{"id":5015,"date":"2019-01-07T10:50:05","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T17:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?p=5015"},"modified":"2020-09-20T02:02:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-20T08:02:00","slug":"returning-from-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/returning-from-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Returning from China"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/category\/9\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/NCKOIPMI_MD-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5011\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/__trashed-7\/nckoipmi_md-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-5011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/NCKOIPMI_MD-1.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/NCKOIPMI_MD-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/category\/3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/TTDRPYRB_MD-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5010\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/__trashed-7\/ttdrpyrb_md-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-5010\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/TTDRPYRB_MD-1.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/TTDRPYRB_MD-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/category\/125\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/RUWILTDG_MD.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5009\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/__trashed-7\/ruwiltdg_md\/\" class=\"wp-image-5009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/RUWILTDG_MD.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/RUWILTDG_MD-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIt&#8217;s our last night\nin China, and we celebrated by going to hear the Old Jazz Band at the Peace\nHotel on the Bund in Shanghai. For our last 48 hours in China, we took a\nnighttime cruise along Pudong and the Bund, visited a Childrens Art Palace, the\nFrench Concession, the China Art Palace (Museum), Yu Gardens, Confucian Temple,\nand had a beautiful meal at a contemporary vegetarian restaurant. <br><br>\nSophie&#8217;s visit to her orphanage a few days ago was &#8230; emotional. We spent the\nday visiting the children who live in the new orphanage building, visited the\nold orphanage site, and the place where she was found at two days old. Then we\nbought a new washing machine for the orphanage, plus some toys for the kids. <br><br>\nSophie held and played with several of the babies and toddlers, all with\nspecial needs (health issues) and her interactions with those kids touched her\nvery deeply. There was one small very sweet boy who we found laying in a crib,\nwho could not walk. She picked him up and gave him a kiss on the cheek, and\nthen he showered her with kisses and called her &#8216;sister&#8217;. She met a nanny who\nhad cared for her, the lady who chose her Chinese name, and the doctor who\nexamined her when she was found and brought to the orphanage at 2 days old. <br><br>\nThey called her by her Chinese name &#8211; QinXin &#8211; which is now her middle name.\nThey treated her like a celebrity, a prodigal daughter, and everyone cried when\nwe had to say goodbye. It was really quite a profound experience. The director\nwas grinning the whole day, and made us promise to keep in touch. It was very\nhard to say goodbye at the end of the day. <br><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luanarubin.com\">I will\nwrite more about this on my blog<\/a><\/strong>. <br><br>\nWe get home late Sunday night, and I&#8217;ll be back in the office some time Monday.\nThanks for joining us on this two-week journey to Sophie&#8217;s roots. In a few\nweeks I&#8217;ll be flying to Tokyo to photograph the quilt festival there. It is my\nhonor and pleasure to be able to share these experiences with you. Thank you\nfor your support of our business and our charity program, which includes\ndonations to Altrusa to help orphans in China with health issues. <br><br>\nsharing your Passion for Fabric&#8230; <br>\nLuana and Paul \n\n\n\n<\/p>\n<strong>Share Post:<\/strong><br><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5015&#038;t=Returning%20from%20China&#038;s=100&#038;p&#091;url&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5015&#038;p&#091;images&#093;&#091;0&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F01%2FRUWILTDG_MD.jpg&#038;p&#091;title&#093;=Returning%20from%20China\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/64x64\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5015&#038;text=Hey%20check%20this%20out\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/64x64\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-pinterest nolightbox\" data-provider=\"pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Pin it with Pinterest\" href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5015&#038;media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F01%2FRUWILTDG_MD.jpg&#038;description=Returning%20from%20China\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"pinterest\" title=\"Pin it with Pinterest\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/64x64\/pinterest.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-linkedin nolightbox\" data-provider=\"linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5015&#038;title=Returning%20from%20China\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"linkedin\" title=\"Share on Linkedin\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/64x64\/linkedin.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s our last night in China, and we celebrated by going to hear the Old Jazz Band at the Peace Hotel on the Bund in Shanghai. 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