It's 12:20 AM in China. It's already February 10th. 10 years ago a little girl, age 3, was left somewhere all alone. I'm not sure where. Our records say that the Wanzhou SWI director picked her up on this date at the gate of the institution and she has been there ever since.
I know many people think that this is just a way of life for the Chinese; that the birth moms may or may not mourn the loss of their daughters because they are seen as a financial burden. But I have had 4 precious children. I know the deep love of a child. Is it humanly possible to walk away from your child unemotional, unscathed, unmoved? We just gave away a dog and I agonized over that rejection of her for weeks, even though I knew it had to be done. It was a good decision, but it made me feel terrible inside.
Our guess is that Wan Li Hui was loved. She was born with a cleft lip & palate that her parents paid good money to have repaired. There must have been a baby boy born into her home. Her parents must have agonized over their decision to give her up. What else could they do? How my heart aches for them today. Does her mom remember this day when it comes around every year? I wonder...
Because I'm a mom and I know the great love we mom's have for our children, I am going to assume that this mom remembers. My prayers go out on her behalf today.
Blessings,
Rebecca
*URGENT:
If you are following my blog and have never been to Adeye's blog (nogreaterjoymom.com) please do so right now. There are some children deperately needing families and their time is running out. Please share this blog with EVERYONE you know. Adeye has a great following. She had 80,000 page views yesterday!!! She is using her blog to move on behalf of the orphans and God has done amazing things through her faithful work. Let's rescue these poor babies! If you've been wondering if God might be calling you to adopt, HE IS! Don't wait another second. Pray that He will show you the path to take and then wait on Him to reveal it. He will. He did it for us, He will do it for you.
I know many people think that this is just a way of life for the Chinese; that the birth moms may or may not mourn the loss of their daughters because they are seen as a financial burden. But I have had 4 precious children. I know the deep love of a child. Is it humanly possible to walk away from your child unemotional, unscathed, unmoved? We just gave away a dog and I agonized over that rejection of her for weeks, even though I knew it had to be done. It was a good decision, but it made me feel terrible inside.
Our guess is that Wan Li Hui was loved. She was born with a cleft lip & palate that her parents paid good money to have repaired. There must have been a baby boy born into her home. Her parents must have agonized over their decision to give her up. What else could they do? How my heart aches for them today. Does her mom remember this day when it comes around every year? I wonder...
Because I'm a mom and I know the great love we mom's have for our children, I am going to assume that this mom remembers. My prayers go out on her behalf today.
Blessings,
Rebecca
*URGENT:
If you are following my blog and have never been to Adeye's blog (nogreaterjoymom.com) please do so right now. There are some children deperately needing families and their time is running out. Please share this blog with EVERYONE you know. Adeye has a great following. She had 80,000 page views yesterday!!! She is using her blog to move on behalf of the orphans and God has done amazing things through her faithful work. Let's rescue these poor babies! If you've been wondering if God might be calling you to adopt, HE IS! Don't wait another second. Pray that He will show you the path to take and then wait on Him to reveal it. He will. He did it for us, He will do it for you.
I had to advocate for this little guy. He reminds me of my sweet Aidan. They are the same age too. Please consider this sweet boy. You can inquire about him at reecesrainbow.org.
Morning Rebecca - know Adeye's blog well - yeah...
ReplyDeleteAnd as for your thoughts - I am very certain that our kids birth mom's know too well the grief - and I thank them in prayer every day for choosing life for our kids. You know one thing for certain - your daughter was abandoned in a place where she would be safe and found quickly by people who would care for her. There was thought, effort, and great personal risk (capital punishment is permitted for many things in China) to the person that placed her there. It's not much of a bandaid to put on our kids wounds caused by abandonment - but its something! And when it comes to an emotional wound like abandonment - anything helps!
hugs - aus and co.