North Carolina Family Revisits China
Daughter journeys to land of her birth
Sydney Carpenter kneels on her living room floor, flipping through a photo album.
"Those children are all wearing the same outfits because they're going to school," she says, pointing. "And over here was when we went to the fish market."...
Eric Carpenter, Sydney's dad, grew up in Gastonia. He worked for a textile company that sent him to live in China for two years. There he learned of the plight of abandoned infant girls through friends who adopted one.He returned to the United States and met his future wife, Marilyn, in 1995.
"When we started to get serious about our relationship, Eric brought up the idea of adopting from China, and I was impressed by the passion he expressed," she says.
Sydney Carpenter kneels on her living room floor, flipping through a photo album.
"Those children are all wearing the same outfits because they're going to school," she says, pointing. "And over here was when we went to the fish market."...
Eric Carpenter, Sydney's dad, grew up in Gastonia. He worked for a textile company that sent him to live in China for two years. There he learned of the plight of abandoned infant girls through friends who adopted one.He returned to the United States and met his future wife, Marilyn, in 1995.
"When we started to get serious about our relationship, Eric brought up the idea of adopting from China, and I was impressed by the passion he expressed," she says.
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