18

WOW! Still can't believe I'm 18, yet nothing has really happened. This year I was thinking and planning a small get together after church and not make my birthday a big deal. However, this summer we've been hit with sudden news with us moving back to the states, so my birthday became a bigger deal than expected.

Anyways, I'm 18. God has blessed me with 18 years of life. It's all gone by extremely quickly, I feel like I was just a child yesterday.

This is when I was just adopted into my family. I don't remember much from China or anything. I was a very chubby Chinese girl. 

This was probably when I was in second grade. See the difference? I remember we would love to go to the park and play around. This picture was taken when I was out with my two older sisters with my mom. We use to have our daughter and mother outings and bible studies. I don't remember the details, but I know I had fun! On the playgrounds my favorite parts would the be the swings. They still are when I go the parks! 

This was when we came back to America after a short while in Cambodia. This picture was taken when we were baptizing my little sister. I was probably 13(?). 

These pictures are me within the past couple of years. There isn't too much change in appearance, but I feel like I've changed in maturity. When you get older. you don't really recognize too much change in physical appearance but you start to notice a change inside of you. 

This is the change in me from the past 18 years that I can remember. 

More about this you can read at: http://childoftheking-maggie.blogspot.com/