凯蒂一家后续：欢乐的一天

1、我的文章打赏功能恢复了。

昨天由于“用户投诉”，我的《收养了三个中国残疾儿童的他们，如今却面临困境》一文的文章赞赏被冻结，面临被全额退回的危险。我进行了申诉，但不报希望，因为春天的那一次，我的申诉没成功。

没想到，今天早上醒来，发现申诉通过，赞赏功能恢复了，之前打赏的钱也回到文章下面。

大家纷纷点赞：腾讯是一家有良心的公司。

2、关于凯蒂家的大房子。

昨天大家兴冲冲议论大房子，凯蒂还被派出门寻摸房子。今天她睡了一觉，有点清醒了。旭红说：“刚才Katie送Evie来我家，她太高兴了！她特别感谢大家这么帮她。她提到如果能在她家现在房子基础上修理，并扩建几间房间出来，对他们最合适，因为两盲童已经很熟悉自己家，而且孩子们也有多年的邻居伙伴，他们也很喜欢自己现在的家。”

我觉得她说的非常有道理。我们根本没有从两个盲童的角度考虑问题。她们花了多长时间，才能熟悉家里的一切啊。而且她们还有自闭症，艾丽的自闭症尤其严重。这样的孩子并不适于突然改变生活环境。

我闭上眼睛感受了一下，生活在黑暗中的感觉实在不好，充满恐惧和不安。

也只有妈妈，才能一切从孩子的角度出发考虑问题。

凯蒂的确是个好妈妈。

于是房子小组火线建立。先让克雷格去找蓝图。然后大家抓着凯蒂让她设想怎么改。

凯蒂说艾丽的房子不能动，她对环境的依赖很强。她还说要在地下室给艾薇做一个小套间，有厨房和卫生间，等她长大之后，有个相对独立而又安全的空间。

这是要养孩子一辈子的节奏。

郑琼大喊：你自己的亲生孩子呢？Faith都快16了，没有自己单独的房间，写作业都在二楼楼梯拐角的小板凳上写；James也需要自己的房间。

他们家的孩子真的很艰苦，没有一个人有自己的房间，自己的书桌，自己的电脑。James的电脑还是今年5月份郑琼在Amazon上买的二手电脑。

所有的孩子们开始热切地盼望拥有自己的房间。

新上任的房子组长是沃顿毕业，恨铁不成钢地跟凯蒂说：你要往大了想，往大了想！这是你拥有dream house最好的机会。

凯蒂弱弱地说：我从小到大，啥事都不敢往大了想。

从小就内向而有些害羞的凯蒂，却敢下决心领回三个残疾孩子。

3、Amazon的东西陆续到了。

凯蒂一家特别高兴。

上面这个吸尘器发到群里，有人马上举手：那是我送的，那是我送的。

凯蒂已经马上就用上了：好使，特别好使。

4、换微波炉。

凯蒂家的微波炉坏了两年了，因为没钱买新的，所以就把微波炉当作储藏柜了。

这几天大家给她PayPal了不少钱。她手中有钱，心里终于有了底，于是去换新微波炉了。

说到这，不得不提今天早上的事。她听说了一个被遗弃的盲童的事，心都要碎了。她说：如果我能把现在所有的钱都拿去给别人家，让他们收养她，我会这样做的。

我们大喊：停！

绝不能让她这个念头生根发芽。

她只要看见，就很难转过头。就像艾薇，全世界都抛弃了她，硬是让凯蒂给救活了。

一想到万一哪天没看住，她又拿钱去折腾收养孩子了，我们都有点眼前发黑。

5、小美神锅。

今年神锅火的不得了。

不过价格也很让人肝疼。

今天群里有人问不知凯蒂是否需要这个神锅。我问凯蒂，凯蒂说西蒙会非常高兴。西蒙酷爱烹调，梦想就是以后周游世界与美食大师们切磋。

于是，小美神锅即将空降到凯蒂家了。

西蒙一定会乐坏了。

6、鞋子公司。

在第一篇文章里，我留了自己的邮箱。每天都要回一大堆想帮助凯蒂一家的信息。

今天收到一家鞋子公司的信，信中说：“今天在微信上看到您两天前有关凯蒂一家状况的文章，不禁回想起那些年出差广州住在沙面遇到的无数被美国家庭领养的中国孩子，那时就总想能为这些孩子做些什么。凯蒂一家领养了3个有严重疾病的孩子，而他们自己的生活并不富裕，太令人感动了。

我想给他们家每个孩子寄我公司品牌的几双鞋，只要有他/她们的尺码。能麻烦你联系她们告诉我他/她们的鞋的尺码吗？希望能够让他/她们在圣诞节前收到。”

我从凯蒂那里拿到所有的鞋子号码。除了艾丽的脚必须穿定制的鞋，其他所有孩子都要有新鞋子了。

7、凯蒂的信。

昨天凯蒂发来两封信，几个志愿者一起翻成英文。然后我拿来重新组合了一下，放文章里了。不知为何，我拉了两段，现补充如下。

“更多的毛巾和袜子是让我最兴奋的。作为母亲，我们似乎总觉得这些东西不够！很傻，是不是？但是所有这些东西对我们来说都意义非凡。

艾薇一定是听到我谈论她的智能盲文了! 我想让它成为一个特别的惊喜，但她知道这个东西正在寄给她的途中。她今天至少提到了五次，问它什么时候会到。我们还为她买了一台特殊的盲文阅读器，里面可以存储书籍。她还不知道这个。我迫不及待地想在圣诞节早上看到她打开礼物，琢磨它是如何使用的! 她真的很喜欢书和故事。”

