Eleven years ago today I became a mother for the second time. The second time around was not as easy as the first time. Kanika was scared. And she was mad. We don’t have many pictures that first year of her smiling.
This one is one of my favorites from our first year with her.
It was taken nine months after being home on our first trip to the beach with her. That sweet little girl with the beautiful smile was starting to blossom and let her guard down.
It is hard to believe that the little girl who was crying getting on the plane in Cambodia and was crying getting off the plane here in Portland is that same happy, smiling girl today.
In the last eleven years Kanika has grown up to be a caring, feisty, compassionate, funny and joyful young woman. And that smile that was so hard to find eleven years ago? Eleven years later it’s a rare occasion to find her not smiling.
Kanika Grace, I love and adore you. Smiling or not smiling.
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