Her once upon a time is now

"Once upon a time..."

There is something so magical about those words, and about fairytales of princesses and their happily ever after.

I found this sweet picture on my friend Katrina's blog the other day and just loved it! Katrina is adopting the sweet little one in the corner picture with the pigtails. Her name is Carlene. Katrina was a faithful supporter of Mia and followed every step of our journey to her and while we were in Ukraine, we found out that Katrina was now going to be embarking on this amazing journey herself and was committing to going and saving sweet Carlene!

I was thinking about these 3 girls in this picture and how they are still waiting for their "once upon a time" and their "happily ever after". Yes, one of them is lucky enough to now have a family coming for her and she will soon get her happily ever after but she has no idea they are coming for her. That was one of the hardest things for me while in the adoption process, knowing that we were doing everything we could, as fast as we could to change Mia's life for the better and give her what she deserved, and she had no idea.

She had no idea that she was indeed a princess.


That she was indeed loved by someone (or many someones) on the other side of the world.



She had no idea that her once upon a time was about to begin



and that she was finally going to be able to live her happily every after


But she knows now


and the princess that was hidden inside her for 4 years is finally making its debut in the world



Her once upon a time is NOW

and she is living it with a smile

side by side her sister

Be strong and of good courage.


You are truly royal spirit daughters of an Almighty God.

You are princesses, destined to become queens

Your own wondrous story has already begun


" Your “once upon a time” is now."
-Dieter F. Uchtdorf-