Ahhh, caffeine!

I love my coffee and look forward to it every morning. Brogan knows about 8 words...one of which is coffee. He points to my cup every morning, gets a big smile on his little face and says "coffee!". Love it!

We're finally in the 30s! 39 to be exact. Now I can start obsessing until we get to the 20s. ;)


So, we have our TIVO set to record everything related to Ethiopia.  Recently that included an episode of Modern Marvels...not typically my type of show.  It's a guy's show.  One Steve likes and watches when he's traveling (when he doesn't have to listen to me complain about how boring it is and wouldn't "we" rather watch House Hunters International or Project Runway?).

Anyway, since this one was about two of my favorite subjects...Ethiopia and coffee...I allowed it.  ;)  Did you know coffee was discovered in Ethiopia?  Legend has it a goat herder noticed his goats got very jumpy after eating the "cherry" beans off the trees.  The first human consumption is believed to be by the Oromos tribe in Ethiopia.  They would cook the raw coffee beans in fat, squeeze them into a big ball and just gnaw on it.  During slave trades, the Oromos brought the beans to Yemen...and from there it went around the world.

So now every morning as I'm drinking my coffee, I can't help but think about my daughter.  As I'm sipping and savoring, I take a minute to tune out the 2 adorable screaming boys in the background and say a quick prayer for her and her birth family.

Thanks for reading...and tomorrow morning as you enjoy your cup of coffee, please join me in saying a prayer for our little one and all the other orphans as well.