A Hero Leaves Her Legacy

Several months back I posted about a book which touched me in the early stages of our Adoption Journey. It was recommended time and time again and once I picked it up, I was not easily torn away.

There Is No Me Without You, by Melissa Fay Greene is a truly touching biographical novel about the plight of the orphans in Ethiopia...and one woman's heart ache, motivating her to seek dignity, love, and homes for them.

Haregewoin Teferra, known as a hero not only among her fellow Ethiopians but throughout adoption communities around the world, as well as in the lives of those she touched, passed away this week.

It's interesting, isn't it? Often we meet people, befriend them even for awhile then we lose touch and find out several years later they've passed and we feel nothing. While there are others whom we never meet and we are deeply saddened that they are now gone.

The world became a better place with Haregewoin Terferra.

"THE ONLY HOPE FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE 25 MILLION ORPHANS...ARE PEOPLE LIKE HAREGEWOIN TEFERRA. A DOZEN GLOBAL CONFERENCES WILL NOT SHED HALF THE LIGHT THAT HER LIFE DOES."

—Rev. Dr. Gary Gunderson

Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University