tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70059581976884062502024-03-18T20:39:24.668-07:00ethiopian tieseangelihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283227153127507342noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005958197688406250.post-25949863188337015572019-01-04T10:10:00.001-08:002019-01-04T21:22:24.636-08:00Happy Birthday Happy Homecoming 2018 -- Impact and Hope<br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Ten years ago on my birthday, our little Leyla, not so
little any more, joined our family in Seattle.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>I have been documenting this day with a blog post since she was two. I
missed last year <a href="https://www.workingmother.com/you-are-never-ready-to-say-good-bye-to-loved-one">when my dad died because I couldn’t find words</a> or thoughts to
coherently share.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Ten years is so long and yet so short.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Our daughter is becoming a young lady –
although she would like to stay a kid, according to her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Her impact on our family is HUGE.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>She is a beloved little sister and daughter
who has special a relationship with each of us.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>She completed our family in ways that is nearly impossible to fully
capture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Her impact on our community is big. She advocates for kids
who need a voice and is quick to point out an injustice or the lack of
diversity when she sees it. She sets an example for kids and grown ups alike to
do something to improve things from where they are now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Her impact in the world is beginning.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Since she was three and discovered many kids in her birthcountry don’t get the chance to go to school or read, she has been involved in making
the appeal at <a href="https://openheartsbigdreams.org/">Open Hearts Big Dreams</a> event which has since become it’s own not
for profit.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>In her words as a little
girl, “That’s not fair and we need to fix it.”<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>When she was seven, she started writing her own talk and said she just
need a “Coach.”<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I wanted to share her
2018 words with you here:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hello. </i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px;">SehLAHM</span>.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>My name is Leyla Marie Fasika Angelidis and I
recently won a reading award which had the quote “Reading is Dreaming with Your
Eyes Open.”<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Our Ready Set Go Books let
me to dream my way to the <a href="https://smile.amazon.com/Great-Rift-Valley-Lakes/dp/1727188330/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=">Rift Valley </a>where 23 types of flamingos can only be
found there.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>They helped me learn the
secret of <a href="https://smile.amazon.com/Happiest-Herder-Land-English-Amharic/dp/1729612806/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1546624835&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=happy+herder+amharic">the Happiest Herder</a> and trick the <a href="https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/1729522181/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0">Runaway Injera</a>.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></i></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">In Ethiopia, some kids
don’t get the chance to learn to read.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I
view this problem as a big lion or </span></i><em><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-style: normal; margin: 0px;">AHNbehssah</span></em><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px;">.</span><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px;">But as an
Ethiopian proverb says, “If spider united,<a href="https://smile.amazon.com/Can-Stop-Lion-English-Amharic/dp/1986048071/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr="> they can tie up a lion</a>.” So, if we
unite, like the spiders, we can tie up this lion and give all kids the chance
to dream with their eyes open.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Thank
you; AHmahsayguhNAHloh</span>.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">She practiced a lot and wanted to get everything just right.
Last year she didn’t do exactly what she had planned. She was sorely disappointed although everyone assured her she had done a great job.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>This time she delivered for the
audience again and this time also for herself.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>She was
particularly proud that she correctly including words in Amharic she learned at <a href="https://www.ecseattle.org/">Ethiopian Community in Seattle</a> Culture Camp. The highlights there for her are special friends and the Ethiopian dancing and food.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Language learning has been more of a
struggle.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Her impact in the world is tied up in her identity and ours
as a family; all are complex and evolving.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>She identifies as fully Ethiopian but also embraces her Dutch and Greek
roots – with a particular love of Greek mythology.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>She also knows she is fully American.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Being “black” is something she is still
wrapping her mind around; she has consistently pointed out she is “brown.”<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>And she is starting to truly grasp the
complexity, pain and disparities in the world, she and we can’t fix.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>And I can feel her heart (and mine) breaking a little with each revelation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">However, seeing a woman being appointed President
of Ethiopia for the first time, half the Ethiopian cabinet named being women and the head of the Ethiopian Supreme Court being another well qualified woman, gives us both hope.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>She has big aspirations and ambitions! She
loved the book, “<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/96125.So_You_Want_to_Be_President_">So You Want to be President</a>” but rightly pointed out that all our presidents have been men and all but one white.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Now she
has role models that look like grown up versions of my little girl.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">I love getting to work with my sweet child and be inspired by her.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>My role in her life is changing as she has
more thoughts and opinions of her own. She needs to create an identity different
than mine as a unique person but also a person who has a separate history, race, culture
and another family.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>She
has pushed me to re-think and re-consider many beliefs about and approaches to parenting, privilege, and opportunity.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I can only imagine what the next decade will
bring.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">I love you to Ethiopia and back again my darling
daughter.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I know the road ahead may be a
bit choppy as you navigate adolescence but we are in this together! </span></div>
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<![endif]-->As my little one completed her 9<sup>th</sup> trip around
the sun, I find myself considering how much we credit to DNA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is something my daughter and I don’t share.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And because of that, our difference are
pretty obvious. She is petite; I am
tall. She has brown skin; I have white. My hair is wavy blond and eyes are green; her hair is
curly black and eyes just this side of black.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>
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But we have a lot in common too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is it nature? Is it fate? Or is it some
combination of things I can’t explain?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Whatever the reason, we enjoy sharing these special connections.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">We LOVE experimenting
with hair and clothes.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I recall all
my <a href="http://www.adoptivefamiliescircle.com/blogs/post/transracial-adoption-attitudes-about-african-american-hair/">crazy hair styles and outfits from my youth</a> as I watch my daughter follow
that path with her own exploration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
have become the hair model for many of her efforts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We also found her
a hair model doll which I would have loved to have when I was a girl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her style is a bit more dance diva where mine
was eclectic model. But our goal to use our hair and clothes as a means of expression
is the same.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I chuckled in appreciation
recently when I saw she had used scarves to create a long thick braid tied around her
high pony tail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We make a funny sight as
she will happily do my hair in all place including public ones like a basketball game.</div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">We value peace and inclusion at a cellular level</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Leyla and I
both want to make people feel welcome and included.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We like to have everyone
get along; whether it be family or friends. This is often easier said than
done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When our efforts aren't successful, we take it personally. We then talk about how the other person might have viewed the situation and what we could do different next time. </div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">We ADORE animals</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We love them, whether it be o<a href="http://www.workingmother.com/nothing-gold-can-stay">ur beautiful papillions</a>,
our conure, the cats that wander through our yard, or fish in our pond. I had a zoo's worth of stuffed animals of all kinds as a child and Leyla has topped me. There is barely room for her little body in her bed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We watch animals shows on TV. On safari in Kenya, we were both enthralled with getting to jump into the scenes with these most amazing creatures in real life (except for the time when the monkeys came to "share" our hot
chocolate or the lioness seemed like she was going to "join" us in our vehicle because we got too close to her and her baby).</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">We strive to
interact above our linear years</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
was called wise beyond my years as a kid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
enjoyed adult conversations and hanging out with older, either in years or life
experience, people and exploring deep topics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This desire is
heightened for Leyla as the youngest with quite the gap between her and her brothers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She also has had to make sense of a complex
life situation which I think has increased her desire to gain insight into the
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Dancing makes us
happy.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Somehow moving to music always made me feel free and fluid and like anything was possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I see
the same for Leyla although she has physical gifts I never did as she demonstrated when
she showed me the coffee grinder in motion after her first hip hop class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A dance party with the Echo playing our
favorite tunes is a great bonding time for us (and I am sure a good opportunity to chuckle for anyone watching).</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">We laugh with abandon</b>.
Laughter releases all this joy. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find
it infectious and great anecdote to when there is nothing left to say, either
because we are joyful, mad or sad -- and words are wholly inadequate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We laugh
together at all the silliness we see, to get out of a funk, to release the emotions of a hard talk or experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A long tight hug after is extra special.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">We sense we are
destined for something and feel the weight of that responsibility</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t
know what or why but I thought there was something I was supposed to
do which led me to found <a href="http://And we both love sushi -- selfie at a favorite local place">Open Hearts Big Dreams Fund</a> to help kids in Ethiopia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am still not quite
sure what else but I still have that feeling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I knew Leyla shared it when I saw her choose “So you want to be
president” to watch over and over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And when she shared her aspirations, the literal brother quickly pointed, “You can’t because you were not born here.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Without missing a beat, she said, “Then I
will be president of Ethiopia.”</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">We own our power.</b>
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Autonomy is important to me along
with making my choices and forging my path even if they aren't the traditional or expected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When
Leyla was 2-3, her eldest brother was teasing her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I saw her pull over a stool and climb on
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She stood up so she could look him
in the eye. She then pointed her little finger in his face and told him emphatically,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <i><b> </b></i></span><i><b>“You are not Mom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You are not the Truth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And you and not the boss of me!!”</b></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He fell over laughing at her serious face and
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I was awed by that statement which packed so much into a few
short sentences. Her dead serious passionate delivery made it even more powerful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have shared the story a few times,
sometimes in earshot of Leyla.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When she
was “great kid” at school, she wanted me to tell that story for the piece where parents provide a little of their insight which surprised me a little.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And we are the only two in the family who love sushi -- selfie at a favorite local place</td></tr>
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So Happy Last One Digit Birthday, my beautiful, inside and
out, daughter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I look forward to
continuing to learn from our differences and to our similarities!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You have enriched and brightened my life
beyond words.</div>
eangelihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283227153127507342noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005958197688406250.post-242396024536878112016-12-28T20:17:00.002-08:002016-12-28T20:17:39.670-08:00Happy Birthday Happy Homecoming 2016 -- A Year of Milestones and Transitions and Growth<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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This has been a big year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Michael and I celebrated 25 years married.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.workingmother.com/top-ten-things-i-learned-in-half-century">This homecoming and birthday celebration marked a half century on this earth for me</a> – wow, where
did the years go?! And in the fall, I brought <a href="http://balancingmotherhoodcareer.blogspot.com/2011/09/complete-trust-motherhood-reward-and.html">our eldest to college</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another reminder that time flies as it seems
yesterday he was a tiny baby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was the
first time since Leyla joined our family on my birthday eight years ago, we would again be a
family of four for our day to day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">The milestones and transitions of this year impacted us all; Leyla was no exception. Her eight year old self is a wonderfully complex human being. Looking back at her development in the last twelve months showed huge growth and provided opportunities for introspection to me.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnrVbjndLOFZPwx0kOaKWUgNOGMjnbZdXdJOj75rhrprrkVhtm2j4UfYl5rsopK9DyDaJrparyccEm-5AdcyH_o4IllP18llviYOKKgspd4Em2A1jMsewQtgAInjaHxNo3ZKnsNbjz0Elg/s1600/leyla+ice+cream+amazon.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnrVbjndLOFZPwx0kOaKWUgNOGMjnbZdXdJOj75rhrprrkVhtm2j4UfYl5rsopK9DyDaJrparyccEm-5AdcyH_o4IllP18llviYOKKgspd4Em2A1jMsewQtgAInjaHxNo3ZKnsNbjz0Elg/s400/leyla+ice+cream+amazon.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At her first ever photo shoot for an Amazon Toy Campaign</td></tr>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">She learned growing
up involves loss.</b></div>
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Leyla took her big brother's departure to college hard as they have a special
bond.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She told me soulfully, “I am SO sad
he is leaving.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I empathized and
reminded her, “We are all sad, sweetie, but this is a good thing and part of your
brother growing up.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She looked at me
like I totally missed the point, “Well, I had the LEAST amount of time with
him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You and dad got 19 years, Damian
got 15, and I only got 8.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t have
a good response to this poignant display of her new math skills. So I settled
for giving her a big hug which comforted us both.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv4dKDoY-GtEfaCzN10jFRzZmklZ1KsujagbDRKewXWFzYWnBvOQiFF1GdwNGBgRTXSbWsK-imgtLjgLkUaeP94v-cV1zjvX0OqermL1vinfg4b2N610Rry_j6BZaqUcmjhF_fzQqPVwht/s1600/randome+plus+denver+2016+029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv4dKDoY-GtEfaCzN10jFRzZmklZ1KsujagbDRKewXWFzYWnBvOQiFF1GdwNGBgRTXSbWsK-imgtLjgLkUaeP94v-cV1zjvX0OqermL1vinfg4b2N610Rry_j6BZaqUcmjhF_fzQqPVwht/s400/randome+plus+denver+2016+029.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leyla getting to visit big brother at college</td></tr>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">She grew
as a teacher and a learner</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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One day, she talked to me about issues she had at her
school with her classmates. We walked through the specifics and some of the strategies she might
try to get a different result.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some
involved how to balance when to hold her ground and when to compromise; a
tricky balance for me too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She shared a few days later, “Thanks so much for your advice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It all worked out great. I really appreciate you talking it through with
me.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was not the report back I
expected from my second grader. But I am learning nothing is as I might expect
with her. And she reminded me of how empowering it can be to be given another
perspective and some new strategies to try.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">She broadened how she identifies her complex identity.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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She LOVES being Ethiopian.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Going to ECA culture camp is a yearly highlight. But she is also proud
to be Greek (via Dad) and they enjoy special delicacies together like
dolmades.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She also loves being Dutch (via
Mom) hanging <a href="http://balancingmotherhoodcareer.blogspot.com/2010/05/happy-mothers-day-across-three.html">out with Oma</a> and Opa and learning their native language
lullabies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is modeling how embracing
a culture doesn’t mean excluding others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is naturally inclusive which is inspiring to me. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hanging out in Denver with Oma and Opa</td></tr>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Her relationship with
