I was driving Aiden to school one morning shortly after we had brought Mihret home from Ethiopia. I was a little shocked at the words that came out of his mouth. When are you going to bring home a brother for me? Uh… I wasn’t sure how to answer that one. I have to admit,…
This post may use affiliate links. Learn more in my Disclosure Policy. If the statement that a family is a loosely woven and expansive nest, then it’s safe to say that our nest is about to get bigger. It’s already grown in our hearts, but things are about to get real. Real world real. Because…
On Tuesday morning, December 22, I joined a dozen other families from around the world in a small 30 foot by 30 foot room on an upper floor in an Ethiopian courthouse. All of us were there for the same thing. So one by one, families were ushered into the adjacent judge’s chambers for an…
I think this is my favorite song on Tobymac’s newest album. Because of the reunion of dc Talk on What Love Feels Like, it already made me feel kind of warm and fuzzy all over. But then I heard Mister Mac’s (or should it still be Mister Tobymac’s?) intro to the song at his concert…
It’s been a whirlwind of a week, let me tell you. On Saturday, we received a letter from the Immigration office. It included this phrase: USCIS is pleased to inform you that we have preliminarily determined that the beneficiary child appears eligible to immigrate to the United States as an orphan… I’ll admit that it’s…
Today is a pivotal day in our family’s story. And we’re asking you to join us in prayer. Here’s what Christy posted on our facebook page: December 1st, Tuesday… I’ll be doing lots of things. Sleeping. Getting kids out the door for school. Teaching. Presenting my school’s programs to a group of students… But, my…
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #HealthySavings #CollectiveBias Our family is about to grow again. Soon, we’ll be a family of six. Our family is about to explode in anticipation of this boy’s arrival. We have his bed ready. We have tons of clothes for…
11 months and 15 days. Almost 50 weeks. Close to 350 days. Approximately 8395 hours. That’s how long we’ve been waiting for a document from W’s home region. It’s an important document that’s required for the US Embassy to be able to complete their investigation for the PAIR (Pre-Adoption Immigration Review) process. Submitting to PAIR…
This adoption journey has been quite an emotional roller coaster with many unforeseen twists and turns. There might have even been a corkscrew or two thrown in there for good measure. And it ain’t over yet. But that’s OK. It’s kind of par for the course when it comes to international adoption. I’d imagine domestic…
I posted this announcement on twitter a couple of nights ago… One more big-huge opportunity to raise funds for our #adoption. Once this one is complete, we should be DONE raising money! — Matt Todd (@mattdantodd) May 28, 2015 And quickly followed it up with this… I hope to have details posted later this evening….