Bai Li: I Do Not Hate You — I Simply Want to Know Where I Come From | 白理:我不恨你们,我只是想知道我从哪里来

Bai Li lives in the Netherlands.

She was born on 22 March 1998 and was found the following day in Hefei, Anhui Province. She was later taken into care and eventually adopted by a Dutch family.

She says that she has always felt deeply grateful to her adoptive parents. Yet as she grew older, a quiet question began to surface within her: Where do I come from?

“I cannot imagine what kind of struggle my birth mother must have gone through to make that decision.”

There is no resentment in her words — only a gentle attempt to understand.

To her, feeling gratitude towards her adoptive parents and searching for her birth parents are not in conflict. They are not a rejection of the past, but a search for a more complete sense of self.

She says: “I hold no anger towards you. I only hope that one day we can be reunited.”

It is a simple wish, and a sincere one.

If you may have any information related to her story, please help it reach further.

Perhaps one day, she will find her way back to where her journey began.

Click here to watch Bai Li’s story.

白理,生活在荷兰。

她出生于1998年3月22日,第二天在安徽合肥被发现,随后被送往福利机构,后来被荷兰家庭收养。

她说,从小到大,她对养父母充满感激。但随着成长,关于“我从哪里来”的问题,也在心中慢慢浮现。

“我不敢想象,当年我的妈妈经历了什么样的挣扎,才作出那样的决定。”

她没有怨恨,更多的是一种试图理解的温柔。

在她看来——对养父母心存感激,和寻找亲生父母,并不矛盾。

那不是对过去的否定,而是对完整自我的追寻。

她说:“我对你们没有恨意,希望有一天和你们团聚。”

这是她此刻最简单,也最真诚的愿望。

如果你身边有相关线索,请让这段故事多被看见一点。

也许,有一天,她真的可以回到那条来时的路。

点击这里,观看白理的故事。

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