tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285145779903542153.post2019111131610888683..comments2023-05-13T16:29:57.750+08:00Comments on Walking to China.: The finding place.Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05968771661846546449noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285145779903542153.post-8025707025142027442011-06-07T22:08:26.514+08:002011-06-07T22:08:26.514+08:00I wish China didn't have the one-child rule. ...I wish China didn't have the one-child rule. With modern transportation and the need for higher education, most families wont' have large families anymore. I also feel bad for China, who is having a shortage of baby girls now.<br /><br />I used to live in Korea, and they do have a slight shortage of females. People sometimes pay the doctor to tell if it's a boy or girl and get rid of the girl if they feel they need a son. Yet it't not an extreme problem because people are allowed more than one child.Einstein's Brainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075051682165324758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285145779903542153.post-41238858336139289552011-06-03T21:06:22.580+08:002011-06-03T21:06:22.580+08:00I can't even imagine. So heartbreaking.I can't even imagine. So heartbreaking.Tarasviewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04750633944607986537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285145779903542153.post-81211150755214074222011-06-03T12:42:54.488+08:002011-06-03T12:42:54.488+08:00I visited my son's finding spot while we were ...I visited my son's finding spot while we were in China. I had only met my two year old boy two days earlier and was still getting to know him and learning how to be his mother. As we stood in the spot where he had been abandoned as a baby, I watched his stoic face as he stood holding my mom's hand, and I felt fiercely protective. I barely knew my son, and I couldn't imagine him being abandoned in this spot by family who should love and care for him forever. I couldn't envision him as a little baby by himself in this spot. What was he wearing? Did he cry? Did he search with his eyes for his mother? I try, but with my American mother brain, I cannot even grasp the reasons that he would be abandoned. His birth mother must have felt that she had no other choice. Sometimes I think about his birth mother and think about what a wonderful blessing she gave away. Our son is pure sunshine, and I wish that she could see how well he is doing. I would thank her for giving life to such a wonderful boy. China adoption is so complicated, heartbreaking, and joyful in so many ways. I completely agree with your wise words, "What I do know is that the abandoned need to be found and that children belong in families. I will believe that forever."Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06912182207237328864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285145779903542153.post-90789085479199964102011-06-03T11:27:10.404+08:002011-06-03T11:27:10.404+08:00Beautiful post. Your photo brought tears to my ey...Beautiful post. Your photo brought tears to my eyes...truly a treasure.Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06675158254647844506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285145779903542153.post-37460372500140458892011-06-03T11:00:31.539+08:002011-06-03T11:00:31.539+08:00Yes, you had indeed given this family a treasure. ...Yes, you had indeed given this family a treasure. And so much of what you've written ran through my mind as I stood looking at my daughter unknowingly stand in her finding spot last February. I had her stop so I could take her picture there and the tears began to flow...Kristihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01233594585633157052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285145779903542153.post-25078333325071710322011-06-03T03:24:38.541+08:002011-06-03T03:24:38.541+08:00It breaks my heart...I just cannot imagine.It breaks my heart...I just cannot imagine.Alida Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07640849066159985893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285145779903542153.post-28117062469672346462011-06-03T02:02:25.179+08:002011-06-03T02:02:25.179+08:00This is a beautiful post. You covered very many a...This is a beautiful post. You covered very many aspects of the complicated, and heart breaking subject of international adoption. And, you did so without passing judgement. Your words are wonderful.<br /><br />My son is from Shenyang City. His finding place might have been the same hospital as the little girl in your post. My son was found outside the pediatric outpatient clinic when he was seven months old.<br /><br />How sad for the families that must abandon their children, but what joy for all involved when their forever families find them.<br /><br />Blessings,<br />Sheri in Galveston<br />www.happyhainfamily.blogspot.comSherihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08700045884601623086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285145779903542153.post-90113940696498339182011-06-02T23:12:50.377+08:002011-06-02T23:12:50.377+08:00It's so sad to think that parents can abandon ...It's so sad to think that parents can abandon a child. I was adopted when I was 2 years old from Korea. My birth parents were not married and had no intentions of ever marrying. I stayed with my mother for the first year and when she was unable to care for me any longer, she gave me to my father who cared for me the second year. I am forever grateful that my birth parents went to an adoption agency, who then placed me with my forever family! My heart goes out to all those who have been abandoned. Thank you for sharing this wonderful post about abandonment and a finding place! I pray that your little guy will have a forever family someday soon. Bless you and your family for opening your hearts to this loving, little boy!Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674956396092584794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285145779903542153.post-85102331381626902142011-06-02T22:43:55.350+08:002011-06-02T22:43:55.350+08:00I would love to have a picture of my son's fin...I would love to have a picture of my son's finding spot. What you have given this family is a treasure.Tara Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12650391210454775068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285145779903542153.post-64499959713325258732011-06-02T22:00:45.215+08:002011-06-02T22:00:45.215+08:00Precious and heart-wrenching post...Precious and heart-wrenching post...prechrswifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14912556820386583359noreply@blogger.com