When we inquired about Juliet we received these referral photos (as well as the one above):
"On November 25, 2010 E’shan police station of L**zhou City received a call which said
that a person reported an abandoned baby was found at the downstairs of
the sixth Building. After a lot of search
the birth parents of this baby was not available. The policemen sent
the baby to Children’s Welfare Institute to be raised with some
certificates.
Baby girl wore an orange
suit, with a can of milk powder which is yet eaten up, a bag of clothes and a good luck amulet on her.
According to the development
of the child, her DOB was estimated as Sep XX 2010 and she was named as Liu
Yilan. “Liu” is the surname of all the children in this institute. “Yi” is the
common name of the girl who entered to this institute in 2010. Lan is the name
this institute gave to her with no special meaning."
The mass abandonment of baby girls in Ch*na is a very complex problem. (The Lost Girls of China is a very moving book on this subject.) There are very deep seated cultural preference toward male babies as well as the "One Child Policy" in Ch*na that contributes to loss of nearly 5 million baby girls. I can't begin to understand why Juliet's mother after giving birth to a beautiful baby girl and nursing her for nearly 2 months would abandon her. I do believe that she loved her. She left her bundled in clothes, with a can of milk to be fed and a good luck necklace commonly worn by babies in Ch*na. Abortion is very common in Ch*na as well as female infanticide. The fact that her mother chose to give her life and leave her in a place where she thought she would be found quickly makes me not feel angry towards her but grateful that she chose life for Juliet. I believe God protected her knowing that someday He would bring her home to us.