下面是她的信原文。

Hello to my new friends from all over the world! My goodness, you have been busy. When my dear friend said she wanted to do a little Christmas fundraiser for our family Christmas, I don’t think anyone could have imagined this huge love given to us through donations. In just 2 days, the amount given is going to be able to help us get a new heating and cooling system for our house (it is 30 years old!), fixing up our bathroom and maybe even a roof. It is amazing. Simply amazing. 

Thank you so very much for all of these gifts and donations. At first we were so shocked we didn’t know what to say or how to respond. We thought “Are we really deserving this?” We feel so unworthy of your love. But it is bringing us great Christmas Joy!! The donations have been coming from everywhere! 

We have had some come through paypal, some through gift cards, some through checks. Our Amazon Wishlist has brought huge smiles to the kids faces. They cannot believe so many things have been given to us. We’ve had to have them put MORE things on the list as items were being sent. You should see their excitement. My oldest asked if she can add some books she has been wanting. I told her she could and she was so happy. Packages will start arriving tomorrow for them! 

I may be the most excited about more towels and socks. As a mother, we seem to never have enough of those! So silly, but all these things mean so much to us. 

Evie must have heard me talking about her Smart Brailler! I tried to keep it a special surprise but she knows it is on it’s way in the mail to her now. She mentioned it at least five times today and asked when it will be here. We were also able to purchase her a special braille reader that stores books on it. She has no idea and I can’t wait to see her on Christmas Morning opening the gift and discovering how it works! She really loves books and stories. 

I’ve also connected to a few of you through emails you sent me. It is so wonderful to meet so many of you and know how much you are loving on our family. We are blessed. We are so very, very thankful. We will go to sleep tonight dreaming of the best Christmas we’ve ever had!

I have long held a dream in my heart to unite Chinese people with adoptive families. I did not know how it could come true, but I believe through your generous hearts I am watching it come true right now. For many years, I have led a group on Facebook of Adoptive moms. We have cried together as some of our adopted children have died, we have worked together to raise funds for each other as our members adopted again. We held a very small get together where we were able to just relax and share our grief, pain and also joy of adoption. 

These adoptive families genuinely love China. Many of us speak of the ways that we miss China and want to return to visit with our children. We work hard to learn how to make Chinese food. Many of us have learned some basic Chinese Language! 

Through this group, I now hold onto the hearts of so many families who have adopted and need help. It is hard to raise $30,000 to adopt one child, but it is also very hard to come back home and have medical needs and counseling needs and so many other things. I know families that have taken loans on their houses to pay for some of these things. I know others we are making soap out of kitchens to try to make some money to fund things for their children. And every single family is grateful and feels so blessed to parent these children. The reality is often harsh. 

China owns their past and their history. We are now their future. Together, I believe we can make a difference in many lives. Together, we can unite and love these children and families into a beautiful future. Your giving to my family has inspired hope in me that this is possible! I have worked over the last 24 hours while you have been giving to us, to form an organization here that can accept unlimited donations that can be used for these families. 

We will grow a fund for medical needs and counseling therapy for the children to overcome their many losses. We will help fund household repairs for families. I will oversee every step of this. I am forming a board of directors that will contain people from both countries so that we can work as a unified group to move forward and grant a better future to adoptive families and children. 

For now, I have named the organization Our Father’s Diadem Ministry. It was not my first choice for a name, but too many others were already taken. Diadem means crown and I believe this speaks to my belief that the children we adopt are as precious as a crown on our head. Please continue to give and check back as I work hard this week to get a small website running. Any donations given here will now go to the group fund to reach many families! 

Thank you seems a small thing to say. But with all of our hearts we thank you. You may have donated money but what you really gave was hope during this Holiday season.

8、志愿者。

说到翻译，郑琼这两天特别高兴。因为她收集了凯蒂大约十几万字的博客、脸书等文字，文字优美，又有很强的思想性。郑琼想全部翻译成中文。

在几个群寻找志愿者，真出现了几个很不错的人才。一位吾先生格外突出。据郑琼说，完全抓住了凯蒂文字的精髓。

关注凯蒂的爱心群里藏龙卧虎啊，有时我到各群看一下，经常有精彩的讨论，还有机会一起切磋英文。

一位群友息羽听，放了自己原创的一首歌，好听。

可惜，总是有扫码进来的刷广告的，而且千篇一律刷儿童美术，让人苦笑不得。

需要志愿者，需要志愿者，需要志愿者，搞翻译的，帮忙维护群的，踢发广告的.....

有意向者，找群主张译心。不对，她目前维护8个群，应该升级为总群主。

好了，今天是愉快的一天，充实的一天，富有成果的一天。

明天，会更精彩。

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