One year ago today, Brad and I pulled into the gates of Hannah’s Hope in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and saw our son for the first time. He was swinging, and we spotted him right away. Words really can’t express what that experience is like. I will never, ever forget that day. We’ve known him a...
This post has been on my heart for a while now but I didn’t know exactly how to begin writing it. It involves a burden that I feel because of Yohannes’s story, and I want to respect him and his birth family by not sharing information that is really his to share one day should...
Early, early this morning I heard the pitter patter of little feet half-dragging across the carpet in our bedroom. Yohannes: “Mom?” Me: “Hey buddy.” Yohannes: “I’m kind of scared.” Me: “Did you have a bad dream?” Yohannes: “Yes. I’m kind of scared.” Me: “Okay, buddy. I’ll come sleep in your bed.” And as we snuggled...
…..our lives changed forever. We received a call we’d been waiting for at 1:37 PM saying that our dossier had finally been approved. I was estatic! We were finally on the waitlist – #38 for siblings and #41 for a boy. I was relieved and thought that I would finally be able to rest from...
Yohannes has been home six months today! I can’t believe how much he’s changed and how well he’s adjusted in such a short amount of time. His English is amazing, he’s happy and joyful, and he loves being a Dunlap! He really does. I’m continually blown away by his resilience and how much he’s thriving. ...
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