Our lives changed after we took this picture 5 years ago
We took this picture five years ago today. It was the last time we were together as a family of four.
A few minutes after this, the kids drove off with their Papaw. Soon after that, Christy and I boarded a plane. Our ultimate destination was a Little Girl in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Five years ago today, we were ending one leg of our family’s journey.
Five years ago today, we were starting another leg of our family’s journey.
Five years ago…
Wow.
How has it already been five years since we went from being a family of four to a family of five?
It couldn’t have happened without the prayer and support of some pretty amazing friends and family who were with us throughout the process. And it certainly couldn’t have happened without family members taking care of Aiden and Alyson, trying to do whatever possible to keep their lives as close to normal as possible while their mom and dad were half a world away. To anyone and everyone who had some part in our journey to bring Mihret into our family, I want to say “Thank you” again. Thank you for allowing God to use you and to weave your story into our family’s story.
Because we can’t imagine our family without Mihret.
I bet you can’t, either.
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