Dear Ping-Ping,

Right now you are too young to read this but as you grow and learn someday you will have this to look back on and understand how we came together to build our little family. When I was a little girl I always said I wanted to adopt a baby from China and my dream has finally come true. I can only believe that God has answered my prayers with the gift of you. My new hope is that I will be able to share with you how God has touched my life and connected so many people in so many places to help join us as a family. You are my little Ping-Ping and I will love you forever.

The day I heard you were going to be my daughter I laughed and cried at the same time. I was told you were adorable. When I finally set my eyes on your picture I had to agree that you were adorable, but also beautiful to the core. It was no surprise to me that you would be wearing yellow…the same color as the butterfly I saw the day I sent my letter to adopt. It was four years ago and now we finally will be a family. In your pictures I can see that you are happy, curious and determined. I know that you are so special already!

It took a few days to receive the English version of your Chinese documents but when I read them I knew that we were supposed to be together. You love music and you love to sing, your caretakers wrote. They also said you were a very healthy baby and were already standing up at one year! They think in no time you will be walking. It is no surprise to me that your caretakers described you as social, friendly, extroverted and you get along well with others. This is what your caretakers said about you, “Ping-Ping is a lovely and outgoing girl! We feel happy when we see her”. I’m so glad to see that you are fond of picture books and can turn the pages. We will have fun reading and playing games together.

What made me smile was when I read that your favorite toy was a bear and you enjoyed snacking on cookies and milk. I promise you we will have many “tea parties” with our bears and enjoy cookies and milk together.

What’s really special is that you have so many people who love you already. You have people all over the world caring for you in so many different ways and I can’t wait to tell you all the stories of love that have been poured out because of you. There is so much to tell you already about what a special baby you are and I can’t wait to share it all with you! I am so thankful to all of our friends and family who have watched our family build and I know they love you so much already Ping –Ping. You are loved half-way around the world and back again!

I’m looking forward to the day when I can pick you up and hold you in my arms.

I Love You Ping-Ping,

MaMa

She’s a Butterfly, Martina McBride

She remembers when she first got her wings
And how she opened up that day
she learned to sing
Then the colors came, erased the
black and white
And her whole world changed
when she realized

(Chorus:)
She's a butterfly, pretty as the crimson sky
Nothing's ever gonna bring her down
And everywhere she goes
Everybody knows she's so glad to be alive
She's a butterfly

Like the purest light in a darkened world
So much hope inside such a lovely girl
You should see her fly, it's almost magical
It makes you wanna cry, she's so beautiful

(Chorus)

God bless the butterfly,
give her the strength to fly
Never let her wings touch the ground
God bless the butterfly,
give her strength to fly
Never let her wings touch the ground

(Chorus)

God bless the butterfly,
give her the strength to fly
Never let her wings touch the ground
God bless the butterfly,
give her the strength to fly
Never let her wings touch the ground