Still jet-lagged from a 15-hour flight from Los Angeles to Hong Kong, then another to Shanghai and another to your province, I awoke at dawn knowing that this was the day that I would finally meet you—my baby girl.
Jeri Okamoto Floyd
Jeri Okamoto Floyd lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two daughters, 17 and 13, adopted from China. Floyd is the coordinator for the China Care Bruins Buddy Program at UCLA, which connects adoptees with college student mentors.