You’ve Got Mail…
from China!
See? Isn’t it cool? My heart almost skipped a beat when I saw the stamps.
It has nothing official to do with my adoption, but it does mean a lot to me. I am sponsoring a little girl with special needs in New Day Foster Home in Beijing. Each sponsorship is $35.00 per month and will help cover the cost for 24-hour care, basic medical, food, clothing and early pre-school training. They let you “choose” which child you’d like to sponsor, and then they send you regular emails (and letters!) about his or her progress.
I chose “Adah” (click on Babies on the site) because she was born the same month as Emme Lu, even though their special needs are quite different. It makes me feel like I am closer to Emerson when I can do something proactive for a little girl with special needs in China born in August of 2005.
I have to say I hesitated posting about this because I don’t want to look like I am patting myself on the back and being missmollygollyresidentdogooder. Quite the contrary. If I was honest, I’d have to say I’m doing this for pretty selfish reasons that all have to do with making myself feel better when I am at such a damn far distance from my daughter. It’s sort of like pretend-mommy with a huge dose of transposition thrown in for good measure, which is delusional but all I have right now. So just go with it.
No matter what the reason behind it is, you ARE doing a good thing. And it’s okay to do good things. Really.
Comment by: Mrs Pushy - 11.04.2006 - 6.02 pm
You are doing a great thing for this little girl. Thank You!!
Scott
Comment by: Scott - 11.04.2006 - 11.30 pm
That is damn cool.
Comment by: Jacquie - 11.05.2006 - 6.15 am
Selfish yet altruistic - not a bad combination!
Comment by: atomic mama - 11.05.2006 - 9.19 am
What an excellent idea, Ms. SBird. I hadn’t even heard of such a program, so I’m going to totally check it out!!
Comment by: wzgirl - 11.05.2006 - 9.31 am
Yeah, I’m a Kantian…no pure altruism exists. There’s ALWAYS a self-driven motive involved….
Comment by: SBird - 11.05.2006 - 2.45 pm
bragging or not bragging, bottom line, you’re doing a great thing… from one sponsor to another.
I hesitate every quarter when my update comes through From the Half the Sky Nanny program to say anything. But then I think I have a chance to do something positive for a change, to inspire my friends and family to do something too (a few have so I feel better about it) and it’s in memory of Sophia, so I get an extra good feeling about it.
Lisa
Comment by: lisa - 11.19.2006 - 5.32 pm