In Ella’s words,
“I was just seven when my Uncle Dave and Aunt Shanny told me they were planning to adopt a child from all the way across the world in Ethiopia. I remember wondering what it was like there, and if they ever got snow like we do where I live (they don’t!) It was more than a year after Aunt Shanny and Uncle Dave told our family their good news that my cousin Dagim finally came home. It was such a long wait, but he is so worth it! I met him for the first time at my Grandma’s house. He was so adorable! I loved him right away. Our family is so fortunate we got to make Dagim a part of us. That’s why Grandma and I had the idea for this book, because EVERY child deserves a story.”