The Ethiopian flag consists of three horizontal stripes of green, yellow and red. A light-blue emblem in the center features a five-pointed star. The green stripe symbolizes the fertility of Ethiopian lands, the yellow stripe symbolizes the country’s religious freedom,…
Year: 2011
A sincere thanks goes out to all of you who have ordered shirts/tank tops or sweatshirts in the last 2 weeks. As of today Tommy and I have sold 163 shirts total! Thank you so much for your support! Your…
It’s kind of hard to believe that exactly one year ago on our anniversary, July 1, Tommy and I were mourning our second miscarriage. Stunned, lifeless, angry, and so very sad. What in the world were we going to do…
Over the last few months, I have grown to see the power of the process not only throughout this adoption but also through life itself. Growth is essentially time creating beauty. Often, the hidden treasures of this life are revealed…
April 16, 2011- The morning couldn’t have been more beautiful. We set up into the Whittier Hills to conquer another 2 hour hike to raise money for the adoption; and that’s exactly what we did. A total of $430 was…
Enjoy your daily coffee & support our adoption at the same time! We have partnered with Ground to Cup Coffee to continue our adoption fundraising efforts. Ground to Cup Coffee will donate 40% of all sales purchased from our Higgins…
OUR HOME STUDY APPLICATION HAS BEEN MAILED… This has been an eventful week in our adoption process. Not only did we finish the mountains of paperwork for the home study application, but we hit the $10,000 adoption fund level from…
AND THE WINNER IS… Between the online & in person ticket sales, we raised over $3,000 for our adoption from this raffle!!! We are so pleased, humbled, & excited with the results of this raffle fundraiser. We greatly appreciate all…
Thank you so much for your support, prayers, and donations. While the financial cost of adoption is significant, there is not one BIG check sent to one place, agency, or country. We thought it might be helpful to share an…
Thursday, January 27, 2011, Tommy and I officially mailed in our formal application to begin the process of adopting our two children from Ethiopia. Wow! What a great feeling. Despite the fact that it was 27 pages and required sketches…