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Happy Leap Year

March 1, 2016 by Beth Shepherd

In 2012, the last Leap Year, our daughter lived in another country. Her home was an orphanage. She was nine months old. She wasn’t walking.

Flash forward four years. Our daughter is a U.S. citizen. Her home has a mama, a dada and two cats. She is almost five years old. She walks, talks…and leaps.

In honor of Leap Day 2016, what’s a girl to do? Practice leaping, of course.

Happy Leap Year!

Leap Year

jump

more jumping

Feet off the ground

jump high

It’s all about the journey,

Beth

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