In the heart of Dan Dan, a child of SOS Children's Village in Urumqi, China, there is always such a woman.
She spends almost three hundred and sixty-five days a year with Dan Dan, never demanding a penny more, but thinking about the way of love all the time.
Such a statement may not be enough to describe her simple and noble image, but when you think about it, there are enough thoughts intertwined in it.
A special maternal love grows in a multiplicity of feelings.
This woman is Dan Dan's mother.
Dan dan came to SOS Children's Village in June 2005 when she was just a 6-year-old child.
That year, the warm wind caressed the girl's cheeks and blew her happy horn braids to sway from side to side.
The clover in the grass was as tall as Dandan's calves, and they also seemed to welcome her, smiling kindly at the girl.
It was in such a scene that Dan Dan met his mother in the SOS Children's Village family, Mother Deng.
She is a kind and wise mother with a taste for life.
That year's Dan Dan, when she first arrived, did not understand things, and Mother Deng patiently taught her many things by hand, and also took extra care of the girl.
Every day after school, Dan Dan is the first to arrive home.
She would always drink her mother's loving drink while standing in the kitchen to watch Deng's mother's skilled cooking, and from time to time she also helped SOS mother to play a hand.
After the dish was freshly baked, Dan Dan rushed forward with his brothers and sisters, hoping to quickly comfort his hungry stomach.
The smell of home-cooked meals is filled with the smell of happiness.
In the summer, Dan Dan likes to wear sandals and go out for a walk with Mother Deng, and there are many fairy tales in the process.
Once, a slightly fatter aunt came to the front, and Dan Dan jumped forward and shouted "Mom"!
The aunt was flattered and asked, "How many mothers do you have?" ”
Dan Dan counted and said, "One, two... I can't count, anyway, there are many, many mothers, many, many loves! ”
Hearing this, Mother Deng and the aunt couldn't help but laugh.
Dan Dan's SOS family mom Deng Mom
Memories often can't keep up with the beat of time, and in the blink of an eye, they run for another decade.
Dan Dan looked at himself now, and found that unconsciously he had long faded the childish spirit of that year and slowly had an adult appearance.
Now, gradually, there is no one to instruct Dan Dan on "how to do it".
What Dan Dan has to do is to constantly improve himself, assist Mother Deng to complete the affairs outside the home, and let the love continue to pass on.
Mother Deng in her youth and Dan Dan in childhood (pink clothes in the front row)
During these years at SOS Children's Village, the sponsors also gave Dandan endless love.
They took the girl to the mainland to feel the ancient buildings full of historical atmosphere and receive cultural influence and nourishment;
They would buy books for the girl and take her into the ocean of wisdom.
Everyone loves children in different ways, but they all lead to one place;
The duration and degree of each love may be different, but it makes Dan Dan deeply inspired and thrives.
The girl really felt the love of the big family in SOS Children's Village, which was a kind of love that made people feel mixed and mixed feelings, and people couldn't help but remember and miss it all the time.
In recent years, perhaps "adolescence meets menopause", Mars hits the earth, so that sos mothers and children often quarrel over small things.
But whenever Deng's mother was not on vacation, Dan Dan would miss her mother extraordinarily.
In the child's heart, the complex and thick special maternal love of SOS mothers can never be replaced by any other feeling.
The child understands that sos mom's words and help have made her take fewer detours on the road to growth, and has also allowed her to learn to face setbacks in a developing society.
Dan Dan is about to embark on the second important journey of his life - the college entrance examination.
This versatile and generous girl who grew up in love will do everything she can to fight for herself and all the people who love her.
The road ahead may still be full of unknowns, but no matter how far the child goes, she will deeply love SOS Children's Village and Mother Deng, as well as all the well-meaning people who have helped her.
SOS Children's Village, which has always been committed to "giving children a loving home", is the place where children's dreams set sail.