A child is just a child, you say, and when I was younger my own father would make a point of telling us what his father would tell him, namely that ‘Children are to be seen and not heard.’ Some children are neither seen nor heard, true, especially the many orphans – estimates are as […]
Liz is 9. She’s making a difference. This is her message. Read More »
Faithful Reader will recall that My Bride is a movie star. You can read all about that here at www.thomasfroese.com/my-wife-the-movie-star/ At that time, I mentioned the clunky lights and big cameras and probing questions that were brought into our Canadian home one summer day, all so that I could also talk about my own story: how I was
My wife, the movie star – Part II Read More »
Dear Hannah – It’s hard to believe that it’s been more than three years now since you came into our family, into our home, into our lives. I can still picture the moment a few months before that when we first met, when you reached up to me and tapped me on the
So, this past week, we went to Jinja. Jean and myself and Hannah. We’ve fostered her for over three years and, with court approval, will now adopt. Had a 2:30 pm app’t at court. So we put Hannah’s best dress on her. I even wore a tie. We drove over an hour. Had a pizzeria
Running on African time Read More »
It’s hard to know most days what might go through the mind of any three-year-old, let alone an orphan from Africa.
Orphans want to be loved, wherever they are Read More »
