Prom and Mahlet

'Top Chef Master' Marcus Samuelsson Talks Reality TV, Cooking at the White House and More

'Top Chef Master' Marcus Samuelsson Talks Reality TV, Cooking at the White House and More this is awesome!! another Ethiopian in the news!!!

the sweetest girl i know!

happy easter weekend

what we have been up to: loosing a first tooth, skiing in colorado, cleaning out the garden, 1st son finishing his sophmore yr in college, second son a senior in high school graduating in may, asking his girl friend to his senior prom,he carved a heart in a tree and had flowers under it in a vase made of snow, too sweet, 3rd son finishing his junior yr spending his time cheerleading with all the girls, that's right and so does my senior, they want to do it in college, oldest daughter finishing her freshman year playing soccer and my youngest growing so fast and looking so old i can't believe it!!!have a great easter

the hair is growing!!!

well my back is working again, thanking God for this, mahlet's hair is getting long, it is very thin and silky like curls that go pretty straight, she loves it DOWN, no braids or pony tails, a bit hard to control, learning everyday how to tame the frizz, today i was trimming my apple trees and she remebered when she first got here that we would pick apples everyday and she asked if this summer we would be going on an airplane, i asked her to ethiopia and she said yes and that she did not want to go there again, but stay here with her family, she still has not shared any of her past, i think it was probably very sad, this broke my heart, and you just hope you say the right thing, however this being said she is still very happy, full of complete JOY, we are thankful, oh and if it always looks like she's in summer dresses, she is, and then we change again and again, we have winter here

my back is out

well my back is out, hard to function, no pic's this time, things are well other than my old body,i have been thinking about how much do you share at this age, " you are from ethiopia, ect..." i was adopted and i just wanted to belong to my family, my 15 yr old from romania is now interested in romania, before she too wanted to just belong, this path is interesting no guide, every child different, each future difficult to predict, i do know that it is hard, a huge trusting of God that He is in control, i have been blog reading lately about attachment disorders, we have been dealing with that for 14 yrs, very hard, mahlet seems to naturally attach, thanking God for His provision, this is one of the blogs http://www.storinguptreasures.com/2010/02/why-cant-i-love-my-adopted-child.html mother of 10 beautiful children, bio and adopted

Be Mine

she had her first valentine party at school, she loved it!! her language continues to increase like crazy, she is doing well,seems very content, she has never spoken of ethiopia, i wonder when she will, i read about other children doing so and how hard it seems, and will i know what to say....