Annie’s Gift – Finding the children
Annie’s Gift Finding the children from Annie’s foster home in South Africa By Sunyata Choyce “Are these all your kids?” the woman at the sales checkout asked. I looked at the five foster kids with me that I just picked up from their new home. They were all staring at me with big smiles on their faces as the lady asked her question. What was I supposed to say? These kids just suddenly lost the only mom they ever knew a few months ago. Her name was Annie. I called her Auntie Annie. I winked at the kids and said to the teller, "Yes these are my kids, all Annie’s kids are like my kids”. Tears welled up in everyone's eyes.It was then the woman in the shop realized she hit a nerve with us all. Perhaps I should have somehow given her a heads up that these were children with no parents, whose foster mom just died. I mean what was I supposed to say “No these are not my children, there nobody’s children” ? You see, I made it a mi