Part 1: Parallel Lives

This post is about 2 girls.  Two girls that have experienced such a similar beginning in life. 


One of the little girls (Xia) was born on May 1, 2002 and the other (Pei) was born just a couple of weeks later.  The first little girl was born in Wuzhou, Guangxi China while the other little girl was born in Chongqing City, Chongqing China. 

Little Xia suffered the repercussions of China's one-child policy first and she was found at the orphanage gate when she was around 15 months old.  Just 3 months later, Pei suffered the same fate.  They both once knew the love of a family but experienced tremendous loss when they were only toddlers. 

They both were lucky in that they ended up in orphanages that were both sponsored by the Half the Sky Foundation.  Half the Sky "provides individual nurture and stimulation for babies, innovative preschools that encourage an early love of learning, personalized learning opportunities for older children, and love".

They were also lucky to grow up in orphanages that participate in international adoption thus giving them a better chance to one day have a forever family.

They were both described as clever, very smart, outgoing, active, compassionate, and happy children.   Most importantly they both very much wanted to be adopted and experience the love of a forever family.

                            Xia                                                                                Pei

to be continued...