It's hard to have an exact date of when we met Melkamu since it was on February 29th of 2008--dratted leap year :-) But
this is what we were doing two years ago today, or thereabouts. It seems incredible that two years have already passed. Two years in which Melkamu has gone from a terrified, angry, unhappy child who'd lost everything in his world and didn't trust us. Two years in which we've built that trust, so that he now knows that we will always be there for him and will do anything to keep him safe and loved and happy. Two years in which we've watched our family change from having just one child to two children who are the best of brothers.
Two years has gone by in a heartbeat for us. There were extremely challenging times that made us wonder how we would get to the other side. There were times when I shed tears for the perfection of that moment, of having all four of us enjoying each other's company and wanting nothing more than to be together. We have such a fun time and an incredible family dynamic.
Here we are, two years ago today, only a little while after meeting Melkamu for the first time.
And here we are now, feeling like we've been all together forever. Two years has gone so very quickly.
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Hi Erin,
This is totally off subject, but I didn't see where I could just send you a message, so sorry. I'm a classmate of Jason's, I think we actually met at the 10 year reunion. I'm in charge of planning our 15th and am trying to contact everyone. Someone posted your blog as a possible contact. If you wouldn't mind passing my email to Jason, and asking him to drop me a note. I would love to meet your family at the reunion. Thank you so much:) kelly@adefiningedge.com
Congrats on the anniversary!! Love both pics! :)
Congrats! You have a beautiful family :)
Wow, happy two years!! What a great family-- and wonderful pictures.
I love this update more than you know. There's such joy in these pictures and I now that there's only more to see.
I can hardly believe it. Happy two years!
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