Madison Hennigan and her husband bought a home in the Simpsonville, South Carolina area roughly two weeks ago.Madison said they bought the home for more space as their family continues to grow. Less than six months ago, they welcomed a daughter into the world.Since moving in, the family has been renovating and remodeling the house."I was kind of actually curious about how much storage was upstairs in the attic," Madison said.She and her family's curiosity led them to check out the attic. That is when she discovered a large, framed photo."We saw it as soon as we walked up," Madison said.The framed piece contained a picture with a date of 2000 showing a man holding his two daughters. Below that are footprints from each child and the father, as well as a poem titled "Walk A Little Plainer Daddy." Madison said after realizing the photo did not belong to the people they bought the house from, she contacted her realtor and began to look at old tax records on the house in hopes of tracking down those pictured."We weren't having any luck, so then we made the post," Madison said. "One of my Facebook friends ended up finding him and he commented, hey I think this is them. I looked and immediately saw the husband’s picture and said I think you're right."Roughly two hours after the post, social media connected Madison with Ken Pruitt and Nichole Frisch. Ken currently lives in Fairfax, Virginia, and Nichole currently lives in Millington, Tennessee.Ken is the man in the picture and Nichole is his daughter, pictured on the left of her father."So, I’m holding my first adopted daughter Nichole right beside me at age 3," Ken said. "Bethany who was about 5 weeks old in my arms, and then my wife took a picture of that. Bethany's biological grandparents came in, placed the baby in our hands, and the adoption began at that moment. This picture, this frame, captured all of that. Then the frame and the picture disappeared. We had no idea where it was. We just knew it was gone."Ken said the family moved around a lot, and the framed photo was lost roughly 15 years ago after only living in the Simpsonville home for about a year. Ken and his wife were unable to have children. The photo shows his two daughters at the time, who they adopted. The family now has a third daughter who was adopted years later."What this photo is to us is really representative of our history with God and the way that he formed our family," Nichole said. "They could've easily just seen that and tossed it, but she took time to look for us, which was really touching and shows that people can still be so kind.""It shows what God has done in our life because we could not have our own family and he's allowed us to adopt three amazing daughters," Ken said.Madison has a daughter around 6 months old, and she said she hopes one day her daughter will have memories like the framed photo, as well as hoping her daughter understands the importance of being kind and helping others when you can.Ken said he plans to drive from Virginia to Simpsonville to personally thank the couple, as well as pick up the framed photo.
Madison Hennigan and her husband bought a home in the Simpsonville, South Carolina area roughly two weeks ago.
Madison said they bought the home for more space as their family continues to grow. Less than six months ago, they welcomed a daughter into the world.
Since moving in, the family has been renovating and remodeling the house.
"I was kind of actually curious about how much storage was upstairs in the attic," Madison said.
She and her family's curiosity led them to check out the attic. That is when she discovered a large, framed photo.
"We saw it as soon as we walked up," Madison said.
The framed piece contained a picture with a date of 2000 showing a man holding his two daughters. Below that are footprints from each child and the father, as well as a poem titled "Walk A Little Plainer Daddy."
Madison said after realizing the photo did not belong to the people they bought the house from, she contacted her realtor and began to look at old tax records on the house in hopes of tracking down those pictured.
"We weren't having any luck, so then we made the [Facebook] post," Madison said. "One of my Facebook friends ended up finding him and he commented, hey I think this is them. I looked and immediately saw the husband’s picture and said I think you're right."
Roughly two hours after the post, social media connected Madison with Ken Pruitt and Nichole Frisch. Ken currently lives in Fairfax, Virginia, and Nichole currently lives in Millington, Tennessee.
Ken is the man in the picture and Nichole is his daughter, pictured on the left of her father.
"So, I’m holding my first adopted daughter Nichole right beside me at age 3," Ken said. "Bethany who was about 5 weeks old in my arms, and then my wife took a picture of that. Bethany's biological grandparents came in, placed the baby in our hands, and the adoption began at that moment. This picture, this frame, captured all of that. Then the frame and the picture disappeared. We had no idea where it was. We just knew it was gone."
Ken said the family moved around a lot, and the framed photo was lost roughly 15 years ago after only living in the Simpsonville home for about a year.
Ken and his wife were unable to have children. The photo shows his two daughters at the time, who they adopted. The family now has a third daughter who was adopted years later.
"What this photo is to us is really representative of our history with God and the way that he formed our family," Nichole said. "They could've easily just seen that and tossed it, but she took time to look for us, which was really touching and shows that people can still be so kind."
"It shows what God has done in our life because we could not have our own family and he's allowed us to adopt three amazing daughters," Ken said.
Madison has a daughter around 6 months old, and she said she hopes one day her daughter will have memories like the framed photo, as well as hoping her daughter understands the importance of being kind and helping others when you can.
Ken said he plans to drive from Virginia to Simpsonville to personally thank the couple, as well as pick up the framed photo.
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