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We did go to the information seminar last Saturday morning. It was… a lot to take in. We got to try Ethiopian food. There was chicken doro, which is a type of stew, with vegetables, served on top of injera, which is a large round flat, but spongy bread. It is fermented, like sourdough. You pile the doro and veggies on top of the injera and break off pieces of the injera with which to eat the stew - no utensils. So flavorful, and we were warned the heat level of the spices was toned down for us.
While we were eating, one of the directors at the agency who was born and raised in Ethiopia, talked to us a little about the country, the culture, the politics there, and about the Ethiopian community here in St. Louis. I’m embarassed to say I forgot his name. Hopefully we’ll get to hear him speak more in the future.
Now, I just described only 1 hour of the 3 hour seminar. The other two hours were devoted to issues relating to trans-racial adoption. We have been thinking about this from the beginning, and they want us to be thinking about it. What that morning did, was to give us more direction on how to be thinking about it. It was rather eye-opening, not to mention deep, even with us already giving it considerable thought. That’s really all we want to say about that right now, because we just want to celebrate getting accepted into the program. However, in no way do we want to diminish this subject because it is very important - we are going to be 2 white parents with 2 black kids - unfortunately, not all of American society accepts that. We plan to write something jointly on the subject later on as we get further along in our journey.
I think this calls for wine with the meatloaf I had already planned for dinner. Cheers!