her hair and mine evolved</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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She rocked her first set of braids which she adored.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She then missed her curls and was glad when
they were released as we undid the braids.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She loves playing with my hair and her dolls'.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think my hair is fine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I always had hair envy for those with thick
long hair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But she thinks my hair is
wonderful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She adores styling it. I get
almost as much hair attention as her dolls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She practices creating braids and other fun, funky styles – most I cannot wear in
public although she wants me to each time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has
helped me to model what I always tell her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“Your hair is perfect for you.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And so I am coming to accept mine is also perfect for me.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rocking her braids at an Ethiopia Reads Fundraiser</td></tr>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">She modeled how to expresses gratitude and make people feel seen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></div>
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Her approach reminds me of the power of being grateful for
what is good and pure in my life. The simplest gestures can hold so much power.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can always find something good in every
interaction but I need to develop the discipline to make it a focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has a natural ability to find the good in
situations without ignoring the challenges.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is an art.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will thank
people on a regular basis for the smallest of gestures and try to genuinely connect with them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can see the impact as their faces light
up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I was at a recent fundraiser, a
friend noted, I asked her, “How are you, Leyla?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And she responded, “Great.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And how are YOU?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The later part being what she found more
surprising.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Celebrating after her first hip hop performance</td></tr>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></div>
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S<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">he experienced death
as an intricate part of life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></div>
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With the <a href="http://balancingmotherhoodcareer.blogspot.com/2016/03/nothing-gold-can-stay-rip-bella.html">unexpected passing of her beloved pup Bella</a>, she experienced
all the stages of grief. Disbelief: “I am waiting for her to just come back?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Do you think she is hiding?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I dreamt she was still with us”; Anger: “What
is the point of living if we are all going to die anyway?!”; and finally Acceptance: “I am glad we had the time we had with her.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And she embraced our new pup Beau with the
same reckless abandon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She makes the
expression “loved to death” come to life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She opened her whole heart fully willing to risk the pain and loss
again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She also held on to the love she
had for Bella keeping a little stuffed animal of the same breed on her dresser.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When she found out a neighbor lost her dad,
Leyla sat down and wrote her a note. She then hand delivered, compelled to
offer comfort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was
rewarded with a card in the mail which laid out how much this person appreciated her gesture. I was reminded me the power of sincerely
reaching out whatever the age or situation.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Doggie days at Amazon with little Beau</td></tr>
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Thank you sweet daughter for providing me (and your dad and
brothers) so much joy and love and learning!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Your life is complex and not without its share of unanswerable questions
and undeserved pain. Yet you move through it with such grace and wonder and
dignity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Looking forward to another amazing year with you!</div>
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eangelihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283227153127507342noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005958197688406250.post-20219491895942391212016-10-16T22:42:00.000-07:002016-11-27T08:46:57.964-08:00An Exciting New Chapter for Open Heart Big Dreams Fund: Supporting Literacy, Education, Leadership Development to Equalize Opportunities in Ethiopia<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</xml><![endif]-->When we brought o<a href="http://ethiopianties.blogspot.com/2009/11/first-meeting.html">ur little girl home </a>from Ethiopia in 2008,
we committed to her and ourselves that we would make a positive impact in her
birth country.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> <br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixDm_ygUqxO-Kob-VcxnRVsC59vrxj43E_VgiULeo7KKTGak0PXeFgTqnV6cLrO5z3o8i6RP7jy3bzvQJtx41mLGbQ0z2QlDhjGj3OAM_mdH9ebSKKpW3AviREapEdK70t9Z5D3jDiQ5gk/s1600/031.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixDm_ygUqxO-Kob-VcxnRVsC59vrxj43E_VgiULeo7KKTGak0PXeFgTqnV6cLrO5z3o8i6RP7jy3bzvQJtx41mLGbQ0z2QlDhjGj3OAM_mdH9ebSKKpW3AviREapEdK70t9Z5D3jDiQ5gk/s400/031.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leyla arrives in Seattle on my birthday 2008</td></tr>
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And with h<a href="http://ethiopianties.blogspot.com/2015/06/happy-seventh-birthday-little-leyla.html">er substantial involvement</a>, we are thrilled to share we have done just that and are ready to
do more. We started by donating books and then <a href="http://ethiopianties.blogspot.com/2011/07/bahir-dar-ethiopia-leylas-birthplace.html">funding a library in Bahir Dar, her birthplace,</a> which we have been able to visit twice so far.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Visiting the site of the Bahir Dar Library in 2011</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dimitri reading to Leyla in the Bahir Dar library in 2014</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leyla with the plague in her honor in school "February 23"</td></tr>
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Then we took a big leap of faith and launched <a href="http://ethiopianties.blogspot.com/2011/10/open-hearts-big-dreams-lots-of-chills.html">our first OHBD event</a> on a wing and prayer plus an amazing network of support.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
remember waking up the morning of gala having just had a nightmare no one
showed up. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But thankfully, people who cared about kids in Ethiopia showed
up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, so many we had to
turn some away; all with Open Hearts to support Big Dreams for deserving children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thank you card front for OHBD 2011</td></tr>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> And <a href="http://ethiopianties.blogspot.com/2014/01/coming-together-to-make-impossible.html">they continued to show up in bigger numbers</a> each subsequent year growing OHBD to an event that consistently raised over $100K.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With Jane Kurtz (Advisory Board Member) OHBD 2012</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leyla wants all kids to get to go to school OHBD 2013</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thank you card back OHBD 2013</td></tr>
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Our goal with this event was to create a predictable source of funding to one organization,
Ethiopia Reads. It was doing great program work in country but every year required many people taking on small fundraisers. We worked with Ethiopia Reads to test other vehicles, on-line and family friendly events, plus provided strategic advice and
guidance. As we grew and raised close to half a
million dollars in total, we realized we needed a different structure to continue to increase
our impact beyond one organization and one event. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">OHBD 2014 with Betty Gronneberg (Advisory Board Member)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leyla speaking for up for kids and education OHBD 2014</td></tr>
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My
husband Michael and I, with the support of a talented group with HUGE hearts, are
now ready to take these efforts formally to the next level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Through doing so, we hope to d<a href="http://ethiopianties.blogspot.com/2013/03/open-hearts-big-dreams-we-do-it-for-her.html">ramatically increase our reach</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> So</span> we
took another leap of faith and created a stand-alone “Open Heart Big Dreams
Fund” Not for Profit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> (</span>I have heartd from some who
thought this was already the case.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">) </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">OHBD 2015 -- Family Affair -- everyone is growing up; both Damian and Leyla spoke</td></tr>
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We want to support more good work being done
for kids in Ethiopia by organizations like <a href="http://www.ethiopiareads.org/" target="">Ethiopia Reads</a>, <a href="http://seedsofafrica.org/">Seeds of Africa</a> and<a href="http://www.ilacademy.org/ethiopia/"> International Leadership Academy of Ethiopia</a>, each founded by one of our Advisory Board Members. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">OHBD Fund believes <a href="http://ethiopianties.blogspot.com/2015/11/ohbd-2015-education-is-right-and.html">the chance to dream big dreams </a></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">should NOT depend on where you are born</span></b></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://ethiopianties.blogspot.com/2012/07/trip-to-ethiopia-lessons-in-perspective.html">The need and opportunity is great</a>! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Ethiopia’s population is 44% children ages
0-14 (43 million out of 97 million total).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Only 5.5% of children attend pre-school or kindergarten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only 68% of ages 7-12 attend primary school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Adult literacy stands at 49% with men at 57%
and women at 41%.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only 7.5% of the adult
population have any post-secondary education.</span></div>
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Currently we have an amazing board, advisory board and
volunteer base who has signed on with us to get started on this important work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will feature their stories in the
coming months - each is inspiring! Our 5013c paperwork is submitted, our
website in development, and <a href="http://www.yeggystudio.com/">Yeggy Michae</a>l, long time supporter and amazing artist, is designing our new logo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yeggy Michael at OHBD 2013</td></tr>
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Our target “customer” is the small to medium sized not for
profit (501(3)(c) working in Ethiopia focused on literacy, education, and
increasing leadership capabilities.</div>
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Our Mission: </div>
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<b><i>Inspiring and
enabling youth, their parents, their communities and the organizations who
serve them by providing literacy, education, and leadership opportunities. </i></b></div>
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We plan deliver against the mission in three ways: </div>
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<li><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Raising funds
and providing grants</span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> to organizations for projects that deliver these services in
Ethiopia. They will need to meet specific criteria including working with
local populations, impact, sustainability, and collaboration. We are
targeting one large event as we successfully done previously (raising over
$450K over the last 5 years, $100K or more the last three), and testing 2-3
other models including on-line.</span></li>
<li><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sharing
expertise, best practices, and resources</span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> for 1) fund raising through traditional
donations and commercial efforts, 2) creating and running this type of not for
profit focused on areas they can benefit from traditional small business
approaches and the use of technology, and 3) volunteer and donor recruiting and
relations.</span></li>
<li><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Connecting
volunteers</span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
(board and project based) with the organizations we support who need them.</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></li>
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Our initial focus will be raising fund and providing grants. We will share expertise, best practices and resources opportunistically as we build up on webpage content through our
board and volunteers as well as those associated with the organizations we
support. We will begin to build out a platform to connect volunteers with organizations and projects likely end of 2017
or early 2018 although we will be opportunistic there too.</div>
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We want to take the best of business and technology to increase impact and drive collaboration. We are excited for the future of these new efforts and the
futures of the kids they will support.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Thank you all for your amazing support, friendship and inspiration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We look forward to seeing that continue in
this new chapter. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leyla and OHBD Fund Board Member Rajitha Boer at <a href="http://www.efeste.com/">Efeste</a> kick off event 2016</td></tr>
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<b>Selam! Onward!! </b></div>
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How <a href="http://ethiopianties.blogspot.com/2011/04/addis-abba-ethiopia-to-us-pacific.html">have 7.5 years since our lovely Leyla joined our family</a> flown by so fast?!?!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find myself
as often the student as the teacher.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
want to understand and grapples with complex issues as they enter into her
awareness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She constantly strives to contribute
to our family at the same level of <a href="http://balancingmotherhoodcareer.blogspot.com/2014/02/happy-birthday-to-my-two-sons-today-i.html">her brothers who are 15 and 19</a>, although we
remind her our expectations are age specific.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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She wants to know what is happening so she can help. Recently,
I had some professional challenges I was working through.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She could see my frustration and
sadness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was walking her to school,
always a fertile time for deep discussions. I asked her if her dad or brothers
had shared anything about what was going on with me at work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She answered back emphatically and the indignation
came through in her tone, “No, Mama.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They won’t tell me anything because I am a little girl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
I know if I knew what was going on, I would be able to comfort you.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Hearing her complete confidence in her ability to heal reminded me of what
children often have that adults lose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The optimism that solutions are accessible to us individually.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And she was spot on; her simple words did effectively comfort me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Look Mama, we made an "L" for "Love!""</td></tr>
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She asks me questions for which I have no good answers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On another walk, she asked me:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Mama, what is the point of being grown up.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I gave this a bit of thought but really
couldn’t come up with anything I thought would actually address the inquiry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I responded candidly, “I really don’t have
a good answer to that question.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
expected that would be the end of the discussion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But no, she added kindly, “Don’t worry, Mama, I am not ashamed of you that you don’t know the answer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can’t all know the answers to everything.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was not sure whether to feel amused or
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deadly serious and had added this comment to ensure I feel didn’t bad about my
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Then she asks me questions I know I have to answer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had an expected death in our family when
<a href="http://balancingmotherhoodcareer.blogspot.com/2016/03/nothing-gold-can-stay-rip-bella.html">our beloved Papillion Bella</a> passed with no warning at the tender age of 4.5
years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bella joined our family when
Leyla was three so she doesn’t remember a time when Bella wasn’t with us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Leyla took the news very hard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her words to express her grief cut through
me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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“It feels like we are not a family any more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are just five people living in a house
with a bird.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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“Please, please tell me this is just a really bad dream.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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“Our family lost its heart or at least most of it.”</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Are you absolutely
sure she is not coming back?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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She then asked the deepest human question: “What is the point
of life if we are all just going to die anyway?” </div>
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I knew this was a question I couldn’t dodge and my response was
super important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I looked into her tear
filled big black eyes and took a deep breath.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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“We had a wonderful 4 and half years with our Bella.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She traveled the world with us and gave
each person in the family many special moments and memories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Knowing she would leave us before she was five, would you rather we
never brought Bella into our lives?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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I waited anxiously for her answer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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She responded emphatically, “Of course not, Mama!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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“And that, my sweetheart, is the point of life.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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We then “hugged it out” with her thin little arms wrapped
tightly around my neck. </div>
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As we celebrated her eighty birthday at a favorite Italian restaurant, Leyla leaned over and asked me to get everyone's attention. There was a spirited dialogue with her brothers and dad she couldn't quite break into. She then told us in her most serious tone, "Thank you for a great birthday. And the best part is being with my family. You never know when family won't be with you any more, like Bella." </div>
