Update from Jamie
Hey Everyone!
We all made it back safely from Ethiopia! I want to give you a quick update about the trip, but I don’t even know where to start. It was by far one of the most important trips I’ve ever taken in my life. Obviously the highlight was meeting Samuel’s birth mother at the center, then spending a day at her home.
In other news:
We are on the cover of Pathways to Family Wellness Magazine! The publication … Keep Reading!!!
Summary of Our Ethiopia Trip and Video
Below is a video using mostly candid and non-professional images of our time in Ethiopia.
You will see all the professional coverage in various media outlets soon. We are so excited different projects are showing interest in what is going on over in Awassa, Ethiopia.
Thank you to everyone featured in this video:
Lori Dorman– For giving your time and family photography skills to really capture the spirit of children and mothering in the area.
Anthony Fiorin-For your … Keep Reading!!!
The Importance of Human Reliance: Are We Just Babysitters of One Another?
I apologize for not posting very much. I haven’t been feeling well and the Pathways cover took us a little off-guard with the mainstream media attention it started to get. I seem to go into hibernation on here when media links to my blog. This time my comment moderators are giving me only positive comments coming through, which I know is unimportant, but is nice to hear.
I wanted to explain a little more about the new cover. … Keep Reading!!!
The Deadly Mosquito
It looks as though I’ve contracted malaria along with a couple of other things. Another of our Ethiopia team members also developed malaria and a host of other maladies. Please pray for his recovery and medical treatment.
It was pretty cool coming back to the kids having a blast while I was away. It is so funny – the misconception that babywearing and breastfeeding your infants will turn them in to needy, clinging children couldn’t be any farther from … Keep Reading!!!
Waterlink Africa: Fayye Foundation’s Clean Water Projects
Did you know? $1 can give clean water to one person for over a decade.
Why is water life-altering?
- Unsterile water is the number two killer amongst children. Around the world, fetching water is a woman’s task. Thus, one of the most crucial health issues for women in Africa is the clean water shortage. 1 in 5 children worldwide dies of a water-related disease.
- Water is a women’s issue. In order to get access to clean water, women and girls
To Spank or not to Spank
This is a guest post for iamnotthebabysitter.com. We encourage voices of all mothers on the topics discussed on this blog. The views and opinions may not be those of iamnotthebabysitter.com, but we encourage and welcome respectful debate and the opinions of all mothers.
I’ll tell you right up front that this topic is one that my husband and I don’t agree on. We have come to a meeting of the minds, per se – a decision we both … Keep Reading!!!
What color is Zoe?
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Those eyes
I haven’t really talked about this with a whole lot of people. In fact, mostly just my husband. When we first started dating in 2004, I was 23 and optimistic; yet, very aware … Keep Reading!!!
Attachment and Independence – different sides of the same coin
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And here we are. Down to the last days of summer, which for me means a turmoil of angst, packing, and insomnia. It’s cool here in NY this morning, and I want to scream, “No! … Keep Reading!!!
Completing a family – the adoption story
Who doesn’t love a good birth or adoption story? This one is the Grumet family’s, in links that were compiled here by Kendall.
This post (January 28, 2010), written in the midst of other posts regarding social worker visits (“Please God, let my house be clean!”), endless notarizing, and multiple sets of fingerprints, details the reasons for choosing to adopt from Ethiopia specifically. Samuel had turned 3 a little over a month before this post was written.
This post (February … Keep Reading!!!
How I decided to start a Boobment
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I often sit back and reflect on the early days of my son’s life. If I had the chance, I would do things similarly but with understanding and more patience.
Dear son, I am … Keep Reading!!!
I’m a benign racist, but I don’t want my kids to be.
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We’re going to send our daughters to the public middle school. Don’t hold me to it. In a fit of helicoptering white-flight panic we might drive 5 miles away to the Pacific Palisades and send … Keep Reading!!!
Tips for Breastfeeding Your Newborn Baby
As a breastfeeding mom, I read Jessica Stockton Clancy’s crib sheet interview of Pat Shelly (RN, MA, IBCLC) with great interest. So much of breastfeeding success is tied to having education at the outset as well as finding support once you begin to feed your baby. Taking the pressure off of the thought of “failure,” and learning it is no failure at all as long as your child is getting fed, was part of the reason I feel our own … Keep Reading!!!
!Fabbikini
