Children help give birth to new hope

Source: China Daily | 05-08-2009 14:35

Wang 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.

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."