The Grimes family . . . following a dream
ARCADIAN PHOTO BY KAIA CROSS
The Grimes family today includes parents Chris and Shasta, and their children DeWayne, 20, Christopher, 4, and Destiny, 8. Newborn Christabel is not in this photo and their soon-to-be adopted children, Wanna, 9, and Fritzon, 5, are still in Haiti.
PHOTO PROVIDED
Chris and Fritzon.
PHOTO PROVIDED
Shasta and Fritzon.
PHOTO PROVIDED
Fritzon, before he was properly cared for. The Grimes family hope to bring the five-year-old home, along with 9-year-old Wanna, very soon.
PHOTO PROVIDED
Fritzon, 5, and nine-year-old Wanna are eager to come to the United Staters, as soon as the Grimes family are able to bring them here.
PHOTO PROVIDED
Shasta Grimes is selling "Bulldog Bling" jewelery as a fundraiser. All profits from the jewelry will go to their adoption fund. They also have bracelets and other items at Bits N Peaces for salealong with handcrafted beads made by Haitian children. Visit www.shastagrimes.com for details.
PHOTO PROVIDED
Shasta Grimes sells beads handmade by chidlren in Haiti as a fundraiser to raise money for their adoption of two Haitian orphans. Visit www.shastagrimes.com for more information, and see some of the items at Bits 'N Peace's in Arcadia.
Attached is a photo of "Bulldog Bling" jewelery which Shasta is selling as a findraiser item. All profits from the jewelry will go to help our adoption fund. They also have braceltes at Bits N Peaces for sale that were made by Haitian children I'm trying to get a photo of those too.
ARCADIA — Arcadia resident Shasta Grimes is a wife, mother, teacher, photographer, president of a nonprofit organization and soon to be adoptive mother of two Haitian children.
If you ask her how many children she has, she will tell you six, even though two of the children are not yet here with her. She feels that “a child is conceived in your heart and not in your womb.”