Natural Child: Any child who is not artificial.
Real Parent: Any parent who is not imaginary.
Your Own Child: Any child who is not someone else's child.
Adopted Child: A natural child, with a real parent, who is all my own.
I just came across this and thought I would share.
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Nunya, adidoe, asi metunee o.
Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it.
- Akan and Ewe Proverb
Our journey across the world to weave a family.
Adopting one child won't change the world; but for that child, the world will change.
Adoption Timeline
- July 31 2010 - Received 171H
- July 15 2010 - CIS Fingerprinting
- June 21 2010 - Dossier Approved
- June 10 2010 - Received Referral!!!!!!!
- June 04 2010 - Approved and notarized home study received
- May 28 2010 - Home study visit
- March 31 2010 - Joined Holt's Waiting Child Program
- March 16 2010 - OR State Fingerprinting Approved
- March 04 2010 - Completed received home study materials
- February 22 2010 - OR State Fingerprinting
- February 13 2010 - Received home study materials
- February 12 2010 - Application approved!!!
- February 02 2010 - Submitted application to Holt
Links
- African Adoption Info
- Amharic Kids
- Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
- Ethica - An Independent Voice for Ethical Adoption
- ETHIO - Ethiopian Related news & Information
- Ethiopia Reads Organization
- Ethiopian Embassy
- Gemini Action International
- Holt International (Our agency)
- Kambata Development Network
- ONE International
- RED
- Tadias Magazine
- The Global Fund
- UNICEF - Unite Against AIDS
- US Dept. of State
Holt Ethiopia Family Blogs
Twin ( and triplet ) Blogs
Other Adoption Blogs I Stalk, Um, I Mean Read
- A Day at the Beauchamps
- Adventures of Figlette
- Born at the Right Time
- Drew & Carey
- Ethiopia or Bust
- Ethiopian Tripletland
- Fairy Good baby
- Family Found
- Finding Baby G
- Heart in Africa
- Ignore the Crazy
- Johnson-McCormick Family Blog
- Journey to Addis
- Journey to Baby Baker
- Journey to Motherhood
- Kevin & Stacy: Our Ethiopian Adoption Journey
- Life in the Bend
- Little Silvestri Boy
- Raising Lucy
- Selah at last
- Sprout Adoption
- The Long Way Home
- The Road to Our Own
- Winter in Ethiopia
- You better make it a double
Nur & Dur's Adoption Timeline
- January 28-February 13 2009 - Travel
- January 13 2009 - Court date (PASSED)
- January 01 2009 - 1st/Incorrect court date
- September 05 2008 - Received a referral for twin boys!!!!!!!!
- April 22 2008 - Received I-171H
- March 28 2008 - Dossier sent to Ethiopia
- March 11 2008 - Dossier authenticated
- March 11 2008 - CIS Fingerprinting
- January 31 2008 - Dossier submitted
- January 26 2008 - Approved and notarized home study received
- January 14 2008 - Final home study visit (@ Our home)
- January 07 2008 - First home study visit (@ Holt)
- December 10 2007 - Completed received home study materials
- December 7 & 8 2007 - "Parents in Process" (Adoption Preparation Classes)
- December 05 2007 - Mailed I600A
- October 25 2007 - Received home study materials
- October 24 2007 - Application approved!!!
- October 23 2007 - Submitted application to Holt
- October 12 2007- Decided to start process earlier than January!!
- September 21 2007 - Chose Holt as our adoption agency
- August 04 2007 - Losing my mind waiting for January to come!
- June 07 2007 - Decided to start adoption paperwork in January 2008
- April 19 2007 - Attended 1st Adoption Information Seminar
Followers
Nunya, adidoe, asi metunee o.
Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it.
- Akan and Ewe Proverb
4 comments:
That is a great string of definitions.
I love this! I've also heard someone that I know should know better refer to a bio kid as a "normal" kid.
OH so True! love ya and happy waiting :)
Jamie
I absolutely love this! I'm going to have to save it somewhere:)
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