Learning to Liv...: Another Month Closer

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Another Month Closer

5 comments:

Heather said...: YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

Happy 6 months!!!! I can hardly wait for you to call us to say you got "the call" !! SOON!!! SOON!!!!!!

hugs!; December 9, 2008 at 8:34 AM
Elisabeth said...: Yay for 6 months!! Not long now!; December 9, 2008 at 12:20 PM
Kristie said...: Ran into your blog while looking for Ethiopian art. You might find it odd that I am also adopting from Ethiopia and that I have one biological daughter who just turned 10 months old named Liv (short for Liviann). Yes I know that Liviann is not a real name, but my husband made it up while I was recovering from birth and it stuck. Good luck on your Journey. You can check out my blog (not nearly as good as yours) at ethiopianorphan.blogspot.com; December 9, 2008 at 8:25 PM
Unknown said...: Woohooo! This is big!! My prediction is December 17th. As you may recall, folks in my office were discussing with me their guesses for when my referral call would come in, when my cell phone rang and I jokingly said "that could be it" and it was! So, I am making my guess for you right now, hoping it "trigger" something. . .; December 10, 2008 at 12:12 PM
Annie said...: I'd say Julie's prediction is right on. Referrals come on birthdays of people in my family...it's happened several times. So, it's my mom's birthday next Wednesday and I hope you get your call.; December 11, 2008 at 8:18 PM

Flag Meaning:

The colored stripes on the Ethiopian flag are significant - the red stripe stands for power, faith and blood; the yellow symbolizes peace, natural wealth and love; and the green represents the land and hope. The colors were also interpreted to have a connection to the Holy Trinity, and the three main provinces of Ethiopia. The star represents unity of the people and the races that make up Ethiopia. The five rays on the outside of the star represent prosperity and the blue disk represents peace.
The three equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and red with a yellow pentagram and single yellow rays emanating from the angles between the points on a light blue disk centered on the three bands; Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa, and the three main colors of her flag were so often adopted by other African countries upon independence that they became known as the pan-African colors.