A good read by a 14 year old

I saw this on Sheri's blog and it is a really good read. This is an essay written by a 14 year old Chinese girl adopted at 3 months old. It won second prize in their Celebrate Diversity! Essay Contest. It really gives some insight to the feelings a teenager might have given her special circumstances of being born in China and now living with her parents in NY. Those of us with toddlers can take a look ahead to what isn't too far down the road. Below is an excerpt..for the complete essay go to NY Center's Site

When I was two and a half years old, I looked at my Mom's eyes, which are brown, and then my eyes which are black. I was very upset. I told my Mom I didn't like looking different than she did. 'When am I gonna get brown eyes? I don't wanna be Chinese!" My mother pointed out that my Dad has blue eyes and my brother has green eyes. Even though we all look different, we are one family. This was just the beginning of my noticing racial differences and wondering who I was.