China
Children help give birth to new hope
Source: China Daily | 05-08-2009 14:35
Special Report: One Year after 5.12 QuakeWang Hua feels her heart break whenever she thinks about the 7-year-old daughter she lost in the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan province last year.
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Zhao Yu and her husband kiss their twins Wang Bohua and Wang Boxiao, who were born on April 23, 2009. The couple, whose 10-year-old daughter Wang Ruoyu was killed in the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan province, said they now have new hope in life. [CFP] |
But she is determined to rebuild her life and family, and, like many brave women in the disaster-stricken region, she is already pregnant again.
"I can take care of myself because I'm not alone. My baby is with me," said 30-year-old Wang, of Gulong village in the city of Mianyang, who is living in a tent while her home is rebuilt about 5 km from the school where her daughter died.
Her husband, a truck driver, was working away for three months when China Daily spoke to her on Tuesday. But the expectant mother was upbeat, explaining: "In the daytime, I chat with my neighbor who has a 2-month-old baby, and I have my meals at my neighbor's house. They treat me very well."