Loved, Therefore Happy: One Adoptee’s Answer to Life | 因为被爱，所以幸福：一位弃婴的人生回答

“In October 1984, when I was just three days old, I was abandoned.”

It was not an ideal beginning to a life.

That morning, a passing man picked her up and carried her home. He asked his wife, “What do you think about raising this little girl?”

His wife did not answer straight away. Instead, she said, “Let's ask Mum first if she's willing to help us look after her.”

At the time, she was busy teaching her craft to five apprentices and had little time to care for a baby. Yet she had always hoped to have a daughter.

The father then went to ask his mother.

She replied with just four simple words: “Bring her home.”

And so, a child who might otherwise have had no connection to this family became one of its most treasured members.

She was raised by her grandmother and grew up surrounded by the love and care of her parents and extended family. Looking back on her childhood, she says with a smile: “I could never finish telling you how happy my childhood was.”

When reflecting on the circumstances of her birth, she does not dwell on the pain of being abandoned. Instead, she chooses to see another side of her story.

“It was because I was abandoned that everything else in my life became possible.”

These words are not an attempt to diminish the sadness of the beginning of her life. Rather, they are an expression of gratitude to the family who opened their hearts and changed the course of her future.

Every adoptee's life unfolds differently. Some continue searching for their birth families. Some have already found them. Others choose to cherish the lives they have built and continue moving forward.

Yet whatever path life takes, love has the power to transform it.

At Mothers' Bridge of Love (MBL), we remain committed to supporting adoptees in both their personal journeys and their search for their roots. We also hope more people will understand that searching for one's origins and being grateful to one's adoptive family are not contradictory. Wanting to know where you come from does not lessen the love and appreciation you hold for those who raised you.

May every child grow up surrounded by love.

And may every life be given a new beginning through kindness.

Click here to watch her story.

“1984 年 10 月，我出生三天，就被遗弃了。”

故事的开始，并不圆满。

那天清晨，一位路过的父亲将她抱回了家。他问妻子：“捡一个女儿怎么样？”

妻子没有立刻回答，而是说：“先问问妈妈愿不愿意帮我们带。”

当时，她正忙着传授一门手艺，要带五位徒弟，实在没有时间照顾孩子。但她一直希望家里能够有一个女儿。

父亲又去询问奶奶。

奶奶只说了一句话：“带回来吧。”

就这样，一个原本可能与这个家庭毫无关系的孩子，成为了家里最珍贵的一员。

她从小由奶奶抚养长大，在父母和家人的关爱中成长。回忆起自己的童年，她说：“我的幸福，真的讲不完。”

面对自己的身世，她没有沉浸于遗弃的伤痛，而是选择看见生命中的另一面。

“因为遗弃，所以才有了后来的一切。”

这句话，并不是在淡化生命最初的遗憾，而是在感谢那些曾经向她伸出双手的人。

每一个被收养孩子的人生都不相同。有的人仍在寻找亲生家人，有的人已经找到答案，也有人选择珍惜当下、继续前行。

但无论故事如何展开，爱始终拥有改变生命的力量。

母爱桥始终关注每一位被收养者的成长与寻根之路，也希望更多人能够理解：寻亲与感恩并不矛盾，寻找来处，并不会减少对养育之恩的珍惜。

愿每一个孩子，都能在爱中长大；愿每一段人生，都因善意而拥有新的开始。

点击这里，观看她的故事。