As a volunteer in IAM Group Limited, I have heard and learned more than a lot of interesting and touching stories there is. One of these stories is a personal encounter with a fellow volunteer of mine.
Jason met his wife, Clara in one of our charity events. For years, they continue to spread their blessings by joining our charity partners worldwide. They treat each of their charity works as honeymoon to have a little blessing of their own. Three years passed though and still, they never had a baby they were asking for. In one of our charity events, they met little Saori, a cute little baby girl only two months old. Saori’s mother, who came from Yokohama Japan, was an orphaned girl who died at childbirth. Her father, on the other hand was a Russian national. Saori was left to the care of her mother’s friend who also gave her up in an orphanage since she was also struggling to survive and does not know how to raise the baby. Our partner orphanage in Japan tried to contact some relatives of Saori and was able to find a very distant relative who stated that they do not want to get the baby since she looks Japanese. They contacted her mother’s friend as well and told them that she cannot keep Saori since she looked Russian. The cute little baby has nowhere to go and became unwanted in both her parents’ roots.
Clara became very attached to Saori but was afraid to voice her desires to adopt the baby in fear that her husband would misunderstand. Sure enough, when Clara tried to coax him into adoption, he fumed out and was offended. Somehow, adopting another person’s child made him look incapable of having his own. Jason was perturbed by the idea that they can never have a child because he might have problems as a man so his wife decides to adopt another child instead. That thought slowly drifted the couple apart. At that time, the child was staying with them as foster parents as a part of their volunteer work in Japan. Still, they stayed together while constantly arguing.
One night, they argued so bad that Clara went out of the streets to clear her head off. Jason was left to attend to little Saori’s needs. It was very late and Jason was very worried about his wife but he knew that they both needed time alone to think. He went into the adjoining room where the baby was staying. He was trying not to make a sound but Saori seemed to recognize his presence and slowly opened her eyes and looked at him with a very knowing stare. Before he realized it, he was already cooing the baby and laughing at her while she tries to stand and play with her baby antics. That was the scene Clara went home to.
When the baby was already drifting off to dreamland in Jason’s arms, Clara was looking lovingly by the door. When he saw his wife, Jason slowly laid the sweet sleeping baby on her crib and said, “Our daughter is asleep. We should rest as well”.
The very next day, they filed a petition for adoption with the help of IAM Group Ltd. and created complete and happy home of their own.
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