Dude, Where’s My Cow?
Things do not always go as planned. I didn’t meet Luyanda today. Extremely disappointing but I’m rolling with it. Mom and I spent today getting acquainted with the local mall. So, I don’t have much to...
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Meeting Mgazi
Day 9 of my trip. The day I met my daughter. A good good day. Shortly after my mom and I arrived at the orphanage, which is made up of the main living quarters and a recreation center which has rooms...
View ArticlePersonal Space? What Personal Space?
You know those documentaries on Africa where some person walks into a village, an orphanage, a hospital, whatever, and they are inundated with children? They are SWAMPED by children? MOBBED by...
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Growing Love for my Daughter
Day 1: Mgazi, Me, and Pastor, one of the most amazing people on the planet to whom I will be forever grateful. Pastor spent every day with me for 5 weeks straight. Luyanda’s birth mother gave her her...
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Never Get Between Mgazi and her Dinner
This is what Mgazi looks like if you touch her meat. Today, we were in a chicken restaurant in Southern Africa. I was the only non-African in the place. I ordered Mgazi a children’s chicken plate and...
View ArticleTechnology Woes
So, I’ve been having serious technology woes in Africa: couldn’t find adapters; power cord on Mac not working; power cord on Mac working; no internet; slow internet; no internet. I’ve been in the...
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Where’s the Fire?
The petrol pump between our cottage and the fire. Something exciting happened three nights ago. There was a fire. In and of itself, that’s not so exciting. Fires happen here all the time. Every day I...
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Crank Calling in Africa
So, it’s been five weeks. Five really long weeks and I so want to be home. But, I’m not and that kind of thinking doesn’t gel with the “roll with it” attitude that I’ve committed to. So, to put myself...
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In Over My Head
Adoption from Mgazi’s home country actually requires stays in two different countries in Africa. I’m extremely pleased, relieved, and excited to say we’ve completed part 1 in our first country and...
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I don’t like you, Mommy
“I don’t like you, Mommy,” I whispered into my mother’s ear. “I love you.” I giggled, tickled with myself. I thought I was the cleverest 5-year-old she could ever meet. I nestled into her lap, certain...
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