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To the Embassy of the People's Republic of China,
Mr. Ambassador
Dear Sir
Thank you so much for one more chinese New Year card which we received earlier this year.
Since we received the first card, we have wanted to thank you. Our daughters love the cards as they feel that China hasn't forgotten them.
We hope that our English is understandable.
In the late 90's we found out that we would never get any biological children, so we quickly applied for adoption – and we chose China from the beginning.
In app. 1970 I got my first chinese doll and a chinese suit from my uncle who sailed with Maersk to Hong Kong and Shanghai. In 1979, 15 years old, I bought my first book about China and Chinese history, and since then, China has been in my head. In high school I wanted so much to visit China. The dream seemed impossible then, but when we should choose which country to adopt from, China seemed as the only right country.
In 2001 we went to China for the first time to get our oldest daughter: Nina Hui (then Wang Hui) from Xian yang, Shaanxi, and in 2003 we returned to China to get Nina Hui's little sister Anna Yao Xi (then She Yao Xi) from Hengshan, Hunan.
Both times, their grandmother (my mother) travelled with us, and took r e a l l y many photos of her grandchildren. She just adores them. We always tell our daughters that the 2 days in China, where we received them, are the best days in our lives.
And of course we find that they are the brightest cutest children in the world.
In 2006 we went to China, just to visit the country, and especially the town in which Nina Hui was born. We hope to visit China every 3rd year. Our daughters know that they were born in China, and they know they have biological parents in China. We teach them to be proud of their background, and of their looks. We want China to be a natural part of their/our lives.
In China, the girls found it strange, that we – their parents – looked different from everybody else. Many Chinese people we met in the streets, asked the girls about….we don't know, but probably: why are you together with these long-nosed people!
Everywhere we met kindness. We haven't at all been nervous – we feel just as safe in China, as in Denmark. When we adopted our girls, we didn't see much of China as we went by bus everywhere – we were picked up at the door of the hotel, brought to the door of wherever we were going. In 2006 we wanted to do everything in our own way. We took the bus from the airport to the hotel, we went by metro, walked. We visited more parks, met more of the inhabitants – and had a wonderful vacation in Beijing and Xian. We went with Sinex.dk, who helped us very much.
There are still things we really want:
To visit a part of China, which is really Chinese (I always dreamed of a lake with a fisherman's boat, mountains, a beautiful Chinese building), to buy a piece of Chinese furniture, to learn chinese – we bought the learning system: Kinesisk1 from Systime (Chinese is so hard to learn!), and to visit our sponsor girl, Li Ling (with Plan international) in Shaanxi. We just want to see the whole of China, which will take time! In 2006 we visited Nina Hui's province (but we want to return later to see more of both Xian, and Xian yang where she was born). In 2009 we plan to return to China again, and this time we want to visit Anna Yao Xi's province, Hunan, to see the Hengshan Mountain, see Anna Yao Xi's finding spot, visit Mao's birthplace, and see the north/west part of Hunan, which should be really spectacular. In 2009 the plan is that both the girls' grandmothers are coming with us, perhaps together with Anna's godmother.
Every day we tell our daughters, that we love them. And every single day my husband and I tell each other, that we have been so lucky to have those two beautiful daughters from China.
We can never thank China enough for our daughters.
These days we read about the terrible earthquake in China. We wish we could do something to help, though we know that the Chinese government is doing everything possible to help. Our thoughts are in Sichuan.
Kind regards
Anna Yao Xi, Nina Hui, Bo & Charlotte
Family Madsen, Munkekaergaard 15B, 4600 Koege
Mail: chhan1@uvm.dk
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