I’ve been trying to get all our journalings in order, as both Patrick and I documented A LOT from our trip to bring Acacia home. However, at this point, the stories are better kept for our own memories, or to tell over cocktails at dinner parties. We’ve been home three weeks… and we know that, […]
How is it that Acacia could so perfectly sleep through the night, but I couldn’t manage? Maybe it was because I had so confidently announced that I’d conquered jetlag. We started the day with a trip to the AHope Orphanage with the Gourley’s (another adopting family). They were bringing donations to this home for children […]
Outside our Guest House: Getting into Addis was quite a blur. The plane ride here was nothing short of perfect, for when we departed DC for London, we had a free seat in our row. I think I slept at least 5 hours- awesome. When we changed planes in London? Free seat score #2! We […]
Back in Ethiopia. The familiar smells of burning diesel and rich coffee are uncanny. New friends include the Africa sun and mosquitos. This morning we attended a non-denominational church with other adoptive families that were staying at our guest house. While not my path, I was inspired by the congregation and reminded of the passion […]
3 days ’til takeoff! …Help! We have been non-stop for the last week. I watched other cleared families get on a plane the VERY next day, and still have no idea how they did it! We could have flown out over this past weekend (which is what our agency was expecting us to do) but […]
November 21st, 2009, we attended a Q & A adoption meeting. A darling set of parents, with a twice-as-darling daughter from China, sat with us and a few other couples in the community room of a little church. They showed us a video, talked about the agency they represented, and spent about 10 minutes covering […]
WOW. It has been a rollercoaster of a month for the McGowans. I’m not sure I can say that I want to ever relive what will forever be known in New Hampshire as Snowtober. Yet it’s safe to say that the storm that led to a multi-day power outage was the least of our concerns. […]
The very short version of today’s adoption news: Our case has been forwarded to another country for review. What it means: Probably no Acacia until after Christmas. That’s about all we feel like explaining. We are going to refocus our energy on ourselves and Zinnia, knowing that Acacia is being kept safe in Ethiopia. We […]
While Patrick and I traveled solo on our first trip to Ethiopia, the wonders of social media have made it possible to connect with many of the other families within our agency. Those of us that are currently in the same boat have found each other, and thus Facebook has recently served an entirely different […]
The Short of it: We collected a suitcase full of baby supplies that weighs significantly more than I do. We raised $1333.00, with $485.00 of it designated for the 50/50 raffle winner. We drew the raffle winner this morning : Mike Holt. Mike, who also happened to attend the party, talk to everyone at it, […]
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