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Thank you my beloved daughter for approaching life with
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You stretch, teach and comfort me more than you will ever
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Celebrating 8 with her new Beanie Boos from her Aunties and Purse from Oma</td></tr>
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We are so blessed you joined our family. And I am so honored
to be your “Mama” and guide as you navigate some deep waters. Happy Eighth Birthday Leyla Marie Fasika Angelidis!!</div>
eangelihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283227153127507342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005958197688406250.post-44801612050595261822015-11-28T22:21:00.003-08:002015-11-28T22:27:43.595-08:00Happy Birthday Happy Homecoming 2015: “You are grounded!!”<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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In October and early November, I had to travel a fair amount
for work. Michael and I also planned a couple’s weekend to Vegas as well as me
joining him for his first ever marathon in his home country of Athens, Greece.</div>
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When I had a couple trips under my belt, I was sitting down
with Leyla to talk through the rest of my schedule. I could see she was not
happy (she is pretty easy to read).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She looked
me dead in the eyes and told me quite sternly, “Mama, you are grounded!!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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I was speechless.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
wasn’t at all sure the right way to respond; this was completely new territory for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I start by telling her kids don’t get
to ground their parents?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or should I
explain again why I thought it was important to take these trips?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or run her through all the things we would do
together when I was back?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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I decided none of those responses were the right ones looking into her deadly serious face with tears threatening. I could see she felt powerless in that moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So instead, I sat down with her and created a
calendar so she could mark off each day and see how many were remaining until I
returned, my heart aching as we did it. And I was rewarded with a trademark Leyla grin.</div>
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I thought a lot about her surprising words in the following
days and weeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had a variety of different meanings for
me than those originally intended.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has grounded me in so many ways
since she joined us our family on my birthday seven years ago.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>She grounded me in what family really means; an
intense connection and acceptance that transcends time and circumstance.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>She grounded me on actively addressing
inequity in the world because to her it is simply unfair and mama can and should
do something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And she is someone I can't bear to disappoint.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>She grounded me in the power of love to
multiple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My love for her, hers for me;
the love between her and her brothers and the special place she carved out as
daddy’s little girl.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>She grounded me in how inexplicably pain and joy can simultaneously coexist as she has cried in my arms for her first mom.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>She grounded me in committing to being the best
version of myself because I want to be the person she thinks I already am.<br />
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This little girl with the crazy awesome hair, the tinkling laughter of an angel, the squeezy hugs which warm from the inside out and those pointed questions that probe gently, and sometime not so, into
the heart of things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every bit of her
complex and beautiful soul has grounded me in important ways; giving me
priceless gifts I am just beginning to fully appreciate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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Thank you my sweet daughter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am looking forward to spending this birthday, and hopefully many, many
more, with you, your big brothers and your dad, celebrating the day of my birth
but more importantly the day you joined our family!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am happy to be grounded.<br />
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eangelihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283227153127507342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005958197688406250.post-86292406596102802822015-11-24T18:29:00.002-08:002016-03-14T15:17:37.803-07:00OHBD 2015: Education is a right and shouldn’t be dependent on where you are born<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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As I was preparing to speak with my daughter at our 2015
OHBD event, I reflected on where it all started for us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 2008, I was sitting at my desk at Amazon
in the Pacific Medical building waiting to <a href="http://www.adoptivefamiliescircle.com/blogs/post/ethiopia_infant_adoption_referral/">see a picture of our daughter</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My husband Michael was doing the same
Kentwood High School.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The little girl
who joined our family put us on a completely different path.</div>
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When she was two, we were searching for ways to connect her
to her birth country and for ways to equalize opportunities for children
there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">We firmly believe access to education and the doors it opens is a right
and shouldn’t be dependent on where in the world you are born.</b></div>
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We learned about<a href="http://www.ethiopiareads.org/"> Ethiopia Reads</a> and it spoke to us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ordinary people, <a href="https://janekurtz.wordpress.com/2011/12/">a writer</a> and librarian,
started this effort and were having a tremendous impact by drawing in people with
a heart for kids from all corners, teachers and students and artists, and the
list goes on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We started by asking all
our friends and family and even strangers to help us plant a library in Leyla’s
birthtown of Bahir Dar, home to the thundering Blue Nile Falls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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In 2011, we visited a number of Ethiopia Reads efforts
including the site of the library. We were amazed and entranced by the natural
beauty, the culture and the people of that ancient land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And we were also educated on the significant
gap that still exists related to literacy and educational opportunities. </div>
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We knew for Ethiopia Reads to continue to help close this
gap it needed a sustainable, stable source of funding, which it didn’t have at
that time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We decided, with help and
encouragement from people like our <a href="http://yadesabojia.com/">art director Yadesa Bojia</a>, to start <a href="http://ethiopianties.blogspot.com/2011/10/open-hearts-big-dreams-lots-of-chills.html">Open Hearts Big Dreams </a>later that year. We tapped into our communities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many from Amazon then and now were part of
building the event. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kentwood High School
National Honor Society volunteers helped us the first year and every year
since.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And neighbors, friends, friends
of friends, and people we never met before all joined with us to do what truly
seemed impossible when we started.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
were blown away by the support and success and were emboldened to think bigger.</div>
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Each year we have grown the attendees, the people and
organizations who contribute in so many ways both big and small, and as a
result greatly increased the support we can provide to Ethiopia Reads to enables
big dreams for over 130,000 kids.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Leyla
has also grown and since she was 4 participated in what she describes as “her
event.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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When we returned to the fully functioning library in <a href="http://ethiopianties.blogspot.com/2014/08/thank-you-you-kept-your-promises.html">Bahir Dar in 2014</a>, she got to see what this meant to kids who didn’t have a library
before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And we also learned the need
continues as that small library is supporting 2000 children from grade school
through high school, many of whom are hearing impaired.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are working to complete an expansion so
there can be a place for both the small and large children to connect with
books in an age appropriate environment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Watching Leyla and her brothers, join her dad and me and an amazing global community, to allow deserving kids to dare to dream takes my
breath away, every year. </div>
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But there are still more kids who need our assistance,
p<a href="http://www.ethiopiareads.org/openhearts">lease consider contributing</a>, truly no amount is too small to have a real, positive
impact. THANK YOU!</div>
eangelihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283227153127507342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005958197688406250.post-9367612595425758022015-10-18T13:02:00.001-07:002015-10-18T13:02:32.696-07:00Multi-cultural siblings -- Lots of LOVE and LaughterWhen you join two cultures through marriage, like my husband and I,
you know your children will live in the land between, never truly
belonging to one or the other. From observing my Dutch parents growing
up and my Greek husband as an adult, though their cultures and paths
were quite dissimilar, they experienced this suspension between their
birth culture and the one of their everyday lives, as a bi-product of
immigration. What then for the child we adopted from Africa? Where does
she live? How many in-betweens does she represent?<br />
<br />
Having three children and experiencing multiple cultures allowed me
to observe that their cores are similar, under an exterior of bountiful
uniqueness. But how does that apply to siblings who are culturally
diverse from each other? Adding to our family through transracial,
international adoption only magnified this realization that a familiar
sameness resides at the center beneath the diversity.
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<br />
My eldest son, Dimitri, was 11 when his sister came home. He was
actively involved throughout the adoption process, wanting to understand
the paperwork and home study, and even giving me some tips along the
way. His biggest fear was his little brother would blow it by saying
something he shouldn’t. His specific words were, “What are we going to
do about Damian? You never know what he is going to say!” which is true
even now. He was also astute enough to pick up on things that weren’t
said. After a conversation with our social worker, he commented, “She
just asked us a bunch of questions to make us feel we were a part of
it.” Damian at the time was seven and far less interested in the
process, although he enjoyed meeting the social worker. A fun-loving,
goofy chatterbox by nature, he finds conversations with random adults
quite engaging and looks for—or in its absence, often creates—the
absurdity in life worthy of a laugh. He is much more circumspect with
his inner self, which is masked by his bubbling persona.
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They were both very excited about a new little sister and wanted a
baby. Dimitri was also pleased with the possibility of gaining a sibling
with a different skin tone which I learned unexpectedly when we were
considering adopting from Russia. When I mentioned it to him, he asked
me, “Why would we do that? Then she might look like us. Being a diverse
family is much cooler.” Wow, that really hadn’t occurred to me. Damian
initially struggled with the concept that a member of the family could
look nothing like the rest of us. He is a linear thinker and likes to
find the order in everything. Transracial, international adoption defies
such attempts. My eldest contemplated much deeper thoughts that many
prospective adoptive parents also wrestle with too. “Would he love her?
Would she love him?” Those bonding concerns, if they persisted in my
Damian’s little pointed head, were never expressed. Although given his
private nature, I suspected they lurked beneath the surface.
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When their sister arrived home as a <a href="http://ethiopianties.blogspot.com/2014/11/happy-birthday-happy-homecoming.html">beautiful six-month-old on my birthday</a>, their personalities were reflected in their relationships with
her. My eldest was a nurturing presence, hovering around whenever she
needed something. He even referred to himself at one point as a third
parent. My youngest focused on making her laugh – she ironically looked a
lot like him as a baby (beside the obvious difference in skin tone and
hair), which people commented on with some frequency. They both
unequivocally, unconditionally adored her.
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My husband joked about the positive effects of bringing a girl into
the house, “Maybe she will tame the little savages.” I was skeptical,
but it turns out she did in many respects. As she grew into a verbal, confident three-year-old, she made her place in the family
known. She is in charge—we all do her bidding and happily. Dimitri is
her go-to person for sympathy and support. When she was little and got herself in trouble or
got hurtelf, she calls out, “I want my MEESHI!” (using her early
pronunciation of his name). She sought out her other brother for laughter
and fun asking things like, “Where’s Damian? I want to knock him down
and tickle him.” Their faces still soften when they talk to her. And when she
wakes up, she asks, “Where are my boys?”
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Throwing it back a few years -- siblings</td></tr>
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We changed the course of her life and her culture when w<a href="http://ethiopianties.blogspot.com/2011/03/i-am-opia-ethiopia-baby.html">e brought her home from Ethiopia</a> to join our family. But she also changed the course
and culture of each one of ours. While I expected this for my husband
and me, the immense change she precipitated in each of her brothers is
more amazing to me. Dimitri was given the opportunity to show flashes of
the father he will likely be. He has a new appreciation for the
caregiver role and lets himself be vulnerable and open to his little
sister in a way that defies the throes of the teenage years. Damian
found a kindred spirit for many of his interests, from eating to music
to generally being a goofball. He discovered the joy of being an older
brother, and revels in holding that place in someone else’s heart, as
his older brother always has in his.<br />
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They both are now connected to the culture of a land geographically
far away but close in many of its manifestations. My three angels—Dutch,
Greek, Ethiopian and American. A fuller understanding of the different
in-betweens they represent will likely reveal itself as they grow up.
But like any other siblings, they will continue to share an intense and
abiding love for each other throughout their journey of discovery.<br />
<br />
A version of this post previous published on <a href="http://www.incultureparent.com/2011/07/multicultural-siblings-identity-and-the-land-of-in-between/">InCulture Parent. </a>eangelihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283227153127507342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005958197688406250.post-5564964348323276892015-09-25T20:46:00.001-07:002015-09-25T20:46:19.322-07:00Family Evolution: The Meaning of Multicultural I grew up in a multicultural house. My mother was born in the
Netherlands. My father, although also of Dutch heritage, was born in
Indonesia and spent much of his early years split between those islands
and Australia. He brought with him foods, languages, a love of large
birds and a unique accent. I was born in New Jersey but my parents
raised me Dutch. I learned the language before I learned English, lived
the customs and ate traditional foods, which included a number of spicy
Indonesian dishes. However, I felt uniquely American too.<br />
<br />
I lived i<a href="http://balancingmotherhoodcareer.blogspot.com/2011/07/dropped-out-of-college-moved-to-europe.html">n the Netherlands in my early twenties</a>. I loved it–the
people, the bikes, the tulips–but as comfortable as I was living there,
it wasn’t home to me as it is to my parents, in particular my mom. Home
is the U. S. for me. When I married my Greek husband, I added another
cultural dimension. As my unpolitically correct Oma (Dutch for
grandmother) said when she found out we were getting married, “You know
they are not like us.” I never asked for clarification. My husband was
born in Thessaloniki, Greece and moved to the United States as an adult.
He is an American citizen but like my folks, identifies with his
original nationality.<br />
<br />
My boys consider themselves Dutch (although they are one more step
removed) and Greek but mostly American. That was until their little
sister joined the family via Ethiopia. Now they also consider themselves
Ethiopian. Adding this culture followed a different process than those
we brought with us. Before our daughter completed our family, I knew few
specifics about what is uniquely Ethiopian.<br />
<br />
So we went about discovering what made up this new branch in our
cultural family tree. Our culinary tastes expanded to include injera,
wat and berbere. The children’s book author, Jane Kurtz, opened a window
into the Ethiopian experience through her moving books. We brought back
native music with a distinctive beat and souring vocals. Through
YouTube, we even discovered an Ethiopian singer named Fasika Dimitri
(two of our children’s names). Our celebrations expanded to include
local Ethiopian events with shoulder shimmying dancing I hope my
daughter will one day master.<br />
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When I started blogging for <a href="http://adoptivefamilies.com/">AdoptiveFamilies.com</a>, I needed a
description for our blended family. I thought of “<a href="http://www.adoptivefamiliescircle.com/blogs/blog/ethiopia_parenting/">melting pot</a>” to
describe how different cultures come together. My husband preferred the
term “salad bowl.” I had never heard this description so I did a little
research. Because America may have more varied ethnic groups than any
place else, the term melting pot was born to describe this unique
multi-ethnicity. Our nation is a large pot with everyone thrown in. Over
the years, cultural elements are blended together, or melted, to form
the American culture. The expression my husband referenced identifies
each culture as an ingredient that contributes to the whole, while
retaining its original characteristics rather than blending.<br />
<br />
Neither fully represents my experience. My childhood retained
elements of Dutch culture. For example, we celebrated Sinterklaas on the
eve of December 5th, with wooden shoes on the stairs that were filled
with candy when we came down in the morning. We also observed
Thanksgiving and July 4th, uniquely American traditions. Similarly, when
I joined my life with my husband’s, I gained the concept of name days.
Greeks don’t celebrate their birthdays. Rather, they celebrate the day
of the saint they were named after. We now have both in our family. Each
child has a saint’s name so they can participate. When our daughter
came home, she brought new holidays with her too: Ethiopian New Year is
September 11th and Christmas is January 7th.<br />
<br />
Although both “melting pot” and “salad bowl” describe what it means
to be multicultural, I wish there was a concept that captures how your
culture becomes richer and deeper when you introduce others to it. I
have come to better appreciate the unique aspects as well as the
similarities of each culture because my life includes more than one.
Each culture had added to our lives and we didn’t want adoption to rob
our daughter of her heritage. Instead, we wanted to enrich our family
through the inclusion of her culture. I choose to savor, retain and
blend all the elements into a unique family culture that celebrates them
all.<br />
<br />
We have Dutch lullabies, Greek “<i>Se Agapo</i>“ (I love you),
American football and soccer loyalties and Ethiopian coffee ceremonies.
