Today I am specifically thinking about Dawson's birthmother. We did learn some things about her while we were visiting the orphanage. We learned that she was 18 years old and single. She worked in a factory. She spent 4 days holding her son, touching his soft skin, smelling him. She walked into the nursery of the hospital one last time, kissed his sweet cheeks and laid her keys next to him. She probably cried silent tears knowing she could not keep the baby that had grown inside her. (Being a single mother in China is very difficult.) She even left her motor scooter at the hospital (the key for it was on the keys left with her son).
I cannot imagine the feelings that went through her mind and body as she carried a baby she could not keep. But I am so grateful to her for choosing life for her child when she could have easily chosen otherwise. I wish she could know that her son is happy (he has a very cute laugh and smile) and he's learning so many things in his forever home and family. I wish we could someday find her and thank her.
But this will have to do for now:
Thank you for giving our son life! May God bless you, wherever you are!
These are the keys that Dawson's birthmother left with him,
his only connection to his birthmother.
The note that is with them says
"Xu Le An's birthmother's belongings"
and was probably written by hospital staff.
1 comment:
Wow, how moving! He will always have the "Keys" to his birth mothers heart. What a wonderful "gift". But also, he has a wonderful mother in you who will shape and mold him into a amazing man!
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