Why I am blogging...

I am Colin. 

 I am 15 years old and was adopted in August of 2011, 7 days before my 14th birthday.

  That's me in the middle!

Beside me are my little brother, Tommy (left) and Cameron (right).

 

我是科林。
 我今年15岁，2011年8月被领养，再过七天就是我的14岁生日。

  这是我，在中间！
在我的身边，是我的小兄弟，汤米（左）和卡梅伦（右）。

 



  I decided to start this blog as a way of sharing my experiences for other older kids who have been adopted into American families.  I want to help other kids so they won't be as scared about being adopted and leaving their country.  A lot of Chinese kids worry about being adopted.  They are afraid that they will not be safe, or cared for. 

 

我决定开始这个博客，分享我的经验，为其他的年龄较大的孩子，（已领养或还没有被领养的孤儿）我希望能帮助这些孩子们，使他们不会害怕被领养并离开自己的国家。很多中国孩子担心被领养。他们害怕，他们不会是安全的，或不会得到照顾。

 

I hope to share about my life in China, my life here in America, being adopted into a real family.  I have experienced getting a new name, homeschooling, and public high school.  I know what it's like to go into a new family and not speak the same language.  In the last year and a half, I have experienced many "firsts".  My first American birthday party, first Thanksgiving, Christmas, Halloween and other cool events.  I have become a son, a brother and have made many friends since coming here. 

 

我希望大家分享一下我在中国的生活，我在美国的生活，成为一个真正的家庭成员。我曾经历过得到一个新的名字，在家自学，公立高中。我知道是什么感觉进入一个新的家庭，而不是讲同一种语言。在过去的一年半中，我已经经历了许多个“第一”。我的第一个美国的生日派对，第一个感恩节，圣诞节，万圣节和其他有趣的活动和节日。我已经成为了一个儿子，一个哥哥，在这里，我交了很多朋友

 

Your new family might not understand all that you are feeling because they haven't done what you did and do not speak your language.  I understand a lot of what you are going to experience because I have done it.  I will not have a lot of time to blog, but I hope to post something new about once each week, probably on the weekends when I have less homework.

 

你的新家庭可能没有完全理解你的感觉，因为他们没有这样经历过你做了什么，不会说您的语言。我知道你经历过什么，因为我曾经也经历过。我不会有很多时间在博客上，但我希望能约每周一次发布些新的东西，可能在周末的时候，等我有少一些的功课。

 

If you have any questions or concerns that I have not discussed, you can ask questions on this blog by leaving a comment (Chinese or English, *I don't know any other languages yet*!) and I will do my best to answer them.

 

如果您有任何问题或疑虑，我还没有讨论，你可以问的问题，在这个博客上留下评论（中文或英文，*我不知道任何其他的语言！），我会尽我所能回答它们。

 

Thanks for visiting my blog!

Colin

 

感谢您访问我的博客！

科林