My daily tear-fest.

On CHI's blog, there is a link to another blog written by Emily, a 12-year-old that was adopted from China. She and her sister (also adopted from China) have returned to their native country to explore and their blog follows that journey (they are there right now). Anyway, she has a poem on her blog that her mother gave her...I'm not sure where it came from. Out of the many "adoption" poems I've read, I had never read this one and it was, by far, the best. So I'm posting it here and I'm going to work on a LifeBook page with it. I may also end up doing something with it and framing it.


Once there were two women who never knew each other.
One you do not remember. The other you call your mother.

Two different lives shaped to make yours one.
One became your guiding star. The other became your sun.

The first gave you life, and the second taught you to live in it.
The first gave you the need for love, and the second was there to give it.

One gave you a nationality. The other gave you a name.
One gave you the seed of talent. The other gave you aim.

One gave you emotion. The other calmed your fears.
One saw your first sweet smile. The other dried your tears.

One gave you up, it was all that she could do.
The other prayed for a child, and God led her straight to you.

And now ask me through the years.
Heredity or Environment - Which are you the product of?
Neither my darling, neither - Just two different kinds of love.