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Victoria Miller
Jun 28, 20232 min read
Chapter 31
We have good days and we have bad days. Our journey probably looks like most of yours. And it feels really good to be here, in this...
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Victoria Miller
Jun 28, 20232 min read
Chapter 30
March began as it always does with crazy weather. Shorts one day. Digging the winter coat back out the next. I picked Timos up from...
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Victoria Miller
Jun 28, 20232 min read
Chapter 29
Timos started second grade at North American Martyrs. He had his good friend there, by now his absolute BEST friend, even though he was a...
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Victoria Miller
Jun 28, 20232 min read
Chapter 28
One day I was driving around town doing errands, when the strangest feeling came over me. For the life of me, I could not identify...
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Victoria Miller
Jun 28, 20235 min read
Chapter 27
Timos began 2nd grade. It was in 2nd grade that he would encounter his first overt racism. He was told he was dumb because he was black...
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Victoria Miller
Jun 28, 20232 min read
Chapter 26
On top of everything else we were facing the direst financial situation we had ever had to deal with. We had to cash out our retirement...
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Victoria Miller
Jun 28, 20233 min read
Chapter 25
“Mommy, I have to tell you something that is very hard to say.” In a fraction of second my life skewed sideways. I knew that I was about...
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Victoria Miller
Jun 28, 20234 min read
Chapter 24
Chapter 24 Everything was perfect for about four months. As I knew it would be. The Honeymoon Period they call it. It fooled Garen and...
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Victoria Miller
Jun 28, 20233 min read
Chapter 23
Chapter 23 We had landed in America on Valentine’s Day, forever changing why we celebrate it. I was worried about the cold. I thought it...
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Victoria Miller
Jun 28, 20232 min read
Chapter 22
Chapter 22 Man, that flight was a blur. I watched the flight tracker on the screen, both major legs of the journey, non-stop. I couldn’t...
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Victoria Miller
Jun 28, 20238 min read
Chapter 21
Chapter 21 Garen got our tickets immediately. We had three days left in the country. Our hotel was extensive with several restaurants, a...
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Victoria Miller
Jun 28, 20238 min read
Chapter 20
Chapter 20 The flight home is about 28 hours. Garen hadn’t even landed in America yet, when life as we had known it in Uganda, changed...
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Victoria Miller
Jun 8, 20232 min read
Chapter 19
Chapter 19 The next few weeks were spent getting medical clearance, getting Timos’ passport and having our first appointment with the...
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Victoria Miller
Jun 1, 20234 min read
Chapter 18
Chapter 18 For the most part, Garen and I were busy soaking up this amazing country. We didn’t want to miss anything. But there were a...
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Victoria Miller
May 11, 20232 min read
Chapter 17
Chapter 17 We celebrated our newfound freedom by taking a walk off the hotel property, alone. No chaperone, no lawyer, no driver, no...
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Victoria Miller
Apr 27, 20233 min read
Chapter 16
Chapter 16 Court was the most frightening thing I have ever done. It was this terrible task I had to complete, and I desperately didn’t...
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Victoria Miller
Apr 13, 20235 min read
Chapter 15
Chapter 15 Timos had turned four just two months before we arrived in Uganda. And with every passing moment it became very clear to Garen...
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Victoria Miller
Apr 6, 202313 min read
Chapter 14
Chapter 14 Two months exactly from getting the referral, Garen and I were on a plane to Uganda. Hugging our older boys goodbye, without...
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Victoria Miller
Mar 30, 20233 min read
Chapter 13
Chapter 13 “We HAVE to say no. My son is NOT five. I KNOW this Garen!” It was a Thursday. November 5th of 2015 to be exact and we had...
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Victoria Miller
Mar 24, 20233 min read
Chapter 12
One day I was at the grocery store. I was doing that listless shuffle through the aisles that is characteristic of the heartsick mama....
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