Through it all, their strong bond as long-time friends has ensured they persevered through good times and bad.
Looking back on their difficult journey to this point, Schlapman toldPeople,“I feel so incredibly blessed.
I’m happy and I’m content and I feel completely fulfilled.
Granted, God has given me both sides of that story.”
Finally, Big Little Town know who they are and what they want to share with the world.
Schalpman, too, is ready to be 100 percent herself.
Kimberly Schlapman found love through grief
Schlapman is no stranger to hardship.
“[Steven] was just an old friend.
But he started calling me more than everybody else did,” she recalled with a laugh.
The two soon realized they had a common bond, since both had suffered a loss close to them.
She explained that Stephen helped her grieve.
When things started turning romantic, Schlapman remembers thinking, “OK, this is so weird.
I haven’t felt this in a long, long time.”
Eventually, Schlapman accepted what was happening.
Now, she realizes, “It’s been the most beautiful gift of my life.
It pulled me out of the deepest hole that I’ve ever been in and healed me.”
Schlapman and her husband adopted daughter Dolly in 2017, after years of issues with infertility.
One day, her prayers and her dreams were answered in the most incredible way.
She now has a baby sister that she loves more than life," the country star gushed.
Daisy collaborated on the book and even wrote the foreword.
If nothing else, Schlapman hopesA Dolly for Christmasbrings hope to families struggling to conceive.
