My First Lesson In Motherhood | With Connie Britton

我的母性第一课|与康妮·布里顿

Modern Love

社会与文化

2016-04-14

24 分钟
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Connie Britton narrates a story about a new mom and a tiny infant whose young life is checkered with mysteries both big and small.
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  • Becoming a parent can be one of life's most rewarding experiences, but also one of the most challenging.

  • Full of curveballs and some very tough decisions.

  • For Elizabeth Fitzsimons, the challenges began before she even brought her daughter home.

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  • Reading Elizabeth's essay, my first lesson in.

  • Motherhood, I saw the scar the first time I changed Natalie's diaper, just an hour after the orphanage director handed her to me in a hotel banquet room in Nanchang, a provincial capital in southeastern China.

  • Despite the high heat and humidity, her caretakers had dressed her in two layers, and when I peeled back her sweaty clothes, I found the worst diaper rash id ever seen and a two inch scar at the base of her spine, cutting through the red bumps and peeling skin.

  • The next day, when the chinese government would complete the adoption, was also Natalie's first birthday.