We have music and artwork representing each country in our home. Our
lives are more vibrant for having strands of Dutch, Greek, American and
Ethiopian cultures woven into the fabric of our celebrations,
expressions and everyday life. And our hearts and minds are open to the
many others around the globe.<br />
<br />
A version of this post was previous published on <a href="http://www.incultureparent.com/2011/01/family-evolution-the-meaning-of-multicultural/">InCulture Parent</a>. eangelihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283227153127507342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005958197688406250.post-47508477799318668622015-09-13T14:16:00.003-07:002015-09-13T14:17:44.820-07:00Adopting a Culture: Our Family’s Journey to Becoming Ethiopian When we first decided to adopt, we initially considered China. We chose
that country, in large part, because it was familiar. We knew a number
of families who adopted little girls from there. When that comfortable
choice was not an option because of changes to the program, we were
faced with the uncertainty of choosing from those countries available to
couples our age. A primary factor from the beginning was the health of
the child. We knew any choice entailed risks, including having a
biological child. However, we wanted what we felt was best for our
family, which included two active young boys.<br />
<br />
As we progressed through the adoption process, a secondary, unforeseen
priority emerged— the <a href="http://ethiopianties.blogspot.com/2010/07/why-ethiopia.html">culture of our child’s birth country</a>. When we were
pursuing adoption with China, we discussed our limited knowledge and
understanding of this culture and the need to educate ourselves and
incorporate new customs and traditions into our family. But we had no
idea where to start or how to make that goal a reality. We knew
families where culture did not play much of a day-to-day role in their
lives. But that was not an approach we could embrace. Culture brings
such richness into the fabric of our lives. And we knew our child’s
birthright was an integral part of who they were and what they were
bringing into our family.<br />
<br />
When we began learning about the similarities between Greek and
Ethiopian ways of life, I could instantly envision incorporating this
rich, new culture into our mosaic. It gave us comfort with our
decision. I learned modern European scholars considered the name
Ethiopia to be derived from the Greek words <i>aitho</i> “I burn” and <i>ops</i>
“face”. Greece and Ethiopia share ancient roots as well as ties to
Orthodox Christianity. A young Ethiopian woman once commented on my
blog that she was welcomed into a Greek Orthodox church and community
when she moved to a place with a limited Ethiopian footprint, and she
remarked on all the parallels too. I found the symmetry of her
experience fascinating.<br />
<br />
When we f<a href="http://ethiopianties.blogspot.com/2011/04/addis-abba-ethiopia-to-us-pacific.html">irst visited our daughter’s East African birth country</a>, our
understanding of the similarities multiplied. Much of the foliage in
this nation, we had also seen in the Mediterranean one, which struck me
when I tried to understand why I felt so at home in Addis and our
daughter’s native Bahir Dar. Both countries share a focus on family and
a fierce national loyalty to a land whose glory days had faded. I also
noticed a certain joyful embrace of the more light-hearted aspects,
whether it be the lack of punctuality or certain common foibles. A
board member of Ethiopia Reads commented to my Greek husband, Michael,
at a fundraising event, “You know ‘your people’ and ‘my people’ are very
similar in neither are good at arriving somewhere at the appointed
time.” Both peoples maintain a belief that the key to solving the
toughest national problems involves working together.<br />
<br />
As we each experienced our own individual reactions to the adoption
process, each family member made the connections between our previous
family cultures and this new one in their own unique way. Ethiopia
reminds my husband of the Greece in his youth with its challenged
infrastructure. My eldest son did not talk much about the impact his
sister had on his own identify. He liked the idea of having a diverse
family and definitely was interested if students or fellow athletes
shared his sister’s heritage. But as I was cleaning up one day, I came
across his school ID from the first year Leyla was home. He had taken
an Ethiopian stamp and put it on the front of the card next to his
picture. I definitely understood in that moment the expression, “A
picture is worth a thousand words.”<br />
<br />
My middle son, Damian, was more direct. He asked if he was Ethiopian
now because of his sister. I reasoned, “You are because her culture is
part of our family but you might have to explain to people if you tell
them so.” He has embraced going to the local <a href="http://ecseattle.org/">Ethiopian Community</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Bahar Dar (Blue Nile Falls) Ethiopia 2014</td></tr>
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Center.
He is often the only non-Ethiopian child and seems oblivious to that
fact. He will enthusiastically create flags and decorations for a New
Year or other celebration or just play with the kids.<br />
<br />
I took an unorthodox step that demonstrated the extent of my
evolution on taking on another culture. I have an extensive LinkedIn
network and join groups of my focus areas or interest. I joined the
Ethiopian Professionals Group. I introduced myself as the mother of an
Ethiopian child who wanted to connect with her culture for her and for our
family. I received the most amazingly warm welcome and truly felt I was
a full member where I could both contribute and learn.<br />
<br />
When I started this blog, the
year after our daughter came home, my goal was to try to give back to
this amazing land that gave us our daughter. I planned to raise
awareness of both the need and the beauty and use it as a mechanism to
learn more. The name I chose summed up those goals so well. I discovered a very different sojourn in the years since. The
connections I forged are not just educational in nature or for my child;
they have tied our whole family to a diverse group of people involved
in some way with her culture whether as their birth country or from
their own love of it.<br />
<br />
As I heard from an actress on Twitter, “Ethiopia has a way of
bringing people together.” So true, I found. I can now count an Ethiopian
actress, artist and poet as important people in my life. I now call a
writer who grew up in Ethiopia and tirelessly advocates for literacy
progress there both a friend and an inspiration. When you bring a child
that doesn’t share your biology into your heart, we call this “adopting
a child.” For us, that process also meant “adopting a culture.” Our
connection to Ethiopia continues to expand and grow, affirming our
choice. <br />
<br />
A version of this post previously published on <a href="http://www.incultureparent.com/2012/06/adopting-a-culture-one-familys-journey-to-becoming-ethiopian/">InCulture Parent</a>. eangelihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283227153127507342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005958197688406250.post-85803752395644966842015-08-12T02:09:00.003-07:002015-08-12T06:24:21.471-07:00What Do Doro Wat, Pannekoeken, Marsala, and Baklava Have in Common?When I was growing up, cooking and baking were a way for me to escape
the problems of the day and ultimately find a new vantage point. I
remember lonely Friday nights during middle school where I would get
lost in baking cookies. During the measuring and mixing, I would s<a href="http://www.workingmother.com/family-fun/8th-grade-promotion-chance-learn-my-son-and-my-younger-self">top obsessing about my status at school</a> or the day’s slights. When the
cookies were cooling, my perspective would have altered just enough so
my world seemed a little brighter and my problems almost manageable.
Thinking back, I realize the act of food preparation helped me break
negative circuits in my head as I allowed myself to enjoy the creativity
and the creation inherent in the act.<br />
<br />
Growing up, my sisters and I learned Dutch before English. We attended
school and church with people of similar origin. We celebrated
traditions from the land well known for its windmills. We also traveled
back to the Netherlands every five years or so to visit extended
family. My i<a href="http://balancingmotherhoodcareer.blogspot.com/2011/05/do-you-need-to-be-mother-to-appreciate.html">mmigrant parents and I often found a gulf</a> separated us from
fully understanding each other.<br />
<br />
Food became part of a bridge we built in my adult years. I vividly recall making <i>pofferjes</i> at
my Oom (uncle) Piet’s house as a child. The small, puffy, round
pancakes dusted with powdered sugar melted in my mouth in just one
bite. Now making them with my kids takes me back to those times. On
New Year’s Eve, my dad made <i>oliebollen</i>—fried dough with raisins
and chunks of apples dipped in powdered sugar and eaten hot. When I
learned to make them, I felt a new connection form. I share this
experience with him although we prepare the dish at different times and
miles apart. My parents and I still have much we don’t understand about
each other. But when they see my kids scream for <i>pannekoeken</i> (thin
Dutch pancakes) and witness me preparing them as they did for me and my
sisters, I can show them their culture has become a part of ours too. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Offering an opinion while enjoying pannekoeken with friends in Holland</td></tr>
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My first date with <a href="http://balancingmotherhoodcareer.blogspot.com/2011/08/how-to-balance-two-careers-and-three.html">my Greek-born husband </a>was at a restaurant called
Greek Islands in Chicago. It was my introduction to the taste of his
food and coffee, which I found out the hard way had grounds in the
bottom. My initial visit to his homeland was ironically without him.
My <a href="http://balancingmotherhoodcareer.blogspot.com/2014/08/heaven-received-another-angel-her-name.html">mother-in-law</a> cooked “eggplant shoes,” wonderfully unlike anything I
had ever tasted before. She was a food-is-love person and was always in
the kitchen fixing something. When I mastered the art of baklava and my
husband complimented me by saying, “Wow, this is as good as my
mother’s. Just don’t tell her!” I felt a little Greek too. And I paid
homage to his mother, even though our lives have taken divergent paths.
She taught me to make a few of my favorite Hellenic foods before she passed away too soon.
She didn’t use recipes. So my son Damian and I stayed in the kitchen
for hours documenting every step. I don’t think I felt closer to her
than when she shared this gift—with minimal words spoken but much
laughter and tasting. Language was a challenging barrier for us
but communication through food broke through it. And she created a special bond with her grandchildren this way too.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loving on Yaya at a Greek Restaurant</td></tr>
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When we went to <a href="http://ethiopianties.blogspot.com/2011/04/addis-abba-ethiopia-to-us-pacific.html">Addis Ababa to meet our daughter</a>, we sampled Ethiopian
cuisine for the first time. Bringing a child into our family from
another part of the world gave us the responsibility to connect her to
her culture. For me, learning to cook her food and seeing her natural
affinity for it (quite unlike her brothers who are finding it an
acquired taste), made me feel a little bit like an East African mama.
