Many adoptive parents take small items with them when they travel to leave behind for their children in between Court and Embassy. Some of these items are things such as a photo book, photo collage, stuffed animal, small cuddly blanket, ect. We would also like to leave something for Elizabeth to remember us by and to help her become familiar with her new family. However, we have heard that it is not uncommon for other children to steal some of these items, for them to be misplaced or for the nannies to put these items away in a safe place, so as not to have the aforementioned things happen. It was suggested by some of other adoptive parents, that if you chose to leave some items behind that the child be able to keep them in a pocket or on their person.
This is where my friend Shannon comes in! She makes jewlery and as you can see above, she makes personalized charms. We sent her a couple of pictures and she made them into these cute "picture tile" charms! Our hope is that Elle will be able to keep up with this necklace during her remaining time at the Care Center. This way, she will have a tangable reminder that we are coming back for her and love her.
We also hope to give one to her Birth mom if we are able to meet her. It seems to be a rare thing for Ethiopians to have access to pictures and is likely that her mom does not have a picture of Elizabeth. Something for all of you other adoptive parents to consider (hint, hint)! ;-)
If you are interested you can contact Shannon through her blog or Etsy site. She is traveling in two days for her court hearing and to meet her sweet little boy! I know that your purchase of a charm would help her as she returns home and prepares to travel for Embassy.
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