Absolutely amazing! A VIDEO of Beamluk!!! I can't say just how perfect the timing was in the reception of the video. Renee Moak, you are certainly 100% in saying that "hopefully this video will keep you going for another few weeks while you wait for her." Oh so true and honestly it's so amazing how the world works in providing this video truly at a time when my emotions were just everywhere in trying to figure out how I'll be able to deal with the months ahead. Continued waiting... There will be an end right?
Back to the video, this video is honestly the best gift I could ever receive at this point. It's of Beamluk and she's talking to me through the lens of a camera...
"Hi Mom."
"Hi Mom."
"Hi Mom."
"I love you."
"I miss you."
"See you soon."
Not only were the words reassuring and honestly the best words I have ever heard, but the smile on her face as she said them and realized that she was "talking" to me was just unbelieveable in every possible way.
Wow!
Speechless.
PS I'll be posting the video as soon as I make this blog private. So this is the first warning to everyone who would like to continue viewing this blog to email me or comment on this blog that you would like to continue accessing it. It will be going private in one week's time! Plenty of warning :)
Life Happened :)
Beamlak & I January 27, 2007
About Me
- Bettina
- It's difficult to write this section now that Beamlak is finally home! How amazing! Well to summarize... I turned 26 years old on April 15, 2009 the day my daughter, Beamlak became a U.S. Citizen - exactly one year after I was able to "officially" begin the process to bring her home. I met her January 27, 2007 and I can say that without a doubt, my life has never been the same. My life now is amazing, beautiful, difficult, exhausting, lovely, precious, adventuresome, routine, surprising, and about a million other adjectives. We're just settling in and I'm trying to soak it all up!
The Waiting Child
The Waiting Child
I saw you meet your child today
You kissed your baby joyfully
And as you walked away with her
I played pretend you'd chosen me.
I'm happy for the baby, yet
Inside I'm aching miserably
I want to plea as you go by
'Does no one want a child of three?
I saw you meet your child today
In love with her before you met
And as I watched you take her out
I knew it wasn't my turn yet.
I recognize you from last year!
I knew I'd seen your face before!
But you came for a second babe.
Does no one want a child of four?
I saw you meet your child today
But this time there was something new
A nurse came in and took MY hand
And then she gave my hand to you.
Can this be true? I'm almost six!
And there are infants here you see?
And then you kissed me and I knew
The child you chose this time was me.
-Debbie Boddie
I saw you meet your child today
You kissed your baby joyfully
And as you walked away with her
I played pretend you'd chosen me.
I'm happy for the baby, yet
Inside I'm aching miserably
I want to plea as you go by
'Does no one want a child of three?
I saw you meet your child today
In love with her before you met
And as I watched you take her out
I knew it wasn't my turn yet.
I recognize you from last year!
I knew I'd seen your face before!
But you came for a second babe.
Does no one want a child of four?
I saw you meet your child today
But this time there was something new
A nurse came in and took MY hand
And then she gave my hand to you.
Can this be true? I'm almost six!
And there are infants here you see?
And then you kissed me and I knew
The child you chose this time was me.
-Debbie Boddie
Starfish Poem
As I walked along the seashore
This young boy greeted me.
He was tossing stranded starfish
Back to the deep blue sea.
I said, 'Tell me why you bother,
Why you waste your time this way.
There's a million stranded starfish
Does it matter, anyway?'
And he said, 'It matters to this one.
It deserves a chance to grow.
It matters to this one.
I can't save them all I know.
But it matters to this one,
I'll return it to the sea.
It matters to this one,
And it matters to me.'
-- Anonymous
*There are more than 6 million orphans in Ethiopia. Orphaned due to malaria, TB, AIDS, drought, flooding, war, migration and lack of basic health care. Anything and everything you do to support even just one makes a huge difference - don't undermine your contribution.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
~Mahatma Ghandhi
This young boy greeted me.
He was tossing stranded starfish
Back to the deep blue sea.
I said, 'Tell me why you bother,
Why you waste your time this way.
There's a million stranded starfish
Does it matter, anyway?'
And he said, 'It matters to this one.
It deserves a chance to grow.
It matters to this one.
I can't save them all I know.
But it matters to this one,
I'll return it to the sea.
It matters to this one,
And it matters to me.'
-- Anonymous
*There are more than 6 million orphans in Ethiopia. Orphaned due to malaria, TB, AIDS, drought, flooding, war, migration and lack of basic health care. Anything and everything you do to support even just one makes a huge difference - don't undermine your contribution.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
~Mahatma Ghandhi
Blogs I Read
Ethiopian Resources
Organizations Assisting Orphaned and Abandoned Children in Ethiopia
- 121Ethiopia (assists Kechene Children's Home)
- Adoption Adovcates International (humanitarian aid)
- African Child Policy Forum (advocates for change through policy)
- African HIV Orphans: Project Embrace
- Gladney's Bright Future Camp
- Mary Joy (Child Sponsorship with Birth Families)
- Selamta (Child Sponsorship - Foster Care)
Organizations Assisting Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Africa
Schools of Interest
- Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship
- Center on Philanthropy
- Heller School for Social Policy and Management
- Institute of Public Affairs (U of MN)
- Institute for Social Studies (The Hague)
- School for International Training Graduate Institute
- University of Denver
- University for Peace
- World Learning
"Fear grows out of the things we think; it lives in our minds. Compassion grows out of the things we are, and lives in our hearts."
~Barbara Garrison
~Barbara Garrison
22 comments:
Bettina, please count me in!! :) Katie
I would love to continue to follow your blog!
Do I need to make it known that I would like to continue reading your blog? I can't wait to see the video. Have a great week with your sister. I'm sure I'll be talking to you shortly :)
OK, this post just gave me a lump in my throat. What a special gift for you.
Oh I want to keep reading!
do you need an e-mail address?
Bettina,
Please include us.
Amy & the twins in Atlanta
amyemarti@yahoo.com
I am so happy you got a video!! Please invite me to your blog! I think you have my email but I am not sure, let me know!!
Before you go private, please, please, please let me know how to check out your private posting.
please
I am so happy for you! I would love to continue following your story. My thoughts and prayers are with you!
Sign me up to continue following your story.
aimeelrichards@yahoo.com
I'd love to keep following your journey!
Bettina, please include me in the list of followers. I love checking to see how things are with you. You should have my email. If I can't access it next time I'll email you. Pictures are great, but videos are priceless. God bless,
Gena Beam
I would love to continue to follow your blog! Samanthawoodward@gmail.com.
i would love to keep following your story! janafunderburk@yahoo.com
Please add me to the list. renee.moak@gmail.com I'm so glad I sent it when I did because we were robbed this week and the computer with the pics and videos was stolen. YIKES!
I've been a lurker but since I read Maryn T's updates, I think I should keep up with yours too!
Bettina, please count me in too, I would love to keep reading! Thanks!
Sign me up! ... just found you and are thrilled to now be able to follow your journey back to Ethiopia to bring home your daughter! robertsfamily@mlgc.com Blessings!~ Shelly
Hey! Count me in!! I can't wait for you to be able to bring home your sweet girl!! elliemestas@gmail.com
Of course you know we want in!
Bettina joon! Thank you so much for inviting me. I have been so bad in keeping up with you - have been travelling quite a bit. Loved the video! Thinking of you!
Kitt
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