Preparing these dishes and stocking my shelves with spices I just
discovered felt like an investment in her roots. As the smells of
lentils cooking with <i>berbere</i> or <i>duro wat</i> waft through
the house, I imagine these are the same aromas as those in the kitchen
of her first mother. And I feel the expanse of half the globe
disappear.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Celebrating a special birthday at a local Ethiopian Restaurant topped off with Baklava</td></tr>
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When I traveled to India to celebrate two friends’ union, I
witnessed that no other culture quite does weddings like Indians with a
week long affair of parties and festivities. I enjoyed <i>marsala</i>
tea for the first time and many vegetarian and non-vegetarian
specialties. I continue to drink that spicy tea with milk and am
transported to the beauty and chaos that was my Indian experience. I
also learned to make some of my favorite dishes as a way to honor the
amazing heritage my friends and their families opened up to me.<br />
<br />
Food is a wonderful, accessible expression of culture and a way to
connect. There are no rules, boundaries or judgments. I can mix, match
and modify while learning and enjoying. And you can share it too. I like creating<a href="http://balancingmotherhoodcareer.blogspot.com/2011/04/middle-child-solution-food-is-love.html"> cookbooks so my children</a> can join me on this journey and
add their own twists. Specifically, I found the preparation and the
creativity of opening my mind to new tastes, flavors and combinations
opens my internal dialogue to new paths and connects me with others
whose cultures differ from mine.<br />
<br />
One Friday night, I felt quite down after receiving disappointing work
news. I woke up Saturday still blue. Without thinking, I headed to the
kitchen. I started cooking and baking. My three kids joined in or
passed through as the hours lapsed. At the end of the day, the
disappointment was less bitter and the possibilities more exciting. I
was transported back to those middle school baking sessions that had the
same effect. I realized my culinary exploits that led to this Zen
feeling had broadened to include the cultures I embraced. With no
specific intention, my Saturday offerings included Greek zucchini,
Ethiopian lentils, Indian curry cauliflower, as well as a few variations
of cookies. Maybe the connection to the individuals and cultures they
represent was part of the genesis for the peaceful feeling I gained…at
least I would like to think so.<br />
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A version previously published on <a href="http://www.incultureparent.com/2012/02/what-do-baklava-and-doro-wat-have-in-common/">InCulture Parent. </a>eangelihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283227153127507342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005958197688406250.post-78076108651881613762015-06-08T21:02:00.001-07:002015-06-09T17:15:07.961-07:00Happy Seventh Birthday Little Leyla Marie Fasika; Seeing the World Through Your Eyes Revealed A BIG Heart!<div class="quoteText">
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My youngest turned seven recently, the same age her closest brother
was when she joined our family in 2008.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is
no longer the chubby faced baby with gigantic orbs taking in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those early years I was struck by her solemn study
of the people whether familiar or stranger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She seemed to be taking pictures in her mind; capturing each detail from head to toe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I remember thinking this child is an observer
of the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But for what purpose?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What
does she see or think, I wondered?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh to
be able to get inside and see out of those eyes too so I could share her
view.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Over the years, I have gotten a
glimpse of the world through her eyes in beautiful and unexpected ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And it revealed more about her heart than I
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My little girl unwrapped many of her most wonderful qualities in beautiful
ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One includes some interesting role
reversal as she is frequently worried about me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“I don’t want anything to happened to you, mama,” she will scold if I am
not watching out carefully for cars as I cross the street or taking my medicine every night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a “little mommy” and has the amazing
gift of being completely certain she can help; whether it be a teenage brother <a href="http://ethiopianties.blogspot.com/2012/07/trip-to-ethiopia-lessons-in-perspective.html">who has a vexing challenge</a> or her dad or me with our adult challenges or as we learned, for a little friend or
even strangers half a world away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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When we were living in Luxembourg, she started school as a four year
old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Europe, school begins a year
earlier.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had a little boy in her
class adopted from Korea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was rambunctious and she thoroughly enjoyed his company being quite high energy herself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His
father had been battling cancer for some time and about half way
through the school year he died.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His
mother was a beautiful women in all respects. She soldiered on gracefully raising her two sons alone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
offered condolences and help but both seemed wholly inadequate in the face of
such a huge and unimaginable loss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And soon life went on for us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Later in the year, this mother sought me out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She said, “I want you to thank Leyla for helping my son.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I said, “I would be happy to do so but I don’t
understand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What did she do?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She explained that her son was understandably
having a hard time with his father’s death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As a result, he was acting out in school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She explained. “Leyla continually reaches out
to him even though he is pushing people away. Many of the other kids just get
upset.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She both supports him and lovingly
gets him back on track.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My eyes
welled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had not said a word. But she had observed and identified a way to make a real difference for this little boy and his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saying a prayer for a friend in beautiful Greece</td></tr>
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That summer, we were on a walk in Greece where my husband grew up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Leyla saw a little blue and white small chapel by the side of
the path which is a common sight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
asked what it was and I explained, "People say a prayer or light a candle here for
someone who has died".<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She then asked me,
“Can we say a prayer for my friend’s dad because he misses him a lot."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I said of course, my eyes again filling. I was
humbled by her beautiful gesture that seemed to be as natural as breathing to
her.</div>
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I also a glimpse of her vantage point of the world as she became aware of opportunity inequities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When she learned kids
in Ethiopia often don’t get the chance to learn to read or go to school, her reaction was swift and fierce, “That’s just not fair!” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Good spot to read a book -- OHBD 2011</td></tr>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">So e</span>ach year since she was 4, she has spoken at
our O<a href="http://www.ethiopiareads.org/openhearts">pen Hearts Big Dreams Event </a>benefiting Ethiopia Reads in Seattle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> (</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">At 3 she just took the opportunity to find a quiet place to read.)</span> </span>The first year she spoke, her sweet voice quavered <a href="http://ethiopianties.blogspot.com/2013/03/open-hearts-big-dreams-we-do-it-for-her.html">as I held her on my hip</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had asked me what to say. And
she delivered the few words we worked on together with deep seriousness and sincerity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">OHBD 2012 my turn before Leyla's</td></tr>
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The next year she wanted to talk more
specifically about the unfairness she saw and asked me to help her think through how to
do that. We worked out what she would say.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I again held her petite little
body as she courageously spoke her words of truth to a large audience of
supporters; those big eyes moving slowing reading the sea of faces in front of her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"It's not fair that all kids don't get the chance to go to school" OHBD 2013</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Last year, I asked her if
she again wanted my help.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
I was taken aback when she firmly told me</span>, “No, I know what I want to say.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just need you to be my coach to practice
and I need you to hold my hand so I don’t get scared.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was growing up
before my eyes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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When w<a href="http://ethiopianties.blogspot.com/2014/08/thank-you-you-kept-your-promises.html">e spoke together this last December </a>(captured in this video), her tinker bell voice moved the audience with
its clarity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Afterward she
told me, “I felt like I might cry when I was talking and I felt like you might
too, why is that?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I explained to her
that for me, and likely for her too, speaking about something I care deeply
about triggers emotions and sometimes even tears (although they can stay
inside). And I (and she) <a href="http://www.workingmother.com/blogs/mom-mayhem-missions-and-more/high-dive-%E2%80%93-lessons-my-fourth-grade-self">need to be brave</a> to put a vulnerable piece of ourselves out into the
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As her birthday approached, she was so excited to be seven, a
milestone she wouldn’t own until the actual day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wanted cinnamon rolls for breakfast, a
special day with the family, a Tiana birthday cake and party with her friends. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But she also wanted to help kids in her birth-country so she asked her friends to make donations to Ethiopia Reads instead of more gifts for
herself.</div>
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Happy Seventh Birthday, my little Leyla Marie Fasika Angelidis. Looking at the world through your eyes has shown me what a BIG heart you have! You remind me everyday, "the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do." </div>
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I recall vividly one May about a year and a half ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was on Facebook when I saw a prayer request
from a friend for a friend of theirs who had just lost their toddler Ethiopian
daughter in an accident.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My heart
stopped!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My worst nightmare
became a reality for this family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I felt
anguished and helpless.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I reached out to
learn more. I don’t know why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> For some unexplainable reason, </span>I was compelled to find out who and how and more importantly why. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the last, I already knew in my heart of
hearts, there was no answer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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I learned the little girl had been hit by a car in parking
lot waiting for her brothers’ sports practice to end - -something very familiar
in our house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I couldn’t get this toddler
and her family out of my thoughts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I saw
her pictures and she reminded me so much of my daughter at that age.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had a similar spunk and light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her family openly shared <a href="http://dullmomentsnever.blogspot.com/">their pain as well as the support </a>they were receiving.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They set an example I am not at all sure I
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After some weeks, I send a note to both parents offering our
family’s condolences and connected via Facebook.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I checked in as often as I could and tried to provide what
support was possible being a virtual stranger who lived abroad. Everything I could do seemed wholly
inadequate. But still I truly felt I needed to try my best; for myself and my little girl, as well as for this amazing family and theirs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">My middle son and daughter were drawn in too -- seeing what I did -- our family mirrored in many respects. I recall sitting watching a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0gfqJtu1Lk">tribute video</a> and my son started watching over my shoulder. I was pulled out of my own experience by the sound of jagged sobs. I turned to see unbearable pain spread across his sweet face. He then just buried his face into Leyla as he hugged her tight. I could feel a bit of the anguish Marra Freh's brothers must feel as I watched my son in that moment.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amy, Sten, Mihret, Jenna, Leyla and me in Washington DC at a awesome chance get together</td></tr>
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These two and I talk of Marra Freh often.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Damian sees his sister in her, himself in her
older brother and me in her mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
is so grateful to have his sister still with him but wanted to help the grieving
family who lost theirs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of his gifts is
poetry. He wrote one about Marra Freh for her mother Amy (shown above) and also mentioned
the garden her brother had planted as a memorial. Amy Olsson sent him a note, picture and special treat which he treasures. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Damian with his special treats from Amy</td></tr>
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pictures the Olssons’ shared – including the quote on this shirt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> One day she was telling me some things she was going to teach Marra Freh when she met her. I gently asked her if she remembered that Marra Freh had died. She replied quickly as if I was the slow one, "I am going to teach her when I meet her in heaven."</span> and then smiled at the thought. Her answer reminded me I too can choose to focus on the beautiful, the funny and what is possible, rather than what is lost.</div>
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The Olssons are an amazing family – this was so crystal clear even
though I got to know them when their world was rocked by grief.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were lucky enough to meet in person
recently and it was so sweet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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I want to thank Marra Freh for the amazing gifts she gave so many in her two and half beautiful years on this planet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What gifts could a toddler give people far distances
away who never met her?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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She gave me the chance to celebrate an amazing
life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her life was brief but its impact
was the kind I hope for at the end of mine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her gifts were abundant, open and enthusiastic love; laughter with utter abandon and an exuberant zest for life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It leaps out from each picture and
video.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She touched so many
by just being her amazingly unique and authentic self.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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She also showed me so beautifully that death is not the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her family keeps her memory alive in so
many impactful and creative ways, giving people who loved her in life and those
who came to love her after, the chance to celebrate and rejoice in her spirit.</div>
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Marra Freh also reminded me that life is unpredictable and fragile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need to grab and hold on to those fleeting moments like the precious hug or the bright smile or the potty humor of
a toddler.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She gave me this priceless reminder to slow down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">When I think of her, </span>I found
myself consciously remembering to enjoy more special "every day" moments with my
kids.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When my little girl asks me to lie
with her as she goes to sleep, I say yes most times where before I might
have thought I was too busy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I go out of
my way to make sure I hug my teenage boys even when it is less than
enthusiastically returned. I consciously listen to their music, watch what catches their attention, take long walks to talk, or just be together. These treasures of moments are so easy to miss. Marra Freh has made sure our family has more of them.</div>
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She gave me the example of how to live life to the
fullest when you are here and that your legacy is rooted in the love and memories of those you touched .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Marra Freh's legacy is huge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/local/maryland/2013/12/18/4105469/">Random kindness done</a> and races run -- in her
name. Many, many lives touched and enriched because of her.<br />
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I desperately wish I could have known Marra Freh in
life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wish even more I didn’t meet her
family through the tragedy of her death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But I am glad I know her now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
am glad I can love her too and help keep me memory alive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am glad I got to know her family who
inspire me with their strength, courage, vulnerability and openness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Thank you angel Marra Freh for sharing your family and your
life with us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I, like Leyla, can’t wait
to meet you in heaven.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">Every year we come together as a group of
volunteers and donors and supporters from around the </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>globe </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">to make this event a reality. Over a
100,000 </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">kids’
big dreams </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">depend
on </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">these
open hearts. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">Where did this journey start?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For us, it </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">started </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">with a <a href="http://ethiopianties.blogspot.com/2010/07/why-ethiopia.html">little girl born in Ethiopia</a> 6 and
half years </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">ago</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Michael and I had so many fears and </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">questions
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">about
the journey we were embarking on to expand </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">our </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">family with a daughter who would not
share our biology </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">but
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be 100% our family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">But </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">a
belief that this was our path and that we would find answers along the way
compelled us forward.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">We traveled to Ethiopia that first time
with so many </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">trepidations</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were answered </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>beautifully </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">by a wide eyed baby girl who stole our </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">hearts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">She </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">reserved </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">her first smile for her new dad and he
has been hers completely since.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">In thinking about how to connect our
daughter to our country and help equalize opportunity there, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">again
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">the
objective seemed so </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">big
and </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">so
unfamiliar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Doubts about what could we
do rose </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">up
constantly </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">but
<a href="http://ethiopianties.blogspot.com/2011/10/open-hearts-big-dreams-lots-of-chills.html">the power of collaboration and an enduring </a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><a href="http://ethiopianties.blogspot.com/2011/10/open-hearts-big-dreams-lots-of-chills.html">belief</a>, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">in what was possible when people </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">come
together, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">propelled
us forward.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And we are constantly amazed
and humbled by what we </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">accomplished
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">together
these last three years.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">Each time we set the goals and
aspirations </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">higher
</span><a href="http://ethiopianties.blogspot.com/2013/03/open-hearts-big-dreams-we-do-it-for-her.html"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">because
the kids we serve deserve </span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><a href="http://ethiopianties.blogspot.com/2013/03/open-hearts-big-dreams-we-do-it-for-her.html">that</a>,
the </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">questions
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this too </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">big? </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">can
we sustain </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">it? </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">how
we will achieve this new milestone?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
global community </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">always
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back with an affirmative answer in so many beautiful and surprising ways. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">Going back to see the kids and </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">communities
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">this
effort supports this summer also provided many </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">joyous </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">answers to any lingering doubts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kids enjoying a school in the countryside
where before there </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">was
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">none.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Runners becoming tutors and leaders and
discovering their confidence and dreams in the </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">process</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">. Our daughter walking home with new </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">friends
and </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">enjoying
books </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">together.
Knowing </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">she
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">When we again visited the<a href="http://www.ethiopianties.blogspot.com/2011/07/bahir-dar-ethiopia-leylas-birthplace.html"> original
library we </a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><a href="http://www.ethiopianties.blogspot.com/2011/07/bahir-dar-ethiopia-leylas-birthplace.html">planted</a>
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thanked her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She beamed from ear to ear
and has since </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 8.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-index: 1; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">recounted
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now; a wonderful circle completed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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I never really liked my birthday although I don’t have any
good reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most years, it was just another day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But my birthday six years ago was
different.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were traveling back from
Ethiopia to Seattle with our little girl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She would arrive at our home and meet her new brothers on the date of my
birth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That made this <a href="http://ethiopianties.blogspot.com/2009/11/today-is-my-birthday.html">day take on special meaning for me</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love that our sweet daughter
officially entered our family on the same day I entered the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It wasn’t planned but gives us a connection I
treasure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As Leyla was working on <a href="http://ethiopianties.blogspot.com/2014/01/coming-together-to-make-impossible.html">her talk for our event this year</a>, she included this connection without any
prompting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I came home on my mom’s
birthday and she said it was the best birthday ever.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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This startlingly beautiful and deeply empathic child
continues to challenge and stretch me in ways I never expected just as she surprisingly
p<a href="http://ethiopianties.blogspot.com/2012/05/happy-fourth-birthday-to-my-amazing.html">rovided healing through just being</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As she gains awareness of both our similarities and our differences, our
connections and our challenges, she forces me, through her gentle but persistent
probing, to keep digging deeper into what matters and what is real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her questions carry so much weight but yet no
judgment – a combination I strive for but don’t always achieve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her mind is open to taking it all in whether
it makes sense or not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She doesn’t shy
away from the complex or the painful; setting an example I try to follow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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Through our conversations which often occur in quiet spaces where it is just the two of us, I gained a number of valuable insights:<br />
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I have said to my kids I have enough love for all three of them; so too I learned my child has enough love for all her parents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My daughter’s feelings for her first mom are
beautiful and special and give me a glimpse into a woman I have never met but
love dearly.<br />
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Differences matter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not
because they have to divide us but because they impact our experience
and path.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seeing something from <a href="http://www.adoptivefamiliescircle.com/blogs/post/good_hair_equals_good_mom_african_american_parenting/">my daughter’s vantage point </a>gives me a chance to look at the world from another angle and
often can see things I missed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, my daughter’s view of her brown skin and my peach tone which “don’t
match but that’s okay” gave me a peak into her reality as part of a trans-racial
family.<br />
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Working through challenging situations honestly and openly
builds trust and also greater understanding on both sides.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Answering my daughter’s direct “why” questions as she seeks to wrap her mind around how there such gulfs in resources and opportunity
illuminate for me that there are no satisfactory answers. I need to continue to work on
being part of the solution even for issues that seem not solvable in our
lifetime.<br />
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I have to <a href="http://www.naturallycurly.com/curlreading/curlykids/my-daughters-skin-hair-is-different-than-mine/?page=2">meet my daughter where she is</a>, not where I want her
to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her reality is different than
mine and different from my boys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t
and shouldn’t pretend otherwise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have
to accept her pain and loss as well as her amazing joy for life because it is
all her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She needs me to help her
navigate her path while acknowledging where I cannot provide her everything she
needs and make sure I surround her with the support she needs.<br />
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Welcoming a child from another land into my heart <a href="http://www.adoptivefamiliescircle.com/blogs/post/what_do_adoptive_parents_owe_their_transracially_adopted_children/">was welcoming an entire culture with her</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And doing so added richness to my human experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This blog was started when my daughter was a
toddler and I wanted <a href="http://ethiopianties.blogspot.com/2009/10/starting-to-pay-it-forward.html">a tangible way to express a connection to her birth country</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What happened since has been eye-opening. The ties I now have are real and breathtaking and ever expanding as is
my understanding of my daughter and my commitment to making a positive
contribution in her country.<br />
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Once I opened my life to a variety of cultures, some by birth
and experience and some by choice – Dutch, Greek, American and Ethiopian directly
and so many more indirectly through dear friends, I truly began to evolve into a
citizen of the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I see the
opportunities for mankind, if we all moved that direction, as limitless.</div>
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Happy Homecoming my little princess; I can’t imagine my life
without you; I know your dad and brothers feel exactly the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And each year, I look forward to what you
will teach me and how you will stretch me as you grow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am honored to be your
mom. And humbled to now count <a href="http://www.incultureparent.com/2012/06/adopting-a-culture-one-familys-journey-to-becoming-ethiopian/">Ethiopian as one of my cultures</a>.<br />
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Here are some pictures of this amazing year – Happy Birthday
to me.</div>
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eangelihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283227153127507342noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005958197688406250.post-88483918284490843662014-08-08T14:59:00.000-07:002017-06-24T20:22:24.674-07:00Thank You! You Kept Your Promises: Ethiopia Reads, Bahir Dar and a Special Little Girl<div class="MsoNormal">
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Returning to Bahir Dar the summer of 2014 was a special
event. This is our daughter’s birthplace,
and at six, she is becoming more and more interested in the facts and
circumstances of her joining our family as well as <a href="http://ethiopianties.blogspot.ie/2011/03/i-am-opia-ethiopia-baby.html">her life before</a>. Even when she was younger, we wanted her to feel connected to this place
so we raised funds to put an Ethiopia Reads library in a school there. When we went in 2011 on the first of what we hope are many trips to Ethiopia, the building was dedicated but the library <a href="http://ethiopianties.blogspot.ie/2011/07/bahir-dar-ethiopia-leylas-birthplace.html">was far from a reality</a>. Leyla was three years and
enjoyed her time there but kept no memories.
