoption- my husband and I are thinking about possibly starting the process. If you could email me I would sure appreciate it- my email address is jks@communicomm.com

Thanks!
Kara; March 11, 2009 at 7:11 PM
christen said...: My husband and I were lucky to hear you at the IAN training. We hope to travel soon for our 8 year old daughter.

We are torn over shots and traveling with our 2 year old. What shots did you get? and do you recommend traveling with a toddler to Ethiopia? She has been on long international trips. I'm just worried about her health; March 30, 2009 at 11:19 AM
Lisa said...: Christen,
Thanks for your email. Regarding shots, all I did was follow the advice of my pediatrician who was knowledgeable in this area. Some he said don't worry about, some he said to do. I just did that.

Regarding taking your toddler, I don't know what the personality or habits are of your 2 yr. old, but if they are typical, this is a big and busy and important trip for you and your husband. Not knowing your circumstances, I would only venture to say I would not want to take my 2 yr. old as I would want to focus mainly on picking up my new and confused and scared child. An 8 yr. old has got to need so much personal attention that your 2 yr. old may be a big time stealer from you if you are needed by your new child. If you have somewhere for your toddler to go, I would really try to do that. Our children are fine in the hands of others ... to me, this is such an important trip not to be distracted by anything.

Let me know if you want to have a phone conversation. We can talk more about this if you like.

All the best, this is exciting.

Lisa; March 30, 2009 at 11:56 AM

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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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