Mia's 10th Birthday

Saturday, April 28th, 2012


Happy 10th Birthday Mia Qing
April 25th, 2012

To say Mia was excited about her birthday would be an understatement.  She has talked about it from the moment she knew we were going to have a party for her.  She would say "It's my first birthday ever!"  She would look at the calendar and count down the days.  She would tell everyone who would listen "It's my birthday in .....days."


I can't imagine being 10 years old and never having blown out a candle, or opened a birthday gift.   Maybe the irony is that since we are her parents now this actually was her first birthday.  We weren't there for her the other years and her actual "birth day" would not have been a celebration, but a day of grieving for a set of parents who will never know this precious child of God.       


We wanted Mia to feel like a princess on her special day and from her smile I think we more than accomplished that goal!