The photo is of me and QuJie at the Hong Kong airport. We and Kris are getting ready to board a United Airlines 747 bound for the USA.
QuJie was a quiet and curious baby. Kris, and I had already fallen head over heels in love with her; an attachment that the word ‘adoption’ cannot begin to describe.
Three days before the photo was taken, in a single moment, this sixteen-month old little girl was transferred from one set of hands to another, and from one fate to another. The entire period of her short life was transformed from being abandoned to being treasured.
Kris was very lucky, I knew the joy QuJie could bring to her and Xian Dong. But I could only guess at the loss to the woman who left her day old daughter on fortune’s doorstep. I still wonder what this Chinese woman felt when she gave up her ‘beautiful, healthy little girl’ knowing she faced a life in an orphanage or lucky enough to be adopted and grow up in the United States.
Does she think we regard her daughter as a product --- made in China — imported to the USA only because we could afford to????
Qu Jie looks so much like my Shan Shan. So cute!
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