Taking Custody
Monday (9/21)
The drive back to Addis from Durame lasted entirely too long.
We toured a medical facility that is supported by our agency. We also had the opportunity to stop and take pictures of Mihret’s actual birth-village.
But the drive back to Addis from Durame still lasted entirely too long.
Because we knew that when we returned to Addis, we’d take custody of our children. The long-awaited moment was finally at hand. We just had to wait through the drive back to the city.
When we finally got back to our hotel, we went over to the Care Center. The children were having their baths and the nannies had redone Mihret’s hair. We watched as they bathed and dried her one last time. She had been at the Center for a long time and it was obvious that the nannies loved her. We brought some pajamas for her to wear to the hotel. The nannies gladly dressed her in her new outfit.
It was tough watching them say goodbye to our Little Girl. They’d loved her for so long. I’m sure they were happy that she has a forever family, but it was also difficult for them to let her go. One of the nannies held her one last time and she was fighting back tears.
“Chaio,” she finally managed to say.
And she handed Mihret back to us for the final time. We did our best to express our heartfelt gratitude to the nannies who cared so much for our daughter. I hope they understood – even with the language barrier. And we walked out the room and closed the door.
She was finally ours!
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