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Selam ሰላም!
Welcome to my blog!
My name is Bethelehem. I am married with 2 wonderful kids whom I’ve successfully raised to fluently speak Amharic and now read Amharic!
I studied Biology and Early Childhood Psych in college, then earned my masters in Biotech. However, my heart was yearning for a full degree in early childhood development/education, but life happened.. then fast forward, my dream came true just in a different package!
So How Did I Get Here...
I moved to the US at the age of 15. Old enough to speak Amharic well, but young enough to ignore it. The latter happened for most of my life until I was pregnant with my first and realized that if I didn’t get my act together, my kids would not speak Amharic.
That really worried me as I planned to visit Addis as much as possible in order to one day establish an educational outreach program to kids in Ethiopia. In addition, I didn’t want my kids to feel lost at family gatherings in Addis.
Motivated!
Well, fear is a great motivator and I made a decision that my kids will be fluent in Amharic and I was committed! So I made it my mission to teach my kids Amharic no matter what. Fear and determination combined is an even greater motivator, which helped me succeed!
Now, I have made it my MISSION to help other families by teaching their children Amharic!
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Sincerely,
Bethelehem Tsegaye
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