Name: Tong Min Yin
Identity: institutionalized child whose birth parents cannot be ascertainedIn my mind I saw an image of a woman, her back to me, walking on a dirt road toward her home. The further she went the more I felt sad for the baby. I know it's inappropriate to presume what the mother was thinking. In my image though she was deeply afraid for her child and at the same time had a true measure of trust or faith that her child would be cared for.
A woman in China is trusting me to love and nurture her child. My awareness of the true presence of a trusting birth mother is what made the signing of the letter that much more of a "moment" for me.
Reading your blog is more like reading a novel.
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I envision this to be a book some day for others, going through the adoption process, to read and to come to understand the meaning of patience and the grace of your commitment.
Love, Mom
Hi Andrea, I'm here by way of Sherri C. I'm so happy for you and the journey you are about to embark upon! And I can well identify with this feeling. I experience similar pangs every Mother's Day, every birthday, every "finding day," etc. I am so thankful for the choice my girl's birth mother made, but yet sad for the fact that she is missing out on what a treasure this child has become. Bittersweet indeed. Congrats and can't wait to follow along.
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