About Us

Owner of Littlest Warrior: Diana Collins

Hi I am Diana Collins.

I have been married to my amazing husband Lee for 26 years.  We met on our high school graduation trip, and the rest is history! We have 4 amazing kids, 24, 23, 26, and 8!

Lee & I started life in a non-typical fashion for a young married couple.  I graduated with a BS in Child Development and special ed, and with 2 babies home we started our first business.  We are true entrepreneurs, and have started, grown, and sold many businesses through the years.

When our boys were in high school, and our daughter was 9, we felt like we wanted to do more to help children in need. There were so many children all over the world needing families, homes, food, and most of all love … that’s when we found the Reeces Rainbow adoption advocacy site.

We saw a picture of this tiny baby girl with Down syndrome, and I couldn’t get her out of my head. I stared at her picture for hours and it felt as it she was calling to us. We signed our commitment paperwork and we were going to Ukraine to adopt this baby with Down syndrome. Then, October 17, 2017, at 12 months old, Kenzie became our daughter!

We started off with a different kind of journey having a baby with Down syndrome. We “chose” the diagnosis and weren’t surprised by it, but like most, once bringing home our baby with Down syndrome, we quickly learned that not only were we going to “love” and “provide” for this baby, we were going to “fight and advocate” for this baby!  We volunteered at our local Down syndrome organization, involved ourselves at all events, attended Gigis playhouse weekly for play dates/events, joined support groups, and unfortunately became regulars at the Children’s Hospital due to so many medical issues.

Our new mission became making sure our little Kenzie overcame her medical hurdles, and was given every opportunity and experience possible so that she can show others just how capable she is.  Our passion has become advocating for her to be treated with kindness, love, respect… to be recognized for having Down syndrome, but loved for who she is… and to be fully included!

We are so very proud to say we have advocated to have Kenzie in the general education class since Kindergarten. She is loved by her peers, and has spread joy among her school. The smiles that we see are priceless. To know that Kenzie came from a birth abandonment due to her diagnosis, to being included and loved by kids of all ages who see right past her diagnosis… it is truly heart warming and incredible to experience. Kenzie is not only a blessing in our lives, but in the lives of so many people around us.

To be able to own an online apparel company that advocates for inclusion, adoption, kindness and so much more, is a dream come true for me.  To be able to apply my business knowledge and experience with my passion and mission in life, is a win-win!