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When we asked our guide about going back to library and what arrangement had been made, he replied we would just stop by while in Bahir Dar. Michael and I glanced at each other nervously; dropping by a school unannounced didn’t seem like a very good idea. And we had made it clear this was an important visit for us. <br />
But we said nothing and hoped for the best.We walked into the school entrance and immediately became
the center of attention of throngs of school children. The kids enthusiastically directed us to another area in the
back of the school. A number of them then followed us, bounding with energy as we walked there. Laughter and silliness filled the air as many pairs of bright brown eyes watched our progress intently. <br />
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A lovely older woman teacher was tasked with showing us the
library. We didn’t know what to expect. Three years had passed. We knew it was
possible the library had not been maintained. Where there are bigger priorities, sometimes
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We saw the plague we had brought dedicating the library sitting high on a book shelf as we entered. I took it down to have closer look. Reading the words again with the library now a reality and Leyla able to appreciate what meant for these kids was
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<b><i>This library is for the children of Bahir Dar,</i></b></div>
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<b><i>birthplace of Leyla Marie Fasika</i></b></div>
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<b><i>beloved daughter of Ellenore and Michael Angelidis</i></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Dimitri, our eldest at 17, sat down and read a book with Leyla, cheek to cheek, while Damian, 13, was behind the camera, snapping memories as our official trip photographer. </span><span style="font-size: small;">Looking at the three siblings together, in her country, at her birthplace; big brothers joining their little sister on her unique journey, was beyond priceless. <a href="http://www.adoptivefamiliescircle.com/blogs/post/where_is_her_mother/">Their love for her is so huge</a>!</span></div>
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children and simply could not accommodate all of them well. I sensed a steely determination to help her students as she pressed on. Opportunities like meeting us don’t come often she explained. The need is everywhere but so is the joy and
opportunity I see etched in the bright eager faces of the kids who engaged with
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Meeting the children in person is truly one of the great joys for me. Kids overcome language and culture so naturally as if it's no barrier at all. Their openness and joy is inspiring. They are the future and were grabbing on
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As we were walking out, the school principle enthusiastically picked up Leyla and held her aloft. And he introduced her to the students surrounding him as the reason they have a library and as one of their own, since they shared a birthplace. I think she might have preferred to be a little less the center of attention in that moment, like when she found a quiet place to read a new book a bit earlier. But she smiled good-naturedly as the kids cheered. But I also saw a sense of quiet pride and belonging pass over her beautiful face at this unexpected and unequivocal welcome into the community where she began her life.</div>
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Waiting for our driver on the busy sidewalk, we saw a familiar
face, impeccably dressed in suit. He was one of the administrators who welcomed us on our last visit . Our guide told us he wanted to tell us something before we departed and then translated for him. What he said to us filled my eyes with grateful tears,<br />
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So many of our friends, colleagues and great people we met in person or virtually on our amazing journey <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OpenHeartsBigDreamsFamilyFriendlyEvent?ref=hl&ref_type=bookmark">made it possible to keep these promises</a>. So we extend this heartfelt "Thank You!" to you too!eangelihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283227153127507342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005958197688406250.post-66341526023599972872014-05-27T15:08:00.000-07:002014-05-27T15:19:37.980-07:00Happy Sixth Birthday to My Big Little Girl! I Have So Many Wishes for You, My Daughter!<div class="MsoNormal">
My only girl is growing up too fast – cliche I know, but
still so true. She continues to humble
me in countless ways. She joined us through <a href="http://www.adoptivefamiliescircle.com/blogs/post/adoption-my-view-five-years-into-the-journey/">circumstances that defy adequate explanation</a> and are, at times, painful to examine too closely. She brought with her into our family a zest
and joy that is beyond what I could imagine. She is beginning to understand
more and now asks me questions I don’t know how to answer, piercing me with her
black orbs that don’t ever seem to blink.
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In how she approaches life, she models many behaviors I see
as the best of us. She inspires me. I
have so many wishes for her on this special day, it is hard to know where to
begin. But here goes, I wish for you my baby girl
(who I know doesn’t really want to be called a baby any more but humors this mama):</div>
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<span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">May you always keep your sense of inclusion.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">If I could bottle how you openly and without
judgment approach everyone around you, the world would see less misunderstanding
and hate.</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">May your sense of what is fair and right
continue to guide you to stand up when you see injustice or someone who </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">needs
your support or just one of your light-up-any room smiles.</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span></div>
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four-legged creatures or new friends.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">
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<span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">May you continue to ask the t<a href="http://www.ethiopianties.blogspot.fr/2011/11/happy-birthday-happy-homecoming-2011-am.html">ough questions unflinchingly</a> and push until you receive adequate answers.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Those questions lead to healthy discussions,
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<span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">May you never lose the ability to see the humor
in any situation and to use your intellect and wit to make even the toughest
person smile at your disarming charm.</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">May you grow in your own understanding of how
complex<a href="http://http//www.naturallycurly.com/curlreading/curlykids/my-daughters-skin-hair-is-different-than-mine/"> and beautiful you are</a> – in every way.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span></div>
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Each year gives me so many amazing opportunities to see you
blossoming <o:p></o:p>into your huge personality and endless potential. Watching you celebrate this day with family so joyously, or listening to you belt out the words to Frozen and Lion King on our roof top with abandon as I type, takes my breath away. </div>
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Happy Birthday Leyla Marie Fasika! You are now six and so sensational! <o:p></o:p></div>
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eangelihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283227153127507342noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005958197688406250.post-32196537748319504042014-03-09T08:51:00.000-07:002014-05-11T14:43:47.778-07:00How Will They Know I am Ethiopian?<div class="MsoNormal">
We are planning our
<a href="http://www.ethiopianties.blogspot.fr/2011/07/bahir-dar-ethiopia-leylas-birthplace.html">second trip back to Ethiopia</a> since bringing our daughter home in 2008. She is almost six and giddy with excitement. She identifies strongly with her birth
country. She has been known to ask, “Do
you know why I am special?” I will respond,
“No, why?” although I know perfectly well the reason she will give. She then answers proudly, “BECAUSE I AM
ETHIOPIAN!!” I can tell if she likes
someone we meet. In those instances, she
will tug on my arm and ask me to bend down. Then she will whisper in my ear, “Tell them
where I came from . .tell them I am from Ethiopia.” She prefers to use me as the messenger of this
special news if the person is not familiar. Then if she gets a suitable response, she will take it from there.</div>
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For a while, she
thought anyone with a similar skin tone and hair as hers was from her East
African nation. If we saw someone with
brown skin and black curly hair, she would tell me, “They are from Ethiopia
too." In some cases she was right, in
others the person was from Kenya, Somalia or the United States. I had to explain that people from a number of countries have skin similar to hers. She has also recently starting to ask some more
difficult questions. Since she came home
as an infant, her first language is English although she is also learning
French at her International School. When
we discussed going back to her birthplace, she quickly identified a problem, “But
I can’t talk to them because I don’t speak Ethiopian.” I then clarified that Ethiopia has quite a
number of languages but none called “Ethiopian”. I also explained to her people can interpret for us
and she could learn Amharic (the language spoken where she was born) if she
wants to. She nodded vigorously with a broad smile.</div>
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Another day, we<a href="http://www.incultureparent.com/2012/02/what-do-baklava-and-doro-wat-have-in-common/"> were in the kitchen cooking</a> and discussing different parts of our trip. Cooking with my kids seems to open up windows <a href="http://balancingmotherhoodcareer.blogspot.fr/2011/04/middle-child-solution-food-is-love.html">to the most amazing dialogues</a>. Leyla was wearing one of her favorite outfits.
All of a sudden she got an extremely
concerned look on her face. She asked
with an equally anxious tone, “Mommy, how will they know I am Ethiopian if I
dress like this.” And she motioned down
her dress to her leggings and shoes. I
had to hold back my laughter because her face was deadly serious with tears threatening
in her huge black eyes. I said, “Oh
honey, they will know you are Ethiopian by looking at your face.” I was rewarded by a huge toothy grin and a return of
the customary twinkles to those gigantic orbs. And she added, “It might be good to get me
some Ethiopian clothes too.” She is an opportunist
among many other qualities.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Raising a child from <a href="http://www.adoptivefamiliescircle.com/blogs/post/what_do_adoptive_parents_owe_their_transracially_adopted_children/">a culture and a continent not my own is a huge responsibility</a> and one I don’t
take lightly. I am so grateful that she
is open and that she embraces where she is from while also comfortably
embracing <a href="http://www.incultureparent.com/2011/01/family-evolution-the-meaning-of-multicultural/">where her father and I come from</a> and where we all live now. Pictures of our first trip and her three year old self still inspire and amaze me (photos taken by my son Damian). I am also so grateful for all the people in our
lives connected to Ethiopia who can keep her connected whether they be other adoptees of various ages, <a href="http://yadesabojia.com/2013/12/20/the-third-annual-open-hearts-big-dream-fundraising/">friends who immigrated to the United States</a> or <a href="http://www.janekurtz.com/">people with a love of Ethiopia</a> that runs deep. Our Ethiopian Ties continue to grow, deepen
and ripple.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This journey back feels
<a href="http://www.adoptivefamiliescircle.com/blogs/post/ethiopia-adoption-journey/">much different than our first</a> because Leyla (pictured earlier in the year with an African carving we have everywhere we live as a reminder of where she comes from), and we as a family, understand so
much more and because of that are expecting so much more. I am sure Ethiopia won’t disappoint as we continue our lifelong journey to connect our daughter and our whole family with this amazing place.<o:p></o:p></div>
eangelihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283227153127507342noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005958197688406250.post-70480483880069822992014-01-04T04:55:00.000-08:002014-01-04T05:29:46.499-08:00Coming Together to Make the Impossible Possible -- AGAIN! Open Hearts Big Dreams 2013<br />
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Our
<a href="http://www.ethiopiareads.org/openhearts">Open Hearts Big Dreams event</a> is a celebration of the power of education and the
power of dreaming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Neither would be
possible for many kids in Ethiopia without the many open hearts that supported
our efforts these past three years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> And it is an event that is put together and run almost entirely by volunteers.</span></div>
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<a href="http://yadesabojia.com/2013/12/20/the-third-annual-open-hearts-big-dream-fundraising/">Yadesa Bojia</a> asked me, when he was starting his painting for this year, what
was our vision for the event.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yadesa
planted the seed for this endeavor <a href="http://ethiopianties.blogspot.fr/2011/10/open-hearts-big-dreams-lots-of-chills.html">three years ago</a> and has been a wonderful
friend and supporter to make it a reality since then.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mulled this over for a bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I then realized my vision is to bring people
together to make something possible that wouldn’t be possible otherwise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My husband, <a href="http://balancingmotherhoodcareer.blogspot.fr/2011/08/how-to-balance-two-careers-and-three.html">who is a lifelong educator</a>, and I
want to equalize educational opportunities in Ethiopia while celebrating the
amazing culture and country of our daughter’s birth.</div>
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<a href="http://ethiopianties.blogspot.fr/2013/03/open-hearts-big-dreams-we-do-it-for-her.html">results of our last two years</a> were amazing and powerful; exceeding our
ambitious aims.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We saw diverse
individuals and companies with different backgrounds and cultures from all
around the globe come together and open their hearts in support of kids who
deserve to dream big dreams.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Seattle is the hub of these efforts but the spokes reach to all parts of the US from Tigist in New York to Astrid in California to my mom in Colorado to Carol in Illinois to Jennifer in Wisconsin to Cynthia in Maryland to Marc in Paris, Mimi in Indonesia, Ben in Dubai, Tom in China, Ken in Japan, Stas in Luxembourg, Scott in London, Vally in Greece, Ana in Spain, Signoretti Studios in Venice, Federico in Milan, <a href="http://www.flyethiopian.com/en/default.aspx">Ethiopian Airlines</a> and Y<a href="http://www.yerrasolutions.com/">erra Solutions</a> in Switzerland - -and the list of people and places with big hearts goes on and on and on -- the list and diversity increasing with each year.</span></div>
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Leyla
spoke as part of the appeal this time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She arrived
just that day from our current home in France.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She was tired and jet lagged so I wasn’t sure if she would go through with
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although in the comforts of our
house, she was confident and ready.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
year, she did not want me to script something for her as I did the previous one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She knew what she wanted to say and rehearsed
it with the family over and over, even pretending she was holding the
microphone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She also toyed with adding a
French song she loves at the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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it came her time to speak, she nestled her head into my neck and whispered in
my ear, “I don’t think I remember.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I whispered
back some words of encouragement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<strong><em>“Hello.
