
Viennetta Basterfield, 67, spent two decades fostering(寄养) more than 100 children in her west London home before she and her husband handed in the reins(交出控制权/卸任) during Covid.
67岁的维内塔·巴斯特菲尔德在伦敦西区的家中寄养了100多个孩子,长达二十年。后来,她和丈夫在新冠疫情期间交出了接力棒。
Her own mother had died when she was nine and she was brought up by another woman who took her in(收留她). There was no doubt in her mind that she wanted to dedicate her life to passing that gift on to others.(她心中毫无疑问,她想把这份礼物传递给其他人,并为此奉献一生。)
她九岁时母亲去世,另一位女性收留并抚养了她。她心中毫无疑问,她想把这份礼物传递给其他人,并为此奉献一生。
“I can’t say I wasn’t frightened. Every single placement(安置) I was frightened because you think, are we going to be OK? Are they going to accept us?” she said. “But it was the most rewarding(有成就感的) thing I’ve ever done. We still have a full house(满座/满屋的人) for Sunday dinners, for christmas, for birthdays.
“我不能说我不害怕。每一次安置我都害怕,因为你会想,我们能行吗?他们会接纳我们吗?”她说。“但这是我做过的最有成就感的事。周日聚餐、圣诞节、生日,我们家里仍然坐得满满当当。”