Clare’s Search: Looking Back to Where Life Began

Clare’s Search: Looking Back to Where Life Began

On a cold winter morning, 30 December 1994, the streets of Qingyang Town, Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province, were wrapped in frost. That day, a baby girl was found—swaddled in a blanket, only a day or so old.

It was later believed she had been born on 29 December 1994. Soon after, she was taken to the Jiangyin Welfare Institute, where she spent her first winter surrounded by care and warmth.

A few months later, this little girl from Jiangyin was adopted by an American family. From that moment on, she had a new name—Clare.

A new country, a new language, a new family—her life was filled with love, yet also with a quiet question that lingered through the years: Where do I come from?

Now an adult, Clare has decided to return to China, to trace her beginnings—to the winter morning, and to the gentle yet distant place where her life began.

“I’m not trying to change the past,” she said softly. “I just want to know who gave me life—and to tell them that I’m doing well.”

Across thirty years and thousands of miles, Clare’s search is not only a journey of finding her roots, but also one of reunion—with herself, and with love.

May her wish be heard.

And may the road home always remain open to her.

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克莱尔的寻亲：回望生命最初的地方

1994年12月30日的冬天，江苏江阴青阳镇的清晨格外寒冷。那一天，人们在街头发现了一名被裹在毛毯里的婴儿——一个刚出生不久的小女孩。

人们推测她出生在1994年12月29日。随后，她被送往江阴市福利机构，在温暖的照料下度过了生命的第一个冬天。

几个月后，这个来自江阴的孩子被一户来自美国的家庭收养。从此，她有了新的名字——克莱尔（Clare）。
新的国家，新的语言，新的家庭，带来了无尽的爱，也留下了关于“我从哪里来”的深深疑问。

如今，克莱尔已长大成人。她决定回到中国，寻找生命的起点——那个冬日的清晨，那个温柔又陌生的故乡。

“我并不是想要改变过去，”她说，“只是想知道，谁给了我生命。也想告诉他们，我过得很好。”

跨越三十年的时间与万里的距离，克莱尔的寻亲，是一次回望，也是一次与自我、与爱重逢的旅程。

愿她的心愿被听见，愿那条回家的路，依然为她敞开。

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