I have heard of many of the Lang Son babies (including Shannon's Trey) having these bracelets on in their photos or when they go to get them, but it wasn't until this last set of pictures that we could see that Jacob has one as well. I am SO happy. That will be another piece of his history that he will have.
Shannon was told this about them by another adoptive parent.... the bracelet is a Buddhist belief used to protect them from evil spirits. It is basically a piece of string with all these little hollowed out bamboo pieces on it. The Nannies make them.
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How interesting. The older kids from our orphanage in Ethiopia had a similar item. They wore a piece of black string around their necks with a large knot in the center of the string. Honestly, I let her wear it until the string basically fell apart, even though it was so ratty looking.
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