My name is Leyla Marie Fasika Angelidis. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I come from Ethiopia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I do not think it is fair that some
children do not get the chance to go to school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Please help us build schools and libraries in Ethiopia so more children
can go to school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you very much!”</em></strong><br />
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the United States and from places as remote and diverse as Indonesia, Dubai,
France, Spain, Luxembourg, Greece, Italy and Ethiopia, many more children will
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Leyla also figured out another way to help through the bidding part of the auction -- slightly more dangerous for the family finances. </div>
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This year we again saw new friends and old ones as well as friends of friends join us to amazingly exceed our goal of raising $90K to support on-going and new Ethiopia Reads programs. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">You will see just a few in the picture here which give you just a glimpse into the celebration of this rich culture and the sense of community rising to address a need and work to remedy an inequity. Many guest expressed their awe and wonder at the beauty and power felt through that simple act.</span></div>
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Each year I wonder if everything will again come together and somehow each time it does. But the truth is it takes hours and hours of volunteer time and dedication by many as well as many generous donors and sponsors who give in so many ways. The auctioneer shared that Seattle is one of the most giving cities and that was certainly on display. </div>
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These funds will change lives. They will empower more <a href="http://www.ethiopiareads.org/programs/mobile">donkey drawn mobile libraries</a> for rural children with no access to books, <a href="http://www.ethiopiareads.org/teamtesfa">vulnerable teenage girl runners</a> will get an opportunity to coach and improve their future while helping others, and most importantly this will continue to support the foundation of sustainability of the schools and libraries already in existence. </div>
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appreciate everyone who came together with us on this eye opening journey. Words are not adequate to express our deep gratitude.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And as we enter 2014, we look forward to
setting new ambitious goals and asking people to come together again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </div>
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This journey will not be complete until all children in Ethiopia have the same opportunities as those we are raising. This is truly a family affair for us. Wishing much joy and laughter in 2014. In the words of the incomparable Nelson Mandela who we bid a sad farewell to this year, <strong>“It always seems impossible until its done.”</strong> <br />
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eangelihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283227153127507342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005958197688406250.post-73362813964402413392013-11-28T14:23:00.001-08:002013-11-28T14:23:05.848-08:00Happy Birthday, Happy Homecoming, Happy Thanksgiving 2013!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Another year passing makes me feel, down to my bones, the winds of
change and time blowing faster and faster.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I see clearly
the power of what is possible in 365 days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And equally clearly how easily I can let those precious, fleeting opportunities slip through
my fingers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With my little daughter
growing up quickly into a “fierce” young lady – unwilling to take cr*p from
anyone but willing to lend hand to all, I see the power of the woman she will
one day become.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I see the power in supporting
the women, the girls around the world, should become.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are girl heroes like <a href="http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/01/16811670-malala-teen-champion-of-girls-rights-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize">Malala who inspire me</a>
to try to do more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And girls, taken from us too
soon, who leave my heart heavy wondering what they could have done – like<span id="goog_861225860"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"> Hana<span id="goog_861225861"></span></a>
or <a href="http://www.wusa9.com/news/article/284185/158/Toddlers-memory-lives-on-through-random-acts-of-kindness-">Marra Freh</a> -- yet amazed at their legacy for ones so young.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I also feel a growing weight of responsibility as a woman, a
mother and a person who has benefited from many wonderful opportunities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to raise my girl to be
everything she can be while simultaneously helping her navigate the tricky
waters she has ahead as a transracial, international adoptee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Looking at her makes my heart melt – EVERY TIME.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> When h</span>er black eyes gaze lovingly and says, “Mama” and her tinkling voice then tells me whatever is on her mind, she pierces my soul. And
I can see her beautiful depth when I stare into her inky orbs as I tell her
all the reasons she is special and why I love her with my whole being.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is so strong when she stands up for what
she believes in and yet so fragile when she is truly frightened. She is my warrior
princess. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I see the vast possibilities
of the next generation represented in her. And so, I can envision a better world with more equality and opportunity <a href="https://ethiopiareads.worldsecuresystems.com/openhearts">through education and empowerment</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I read <a href="http://qz.com/139453/theres-one-key-difference-between-kids-who-excel-at-math-and-those-who-dont/#!">an article about the key difference between kids</a> who excel at math and those that don’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Surprisingly, it is that those who excel believe it can be learned; while those
who don’t, believe it is an innate ability.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want my daughter to believe everything can be learned and anything is
possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a grown woman, I still need
to repeatedly, remind myself of both those things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the passage of another year brings reflection,
I look back on the past five with my darling daughter and can hardly remember life
before she joined our family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Our eldest son made a similar remark recently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Leyla is always annoyed to hear of
happenings that pre-dated her arrival.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
too finds it hard to contemplate our family without her there. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Below are a few of my favorite pictures of us over the years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Watch out world; this little one is going
to make her mark!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I will be
supporting and cheering for her on, each step of whatever path she chooses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Happy Thanksgiving to all and Happy Homecoming to my beautiful
daughter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Coming home on the day of my
birth five year ago made it indescribably more special .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You changed me for the better in so many ways, and for that I am most thankful, my sweet, funny girl.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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eangelihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283227153127507342noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005958197688406250.post-80545907469197295272013-08-20T06:30:00.001-07:002013-08-20T06:30:51.865-07:00Long Overdue Thank You Letter to My Yoga Teacher<span style="font-family: Calibri;">My friend sent me a note recently letting me know that my
favorite Yoga Studio, <a href="http://terra-yoga.com/">Terra Yo</a>ga, and a supporter of our event since year one, was
going out of business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thought, “Surely,
this can’t be.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I went on-line and
confirmed to my great dismay that sadly it was true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My instructor and the studio owner wrote a
<a href="http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs118/1102181432615/archive/1113691196177.html">deep and thoughtful letter</a> about her reasons and her journey to accept this loss
and embrace a new and unexpected path.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>To be honest, I haven’t been to the studio for years but for an
occasional practice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Life had a way of
filling all the minutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And as <a href="http://www.balancingmotherhoodcareer.blogspot.gr/">a working mom</a>, taking 2 hours on the weekend was very challenging.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I learned of the studio when I first moved to <a href="http://leanin.org/stories/ellenore-angelidis/http://leanin.org/stories/ellenore-angelidis/">Seattle alone with my two boys</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
battling cancer, I no longer wanted to work out at a gym. I wanted something
richer and more fulfilling, a mind and body experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I started yoga while still in Chicago and
enjoyed the relaxation of my mind which was battered with fear and doubts; it
raced without abatement most days and I needed it to stop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also enjoyed the physical results on my
body which needed gentle healing and to adjust to a new state.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The experience with Carina was at another
level entirely.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have taken her instruction
with me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She taught me some very
important lessons I really needed to learn:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">First, be kind to myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I demand much of my mind and body and am often disappointed in one or
both.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Working to accept my limitations
while still pushing myself to grow and learn was a revolutionary approach for me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Second, my life is a journey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fact each class is studiously called a
practice helps reinforce this message.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Everything I do or think or learn is part of my path.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Embracing the journey helps me to put many
things in better perspective and allows me to enjoy and laugh where previously
I may have pushed or despaired.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Third, it’s only about me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I don’t need to compare myself to others, either in the class, or in
life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find this one harder as I envy
those whose practice allows them to do yogic feats that still elude me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also look at those in the world who left a
positive mark of great significance and wish I could accomplish similar
achievements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But now, I make every
effort to view those individuals as inspiration.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Fourth, shortcuts only cheat me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the early days, I wanted to do poses my
body wasn’t ready for.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would sacrifice
form to achieve something that meant more to me at the time, the appearance of proficiency.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, I understand the importance of taking
each step so I gain the learning through the development.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Fifth, my mind and body are fully connected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The more I understand and respect this fact,
the more peace I find in my life and in my relationships.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once I accepted this basic connection, I
began to see all the interconnectivity in the world including many connections
I discussed here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I remember those early days when the 90 minutes in Carina’s
class was the only time where I could quiet my mind and just be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Laying in the corpse pose at the end of class
was a respite I desperately needed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was also a wonderful experience I could share with my kids, one of whom joined
me on occasion for a class, and another for family yoga.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now I can achieve a state of peace with focus
in many places outside of the studio.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
also practice yoga most days with Carina’s voice, which is a most melodic,
beautiful one, in my head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I encourage
the lessons I learned with my children and they all practice yoga with me, when
the spirit moves them, too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also share
the profound effect yoga had on my life with my friends and other family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Apparently so often, <a href="http://www.workingmother.com/blogs/mom-mayhem-missions-and-more/motherhood-lesson-teaching-your-kids-problem-solve">my teenage son</a>
laughingly told me, “No matter what the problem, Mom, your answer is always ‘Yoga.’”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I owe a huge debt of gratitude I don’t know how I adequately
begin to repay. And I regret it took this dramatic turn of events for me to take the time to start.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you, Carina for
putting me on a better path with your patience, your teaching and your example.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you for helping me heal and experience
peace and joy I was missing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you
for supporting <a href="http://www.ethiopianties.blogspot.gr/2013/03/open-hearts-big-dreams-we-do-it-for-her.html">our efforts in Ethiopia</a> even when I was no longer attending your
classes regularly; it means more than you know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And thank you for sharing your most recent struggle and learning as
you begin this next phase of your journey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I needed that reminder very much at the time I read your letter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I wish you all the best and look forward
to hearing more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I hope to practice
with you again soon or see you at our next event in December – or better yet, BOTH!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
eangelihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283227153127507342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005958197688406250.post-88747741438877566382013-07-02T04:51:00.002-07:002013-07-02T04:51:07.487-07:00Happy Fifth Birthday to my little daughter who gave the word "family" a much richer meaning<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am late this this post.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I try to get it published on her <a href="http://balancingmotherhoodcareer.blogspot.fr/2013/05/making-good-enough-good-when-accepting.html">actual birthday but time slipped</a>. At least we managed to keep her party on the day she entered this world and made it a little brighter (pictured with her brother Damian). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We are at Euro Disney celebrating, her gift. It is special in so
many ways. I remember going to Disney
in Florida at the same age as my eldest, who is 16, when my little sister was
five, same as Leyla. It brings back poignant memories. Seeing Leyla's suddenly shy deameanor around some classics, who moments earlier made her squeal with delight when she spotted them, was a sweet surprise.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">At five, Leyla is
beginning to show signs of the lady she will become.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has opinions about fashion, fairness and
speaks basic French perfecting rolling her “r”s<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-- something I have never managed which
greatly amuses her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She sings and dances
to her own music and can make people smile just by entering a room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is inclusive and giving as well as
stubborn and sassy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her brothers joke she
has more friends in their grades than they do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is thrilled to be at the same school as they are
which, other than the fact they are at a small International School now, would
never have been possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">All the <a href="http://ethiopianties.blogspot.fr/2011/01/gift-of-possibility.html">early worries of adoption</a> are gone; although
thoughts of its <a href="http://www.adoptivefamiliescircle.com/blogs/post/thinking-about-adoption-and-my-daughters-birth-mother/">complexity</a> linger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We know we will journey through uncharted territory at each
phase. But we feel better equipped and know she will help lead us too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> As I contemplated this significant milestone that too many in her birth country don't reach, </span>I heard about two other little girls; each left an indelible impression, as I celebrated with mine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">First, I was looking at my adoption agencies website at <a href="http://www.wacap.org/WaitingChildren/tabid/73/Default.aspx">children who are waiting</a> – these are the hardest to place because of health, age or sibling
status.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I saw one pre-teen girl with an uncanny resemblance, and thought, "She
could be Leyla’s older sister." which was unnerving since we don’t know much
about her Ethiopian family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Leyla snuck
up behind me silently on kitten’s toes as she often does and saw me looking at this
picture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She asked, “Is she from
Ethiopia?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She looks like me.” I told
her, “Yes. She is and she is waiting to find her family.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Leyla emphatically said, “I have a family!”
