I almost started this post with “January was a whirlwind,” but that implies that it was chaotic and went by really quickly. As chaotic as it was for my life, it wasn’t so much on the day to day basis here in Addis, and I cannot honestly say that it went by very quickly. What a month, though. I don’t need to recap on that. I’d rather just talk about the exciting things that are coming up for month two. Read the rest of this entry »

Editor’s note: Meet Bri DiGiacomo, the new CURE Correspondent for Ethiopia.  She will be working at our hospital in Addis Ababa, interviewing the CUREkids there, and telling their stories right here at cure.org. You can follow Bri on Twitter at @bridigiacomo, as well as on her blog, http://bridigiacomo.wordpress.com. From time to time, we’ll share one of her blog posts here at cure.org.

It finally hit me. Two weeks into life in Addis, I’ve realized that it’s only been two weeks. Don’t get me wrong, it’s been an incredible two weeks, and I’m so happy about the other 50 to come, but what was only a “mere year” last week just turned into a scary, heart-beating-faster-when-I-think-about-it, entire year. I’ve found a few remedies to battle the fear, though, so I’ll share them here. Read the rest of this entry »