red butterfly

but kara's meloncholy is a 'red butterfly' only she can work to bring herself through.

A. L. Sonnichsen uses a prose form of speech and a beautiful rhapsody describes the life and times and meaning a young Chinese foster child brings to family & family separation.

Portrait. "Let me get a shot of you Toby says. Just me to send home to your American family. Which family? I ask. Toby shrugs. Maybe both. I sit on my hands, look into the cameras reflective eye. force a smile that's meant to convince Mama I'm okay. I think of Mama when the light flashes so bright I blink, think of Mama. Great shot, and leans to show me myself on the screen. A girl too skinny with long, unbrushed hair and no smile to be seen."

Kara a young Chinese girl lives with her American foster mother. Although her native China is still the perfect representation of her actual place of her present home, she yearns for her Chinese father, mother and family, her American mother has the patience, empathy and enough educational insight to help Kara channel her gift for writing and creativity.

Play For Me Kara

Her foster mother wants her to play the piano, be happy and content and integrate with the other children at home and at school. But Kara's melancholy is a 'Red Butterfly' only she can work on and resolve to bring herself through to healing. The author who once lived in China has a great understanding of the culture and families of China. (#vacation #dream #summer)