Adoption is an adventure. Anybody who lives through it can tell you. I like to say that adoption is a really long pregnancy with a 27-30 hours delivery (the trip to Vietnam). But it is much more than that... It is a roller coaster, a life of uncertainty for many years, a life of wishes that will never come true, but also a life of enlightenment, forgivenesss, amazement. More than ever, you feel that you have to be a good parent to these little beings that have left their country, their home for you, egoist parents that we are, who want a "perfect child"!
Tonight, I received an email from our guide in Ha Long Bay and it made be believe that we were doing the right thing. Here is a sample of what he wrote:
"
By the way,I really admire you,who come from a faraway country like
Canada,who have pick up 2 Vietnamese children.I think they(the children)
were very lucky,because they will grow up in a very good condition of
economy and education,which they will not be able to have in Vietnam.I
think they will become good citizens in Canada and Viet Nam and I hope I
will meet them again somewhere.(I said that because I was born and grew
in a very poor family,I fully understand how they will be if they were
not your children)".
It made me appreciate even more, all the little boys and girls we saw at the orphanages and I truly wish they will find a forever family, whether they are ill or not.
It made me appreciate even more, all the little boys and girls we saw at the orphanages and I truly wish they will find a forever family, whether they are ill or not.
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