7 children and tales of motherhood, adoption, being a wife and loving Jesus completely

. 2001 I got married to George a man I was one hundred percent sure God asked me to marry. For us, it was not that first love sort of scenario.  He was working for a Church we both attended and served. I sang in the choir of the same church. We met and became friends ….he had other friends who were girls…I had other friends who were boys.  I was 20 years old; He was 23 years old we just started hanging. I had many potential suitors like all girls do at that age and I really didn’t want to go through loving a random guy who I would end up breaking up with. I prayed fervently for God to show me my future husband because I wanted to get married and get on with my life. I really wanted to get married early, have my kids and then pursue my career.   My plan was to have 3 kids maximum. 2 biological and adopt one. George was always in my circle of friends. He came to Africa Hall of residence at university as all the other potential suitors did. He never as...

James Nathan Nuwagaba Barugahare   Emmanuel Benjamin Ashaba Barugahare Khloe'Laura Owembabazi Barugahare My mum took in a little boy in 2010 and she named him James James was abandoned somewhere in Mbarara when he was 6 months old. Mbarara is located in the western part of Uganda. All attempts to trace the family by the probation officer were in vain. He was then placed under my mums care until they traced his family members who were willing to look after him but no one was ever traced. We met little James every time we went to visit mummy. Little James was very happy with mummy. He was very malnourished when he was first placed with my mum. My mum did her best to take care of him and he became healthy and was a happy little boy. Later in 2012 my mum took in another little boy and she names him Emmanuel. Emmanuel’s biological mother got pregnant with him when she was 17 years old by a casual laborer in their village who disappeared when he found out abo...

Joey was home and we considered our family complete. We had our 2 girls and 2 boys. 2 biological, 2 adopted and it was a happy feeling. Our first days with little Joey were trying too. Joey cried day and night when he got home but through our last experience with Kayla, we were stronger and wiser and we were going to manage until he settled in.   2 weeks into the adoption, Danielle, Gabriel and Kayla came home with red eyes from school. I arrange to take them to their favorite pediatrician Dr. Michael at Nakasero Hospital. It was always a treat to go to Dr. Michael. Even for me as a mum, for once I found a doctor who explained into detail the condition of my babies every time we had a sickness. We keep joking that our kids will still go to him even when they are 30 years. The plan was to go see Dr. Michael get eyes spray and then go swimming. We packed our swimming bags and with 3 little excited kids (Danielle was 7, Gabe 5 and Kayla 3 years) and a crying b...

Joseph Kristian Ariho Barugahare. Our second adopted baby and fourth child. His nickname is Joey and goodness me, what a delightful gift. Joey’s biological mother handed him over to a lady sat next to her in public transport car. She told the lady she was going to use the bathroom but she never came back. She ran off and left the 2 day old baby with a stranger. The little baby was taken to the police post and a report was made about the baby. The lady in the public trasport got to keep him for a few days before he was placed in then “Malaika Babies Home “ under childsifoundation an organization that was set up by a British lady Lucy Buck to help find alternative ways of looking after abandoned children because from her opinion, institutions were not the best way to care for abandoned children. They had just set up base in Mengo, Kampala- Uganda. Megan Howard an Australian volunteer could get enough of me begging to have a little boy. We keep telling...

Makayla Megan Busingye Barugahare                                            (Little Makayla at about 6 months) Our initial plan was to wait until Danielle and Gabriel were much older before we could adopt. But that changed so quickly as we started to settle back home in Uganda. The pain and sad faces from hopelessness was just too much to bare. I am very compassionate person. I hate seeing people suffer especially children and i have always told myself if i can do something about a situation, i will. Here is how it all took shape very quickly: There is a specific road I drove through in Kampala from work and there were street children. I gave them money, sometimes food and clothes but I was mad at God. I could not deal with the fact that those kids were on the streets, stealing, being beaten and being mistreated by adults. I literally was so mad at the unfai...

My husband George and I have been married 17 years this year (2018). We have seven children. Of the 7 kids, five are adopted. Danielle Cherie 15 years old, Gabriel George 13, Makayla Megan 11, Joseph Kristian 8, James Nathan 8, Emmanuel Benjamin 6, Khloe Laura is 2. Danielle and Gabriel are our biological children while Makayla, Joseph, James, Emmanuel and Khloe are our adopted children. We are a God fearing family. We try to honor God with our lives. We are far from perfect but we try to give the best of ourselves to be good citizens of the world. Much of what I write will be far from tradition for many people but I hope you are encouraged daily as you walk this journey with us. I intend to share almost everything, the good, the bad and the ugly. Everyone in our house has a voice and it must be heard, we are loud and very tight neat. My job as a mother is to fight for discipline and unity in my house, so I run a tight ship. All 7 of them. Top Right -...