and wandered off to play. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I inquired about the girl and found parents had come
forward for her who are equipped to deal with her complicated health issues; my heart soared!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I shared with Leyla
that the girl who looked like her found a family and I had asked
if we could be in touch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She replied
without hesitation, “Great, <a href="http://ethiopianties.blogspot.fr/2010/09/precious-connections.html">maybe we can be friends</a>,” for her so simple; for me
so beautiful -- family and friendship.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The second girl was an adorable two year old adopted from
Ethiopia. She escaped from her father for a moment , was struck by a car and
tragically killed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the photos and postings I could feel the grief like a gaping wound of her family and community who couldn't imagine life without her it in. I also felt the incredible joy and laughter she had spread in
her short life .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found I
could not keep her lovely little face out of my thoughts. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was taken back to when Leyla was two and recalled how much
she changed all of our lives even after just her second trip around the sun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now three years later, her influence and
reach are even greater.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I look forward to seeing her life unfold, and
I hope it is a long one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But even in this
first phase, <a href="http://www.workingmother.com/blogs/mom-mayhem-missions-and-more/working-mother-lesson-need-vocation-bliss-and-purpose-measure">she has left a huge footprint</a> on our hearts with her tiny feet. Each day is a gift and <a href="http://ethiopianties.blogspot.fr/2012/05/happy-fourth-birthday-to-my-amazing.html">one I don't take</a> for granted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I love reading Leyla stories at night before she goes to bed
and then tucking her in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She often wants
to <a href="http://www.adoptivefamiliescircle.com/blogs/post/transracial-adoption-attitudes-about-african-american-hair/">comb my hair</a> while I read aloud.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
also frequently asks me to lie down next to her while she begins to slumber.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She knows I often just fall
asleep too right there after <a href="http://www.workingmother.com/blogs/mom-mayhem-missions-and-more/motherhood-lesson-what-load-balancers-and-power-outage-taught-me-">particularly exhausting days</a> .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I was laying next to her recently,
her little cartoon character voice, with its high pitch but perfect enunciation,
cut through the silence with the sweetest words. “You are the bestest mommy
ever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You are always in my dreams.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Happy Fifth Birthday my bestest daughter!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> You gave the word "family" a bigger, better meaning for us all! And y</span>ou are always in my dreams too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
eangelihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283227153127507342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005958197688406250.post-39243491916572089412013-05-05T09:32:00.000-07:002013-05-06T14:00:33.352-07:00Indonesia, Australia, The Netherlands, The United States, Ethiopia. What Drives Us Across Continents. Cultures and Generations?<span style="font-family: Calibri;">My kids, and my daughter in particular, drive me in many
respects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her arrival into our lives and
hearts opened a window into the inequities in the world that I can’t easily
close.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I feel guilty; I feel
responsible; I feel moved to act.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
can’t even fully explain it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just need
to do something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">When I was getting ready for our <a href="http://ethiopianties.blogspot.com/2013/03/open-hearts-big-dreams-we-do-it-for-her.html">Open Hearts Big Dreams event</a>
supporting Ethiopia Reads, I reviewed my friend Yadesa’s blog for potential
biographical information for the program.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He created another amazing piece we featured in the live auction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was an <a href="http://yadesabojia.com/2011/11/">important catalyst</a> in making the
event a reality as well as <a href="http://yadesabojia.com/2012/12/11/open-hearts-big-dreams-2/">its evolution into something bigger</a> than either of us initially imagined.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I came across an interview after he won the contest where he told how he was robbed his <a href="http://yadesabojia.com/2011/06/08/whats-it-like-to-etc-seattle-pacific-university/">father and older brother</a> early in his life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He found, through his accomplishment, a way to share it with them and honor them
.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I realized, this is likely part of what drives
him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">When I was visiting my sisters and parents later that same month, my father wanted to make a family announcement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He stepped up to a table as a hush fell over the room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had packets in front of him meticulously organized.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In them, I learned, were photos and descriptions of two medals of Honor posthumously awarded to my grandfather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My father was seven when his father was faced with a choice: stand up for freedom and country, and risk almost certain capture, or escape. He as not a soldier; he was an engineer. He chose to stand up on condition that his wife and his five children and the families of those he worked with were flown to safety from Indonesia to Australia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My grandfather stayed behind and blew up the radio station where he worked before the arrival of Japanese troupes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I get chill bumps on my arms and tears in my eyes every time I describe it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t imagine what he or </span><a href="http://balancingmotherhoodcareer.blogspot.com/2011/01/finding-inspiration.html"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">my grandmother (who flew with her 5 children on a cargo plane</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">) went through.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As he anticipated, he was captured and spent four long years in a Japanese concentration camp.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His diaries, written on the back of soldiers’match book covers, detail a harrowing, soul sucking experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">My father was young. I don’t think he comprehended the full
magnitude of the war time events, unlike his mother and two older
brothers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He relayed how he played with
parrots and wandered the countryside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
enjoyed what little boys do when faced with a beautiful country with amazing
animals and sights.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, he often
brought up his father as we were growing up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I recall being shown the journals my grandfather maintained.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were heartbreaking and also uplifting as
he remembered his beloved wife and children as well as chronicled
his dark existence and his efforts to survive – both physically and mentally. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">When my father retired, he made it his mission to research the
details of the period leading up, to as well as those most difficult
years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He interviewed family members and
friends as he endeavored to learn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He scoured
archives and little known accounts of that theatre of WWII.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The culmination was a book reflecting his family’s
personal journey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At his eldest
brother’s funeral last year, he shared some of this story in his eulogy since
this brother had become part father then.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Afterwards, one of my cousins, a career Dutch
military man, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>shared how the story moved
him and requested a copy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He then submitted it, along with other supporting materials, to the decision
makers for recipients of Medals of Honor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">My mother relayed to me that my normally, unemotional , mathematician dad’s
eyes filled with tears when he received word that his work had led to this
wonderful and well-earned honor being bestowed on my grandfather. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t get the chance to know my
grandfather personally since he died when I was three.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, I felt like I knew him through my
father’s tireless efforts over the years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wanting to do fully understand and tell his father's story drove him until he achieved
his goal, which was beyond anything he original contemplated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think my "Opa" would be proud and I
know I am. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What drives us is a powerful
thing and connects us across continents, cultures and generations. </span><br />
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eangelihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283227153127507342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005958197688406250.post-19124334366558532852013-03-02T06:32:00.002-08:002015-06-17T17:27:03.451-07:00Open Hearts Big Dreams -- We do it for her . . . and for them.<br />
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do it for our amazing daughter. I didn’t
have any meaningful link to Ethiopia before she joined us.
Now it is unimaginable to think our family would not be <a href="http://www.incultureparent.com/2012/06/adopting-a-culture-one-familys-journey-to-becoming-ethiopian/">connected to her birth country</a>. Last December, we had our
second annual event supporting <a href="http://www.ethiopiareads.org/openhearts">Ethiopia Reads</a> educational and literacy efforts. The family flew in from Europe, where we now
temporarily reside, the day before. Our second son shows the effects of jet lag at the end of the evening after doing a great job as one of the photographers. <o:p></o:p></div>
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This year for the first time, Leyla said a few words during
the appeal after her father spoke. Her beautiful little voice,
often described as sounding like a cartoon character, was clear as a bell. Her liquid black eyes looked straight into
the sea of faces, and she spoke directly into the microphone, “Hi, my name is
Leyla Marie Fasika. Please help us build libraries in Ethiopia . . . and schools. Thank you very much!” My eyes filled as I held her. She had one arm wrapped tightly around my
neck but her body was otherwise relaxed. She was
not afraid to speak to a crowd of a few hundred. She knows she was <a href="http://www.ethiopianties.blogspot.com/2011/03/i-am-opia-ethiopia-baby.html">born in Ethiopia</a> and is proud of that fact. She knows we
are working to help kids there and she is starting to appreciate what that really means. She even refers to this effort as “her event.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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In the frenzy of making it all happen in the months and weeks leading up, I found little time
for reflection and contemplation. Too often
I needed to focus on the act of doing – list making, following up, problem
solving – trying not to miss anything. I volunteer on the side while my a full time job and my roles as wife and
mother of three taking up most of my time.
Hearing her speak and play a real part this year was indescribably
beautiful. And it provided me a
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I found myself with tears
streaming down my cheeks each time I reviewed them. Something about the perfect soundtrack and
the joy and resilience of those children against the backdrop of what they were
up against broke my heart and inspired my soul simultaneously and inexplicably. Joy shining through the hardship; hope found despite
deprivation; dreams growing out of gaping need. I have no words to explain it but I could see
my daughter in each of their faces. And their
futures, which deserved the opportunity to blossom, were no less precious than
hers.<o:p></o:p></div>
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When toward the end of the evening, our guests gave me a standing
ovation. I was completely shocked and overwhelmed. I am a shy, private person by nature and quite
comfortable in the background. To see hundreds
of faces from many parts of the Seattle community and beyond standing gave me an inkling I was not alone in feeling moved by what we were accomplishing by coming together. <o:p></o:p></div>
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A terrific group of supporters and volunteers, some at
the event and many more who helped in so many diverse ways, enabled us to again exceed
our ambitious goals -- 3X our first time. In the process, our
family and friends and community celebrated being a part of something bigger . . . something global. And I came away with many
new or deeper Ethiopian Ties and a renewed sense of the promise for the future the
bright eyes of inquisitive, intelligent youngsters of this East African nation
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<a href="http://yadesabojia.com/">Yaddi</a> and I (taken here by my son in front of his amazing painting for this year's event) came up with the event name<a href="http://ethiopianties.blogspot.com/2011/10/open-hearts-big-dreams-lots-of-chills.html"> Open Hearts, BigDreams in 2011</a>. The name continues to be as fitting now as it was when we
began. Thank you to everyone who helped
make it a success again. The standing ovation is for all of you.</div>
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As Federick B. Douglass said so well.<o:p></o:p><b style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.9px;">"Once you learn to read, you will be forever free."</b><span style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.9px;"> </span></div>
eangelihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283227153127507342noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005958197688406250.post-5679825254119423922012-11-28T15:05:00.002-08:002013-04-05T15:02:10.200-07:00Happy Birthday Happy Home Coming 2012 -- The Globe is Shrinking<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Four years ago today, our little Leyla arrived in Seattle to
join her two brothers and complete our family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Many years prior on this same day, I was born.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These two events are forever linked for me
and as the years go by it becomes more apparent how appropriate that is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I find the passing of a year a time to reflect back – both on
the preceding 365 days as well as on the years lived so far.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now I also reflect back on the years since a
little baby girl born in Ethiopia came home to us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This year I find myself with two overarching
thoughts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, for me the world is getting
smaller and more interconnected each year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Second, the need I feel to contribute to equalizing opportunity,
especially as it relates to children and Ethiopia, gets bigger and more
powerful with time.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This year, we accepted an international assignment and now reside
in Luxembourg.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our volunteer efforts for
Ethiopia Reads needed to be adjusted to address this geographic change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Amazingly, with <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7005958197688406250#editor/target=post;postID=6834476139028626435">another leap of faith</a>, we were
able to make this possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And in doing
so gained more Ethiopia Ties and the world shrunk a bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My colleagues and friends here across Europe
supported our efforts where I had not thought to ask before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I reached out to an Ethiopian supporter living
in Dubai who introduced me to another living in Indonesia, the country where
my father was born and spent much of his childhood. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I exchanged information with
her and discussed visiting my dad’s birthplace, distances and differences seemed to fall
away. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We titled our event Open Hearts Big Dream
Last Year because we believe children's dreams should not depend on where they were born. This year the theme is<a href="http://www.ethiopiareads.org/openhearts"> Open Hearts Around the World</a> because so many amazing
people hailing from a diverse set of cultures and countries have been part of
making it happen.</span></div>
This summer, w<span style="font-family: Calibri;">atching the Olympics from Greece, where my husband was born, was a special experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My daughter is becoming old enough to enjoy and
understand the event.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were all
cheering for the American, Greek, Dutch and now Ethiopian athletes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our family cultures are well represented in
the games.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Leyla loves to run and has since she learned to walk. Now she
tells us one day she will be an Ethiopian runner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We hope she does whatever her little heart
desires.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Interestingly, she could likely
compete as an Ethiopian, an American or a Greek should that be her path.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I feel the world shrinking beneath me and inter-connections drawing me closer to those far with their warm and welcoming embrace.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Seeing the dreams of those Olympians realized and watching
my amazing daughter grow, feeds my desire to be a part of equalizing opportunities
for children in her birth country.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I saw
two things recently that made the disparity of opportunity as well as the
potential in those youth hit home in a way I could not turn away from easily.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first was
a YouTube video of a fifteen year old girl born in the same town as my daughter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was titled “<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JadAqmdo56A">Too Young to Wed</a>.” She spoke
wistfully of her hopes to become a doctor, absent-mindedly turning the pages of
meticulously taken notes from the years she was able to go to school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At fifteen, she was a married woman with a
child to care for now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wed at
eleven and those dreams evaporated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So
much in her story hit me. I too had dreamt about becoming a doctor as a
girl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2035817613746903477#editor/target=post;postID=3758697194086707729">had my chance</a> although I was not
able to achieve it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My eldest is fifteen
and thinking about his future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t
imagine him raising a child instead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
middle child is eleven and marriage at that age is unthinkable to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Then I saw <a href="http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/ethiopian-kids-teach-themselves-using-only-tablet-computers/4611">the article</a> of tablet computers
dropped in parts of rural Ethiopia. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Within
hours, illiterate children had figured out basic functions and within days were using the
computers to teach themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
were no instructors and they had never been exposed to electronics before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The promise in the power of children’s minds
they demonstrated, was compelling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>All they needed was for someone to provide them an opportunity to unlock
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I see that powerful potential every day in my petite, firecracker of a daughter
who excitedly started formal school this year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She comes home most days and tries to teach me the French she is learning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wakes up asking with enthusiastic anticipation, “Do I have school today?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has friends from Israel, Denmark, France,
India, Japan and many countries and cultures diverse from ours. She, in the opportunities she grabs each
day with both hands, is learning the world is a small place and completely interconnected.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is also beginning to be more aware
and curious about our efforts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And one day, she may fully understand she was
a catalyst and inspiration for many efforts and connections that brought opportunities to children on the opposite side of the globe. Below I share some of the my favorite memories over the last four years.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Since it is my birthday, I am going to ask you to indulge me and <a href="http://www.ethiopiareads.org/openhearts">consider if can help</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anything makes a
difference.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">To give you a sense, $2
equals average pay for 2 days in Ethiopia. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Thank you for considering. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Happy Birthday to me! Happy Homecoming to Leyla who every time she calls me "Mama" makes my heart sing with joy!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Celebrating our anniversary in Murano, Italy</td></tr>
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