What We Know About Anna...
The details of Anna's birth are known to a few unknown people in China. Her birth will likely remain a mystery to us, like her future will be a mystery to them. We believe that her birth parents loved her, but because of social, finanical and/or medical reasons they felt that they couldn't not provide what she needed. We don't know if this was their first child or forbidden second, if they were poor, if giving her up was planned from the beginning of the pregnancy or only after her birth. But we do, and will always speak of them with respect and gratitude for the gift that they gave life and protected until they could get her to a location they knew she would be found. I hope God gives them a peace connected to the memory of her birth. I hope that her birth mother believes that her adoptive mother loves her now and will love her for the rest of her life as her own.
On November 10, 2005 the Foshan Nanhai Yanbu Police recieved a report of a baby girl found outside of the "injection room" of the Yanbu Hospital Clinic. The parents of the baby couldn't be found, so the Foshan Nanhai District Civil Affairs Bureau approved to move the baby to the Nanhai District Social Welfare Institute. It was obvious that she had a cleft lip and cleft palate. The report says that there was a birth note and it was confirmed that her birth date is November 10, 2005. They named her Hai Zhi Yi.
The reports state "she likes amusing with other, can laugh loudly when she is happy. She can respond to adult’s facial expressions. She has rich facial expressions. She is an obedient and fairly quiet baby." I can only imagine what her laugh might sound like. I already know that her smile and eyes brighten any room. Her picture alone does that.
We don't know a lot of details about Anna. Nor do we expect to until we are in China with her. There will likely not be a lot of details given to us about her first year of life. But we hope to fill the following years with lots of details. Lots of love, laughter and memories. Sending love to my Anna.
On November 10, 2005 the Foshan Nanhai Yanbu Police recieved a report of a baby girl found outside of the "injection room" of the Yanbu Hospital Clinic. The parents of the baby couldn't be found, so the Foshan Nanhai District Civil Affairs Bureau approved to move the baby to the Nanhai District Social Welfare Institute. It was obvious that she had a cleft lip and cleft palate. The report says that there was a birth note and it was confirmed that her birth date is November 10, 2005. They named her Hai Zhi Yi.The reports state "she likes amusing with other, can laugh loudly when she is happy. She can respond to adult’s facial expressions. She has rich facial expressions. She is an obedient and fairly quiet baby." I can only imagine what her laugh might sound like. I already know that her smile and eyes brighten any room. Her picture alone does that.
We don't know a lot of details about Anna. Nor do we expect to until we are in China with her. There will likely not be a lot of details given to us about her first year of life. But we hope to fill the following years with lots of details. Lots of love, laughter and memories. Sending love to my Anna.
