A guilty little pleasure that I SO enjoy is my nearly nightly check-in with the Pittsburgh-focused blog by comedic writer Virginia Montanez. A couple of days ago I was tickled to pieces to see a giant picture of the smiling face of a friend (and personal hero) . . . Jamie McMutrie (one of the two sisters who saved the lives of 54 Haitian children, including our two, during and after the earthquake) had visited her hometown (Pitt) for the official court adoption of little Fredo by her parents . . .
From "That's Church" :
"I was honored to be invited, along with Jonathan Wander, to the adoption hearing for Fredo as Jamie and Ali McMutrie’s parents officially adopted him last week. Jamie flew in from Haiti to surprise them at the hearing.
Chad, the children, and I were fortunate to visit with Ali (Jamie's sister), their LOVELY mom, and Fredo at a local McDonalds before heading toward home last January, and it was good to see some of their faces on Ms. Montanez' blog site. I've not had the pleasure of meeting Papa McMutrie, but I can say from my interaction with Mama, that they are one heck of a family!
Jamie and Ali continue to live full time in Haiti, working to provide a hand up to families in need, with family preservation as their core focus. These ladies believe in the dignity of each individual human as well as the right of Haitian people to self determination. If you feel compelled to assist them with their work (ridiculously low overhead; they don't even take a paycheck!), see the link that remains at the very top of my margin on the right.
And if you're up for some Pittsburgh fun or just excellent humor, you can always connect to "That's Church" in my margin -- kind of near the top-ish -- on the "Gotta See These Blogs" section.
From "That's Church" :
"I was honored to be invited, along with Jonathan Wander, to the adoption hearing for Fredo as Jamie and Ali McMutrie’s parents officially adopted him last week. Jamie flew in from Haiti to surprise them at the hearing.
(photos courtesy of Jonathan Wander)
It was all so touching to see things wrapped up like that, especially such happiness rising out of such tragedy."Chad, the children, and I were fortunate to visit with Ali (Jamie's sister), their LOVELY mom, and Fredo at a local McDonalds before heading toward home last January, and it was good to see some of their faces on Ms. Montanez' blog site. I've not had the pleasure of meeting Papa McMutrie, but I can say from my interaction with Mama, that they are one heck of a family!
Jamie and Ali continue to live full time in Haiti, working to provide a hand up to families in need, with family preservation as their core focus. These ladies believe in the dignity of each individual human as well as the right of Haitian people to self determination. If you feel compelled to assist them with their work (ridiculously low overhead; they don't even take a paycheck!), see the link that remains at the very top of my margin on the right.
And if you're up for some Pittsburgh fun or just excellent humor, you can always connect to "That's Church" in my margin -- kind of near the top-ish -- on the "Gotta See These Blogs" section.
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