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August 7, 2006 by Rich Whittle | 2 Comments

St. Petersburg Times:

Last December, Cecilia Sayre went to a shower for a single mom who had recently adopted a child from China.

Though she wanted to find a gift that held personal meaning and cultural relevance, she was stymied by the lack of selection.

“Though Chinese pajamas are gorgeous, a person only wants so many,” she said.

What really inspired her, though, was love.

“I couldn’t help thinking how fortunate these babies are to have families who want and love them,” she recalls. “But on the other hand, it’s really these adoptive families who are so truly blessed.”

So Sayre, a 40-year-old South Tampa mother of three, and a former lawyer took on the cause. She began combing the Internet for everything from crib bedding to artwork to diaper bags to teeny tiny T-shirts. Her Web site, will offer a range of nursery, clothing, stationery and gift items for adopted Chinese children assimilating to American culture.

The items were out there, she decided, many made by grass roots business people like herself. They just needed to be lassoed and sold in one place. Sayre’s Web site, which will be officially up and running by mid August, features truly unique gift items for adoptive parents of Chinese babies.

Photo by janearlgarcia.

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