Our Family

I have always had a desire to adopt.  My husband, not so much.  So we raised three delightful children and as we were turning 40 and only had one child left at home, my hubby says to me, "You've always had a passion for adoption.  We should pursue that before we get any older."  I think I may have been speechless.  We adopted a 5 yr. old boy from foster care and raised him for seven years with love and tears and many challenges.  At age 13, he had to leave our home and receive more specialized care than we could provide.  We miss him.  During those years we'd also adopted a 5 yr. old girl who is the young one in the above photo - the one who wants a little sister.  More recently we've become aware of the great need for homes for children around the world.  It breaks our hearts.  However, I figured there's no way we're supposed to do that.  We're almost 50, it costs too much, we've been through too much...  John didn't think it was impossible.  I said, "No way".  And God worked in my heart for 24 hours whispering "Why not?" over and over to every one of my arguments.  He had me.  And here we are.