After something like 20 hours worth of online research and phone calls, we finally managed to secure flights to Ethiopia and back. I feel as if I've earned my graduate degree in travel arranging. A huge thank you goes to Gramom and Grampop Romano, who gave us their frequent flyer miles. American Airlines doesn't fly all the way to Ethiopia, but they can get us to London, and back. It was a huge help; saved us almost $2,000 plus gave us a nice reason to stop-over in England. We'll have about 1/2 day on the front and almost a whole day on the back end of the trip. God Bless them for being 100% supportive of us and our plan to make Tommy part of our family. Less than 39 days till we meet our boy.
On the other side of the emotional scale, on Monday we spoke with another mom, who like us, was very close to meeting her daughter. The agency called her that morning and told her their child was hospitalized over the weekend. She didn't share why the baby was ill, just that her condition quickly worsened, and she never recovered. It was a brutal reminder, for them, and for us, of just how fragile life is there. It quickly brought us back to the reality of why we decided to adopt from Africa in the first place. It also adds a measure of anxiety...not just for us, but for all the families. As good as the care appears to be at Holt's care center, you can't help but feel as a parent, that he'll be forever better off once we get him here. I'm certain we will be too.
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