Monday, September 19, 2011

timeline

September 2007
  • a tiny, sick baby girl was found in Inner Mongolia, China
  • a birth mother saved her baby
  • we didn't know a huge part of our family was missing
September 2008
  • a little girl was being cared for in a Chinese orphanage
  • funds were being raised for a life changing surgery
  • we were in the midst of our adoption homestudy
September 2009
  • a little girl had traveled 1/2 way around the world
  • we were blessed with the greatest gift imaginable
September 2010
  • a little girl had been a major part of a family for just over a year
  • she lead others to adoption
  • September 2011
  • a little girl didn't remember what it was like to not have a family
  • a family couldn't remember what life was like without her

10 comments:

Jess Danielson said...

Such a cutie from day one!! So happy that sweet Piper will always have her awesome family!!

Unknown said...

Love your post!

Football and Fried Rice said...

This is sweet, sweet, sweet!!

Everything Beautiful Shay said...

LOVE this sweet post~ love your perspective on it... SO true and such a blessing for your family!!! God is SO good!!! XO

Cheri said...

Oh, what sweetness!

groovy mama said...

How WONDERFUL is she? Piper you ROCK!
hugs

A Case Photo Place said...

Beautiful post, Kristi!

Tonia said...

This is such a sweet post, Kristi. You are so very blessed, and so is Piper!

Angie said...

LOVE this post! She is such a beautiful little girl and is as lucky to have you as her family as you are as lucky to have her as a daughter....

Connie J said...

...and they all lived happily ever after! Love this!
PS. I'm so sorry for the loss of your friend. Very tough, I know.