Saturday, November 12, 2011

something warm

I thought about a lovely girl today. Her name is Juliana. I met her and her family at the event of the delegates from C.C.C.W.A visiting U.A.B International Adoption Clinic. Her younger brother was adopted from China. I felt a rush of warmth when I saw this little boy closely connected to his sister.

So before that, when I mentioned about the joy of an adoptive family, my focus was on the parents. But from this family, I realized that besides the parents, siblings could be very actively involved and play a significant role in the adoptees' life. Juliana is very interested in learning Mandarin, and her pronunciation is quite impressive. We have been emailing each other, talking about Mandarin learning tips and Chinese musics. BTW, I heard about that musical people are good at tones. Could that be the reason of her excellent pronunciation? :)

It was nice to see the siblings actively participated in helping maintaining the adoptees' original culture. Maybe I can help more at this aspect. :)