Ashley In Africa

“God told us to love our neighbors as ourselves, but so many of our neighbors are starving to death while our tables are filled with abundance.”

My younger cousin, Ashley Geringer, took a trip to Addis, Ethiopia to visit the Hope for the Hopeless organization on behalf of Ordinary Heroes who advocates for children or families in need.   She blogged about her experience which I found to be a wonderful read.  It was full compassion and a hefty dose of reality but because I couldn’t be able to explain it myself, I just suggest you read for yourself.    I was truly inspired by the message that every child needs a hero, and every hero can be one of us.

You learn to love your partner in a whole new light through the nature in which they love your children, and in that sense you will never fall out of love.

And so with that said, I fell for him all over again when our little girl was born.  My favorite thing to do was to sit next to them and listen to their conversations.   Here is Amelie at 2 and 3 months old, however being 7 weeks premature she was just a newborn (by her corrected age) at this point.    Nelson’s favorite thing to do was sit in his  man chair and talk to his baby girl.

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A very close family friend of Amelie’s day care was visiting for the day.  This persona has met Amelie before when she was younger and apparently was looking forward to seeing her again when coming to visit today.  She had this to say when Nelson picked Amelie up from day care.   Compliments like these fill my heart with gratitude and make me such a proud parent.

This is the cutest baby I have ever seen…and I have seen a lot of babies.  She has touched me, there is something about her that is very special.  She moves me.