My Chinese Sister

As many of you know, our family recently completed the adoption of our dearest Emmy Xiang. Now China holds a dear place in my heart. Lately, I have had a strong yearning to go back to that beautiful country and remember the sweet memories we made there. But plane tickets cost a lot of money (which we don't have) so I have contented myself with going back to our family's old blog posts of us in China. Also, I have been looking on others' blogs see pictures of familiar sights. I was so excited when I found this touching poem on another's blog. I thought I'd go ahead and post it. Maybe it will touch another.

"This morning in China a mother cries.

She'll never forget her daughter's eyes;

Her heart is broken and filled with pain,

The tears run down like the falling rain.

She has no choice but to leave her there,

The cost of keeping is too much to bear.

She hopes her daughter will one day know

True love can be found in letting her go.

This morning in China a baby cries,

Hungry and scared as tears fill her eyes.

Her mother has left her in this public place

Another lost daughter of the Chinese race.

Someone passing by has heard her soft moan

She's soon quickly taken to an orphanage.

It's here she'll reside in the care of another

Until she's adopted by a brand new mother.

That very same moment, in the U.S.A.

A woman cries as she starts to pray.

Her heart is heavy but filled with much love,

She prays for a daughter she thinks the world of.

'Dear Jesus I ask that your arms would be

Wrapped tightly around the one picked for me.

Guard her in China 'til I make my way

And then in my arms forever she'll stay."

-Author Unknown