Adoption: A Family Choice
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Family Photographs-The Second Page
Earl just received/earned his B. A. Degree in Computer Technology. He went back to college after several years of working. Now he is a computer engineer. We have so enjoyed having him home, and we will miss him so much!!! He is living with his younger brother in another state. He taught me how to do raw HTML codes, without using a software program...and I love it!! I tried a program, but didn't like it. Karla wanted her hair down, and just refused to have the sides pulled back, but that is a teen for you. Janice is on the left.

Left: Some of our kids on Easter Sunday, March 2000 in our front yard. Dorothy, 26 and Doug, 19, are in the back row. From the left, in front, are: Rita, 5, Marc, 7, Roger, 4, and Sandy, 2 1/2. Our yard is in full bloom, especially with Rhodadendron's. Right: Dorothy and her friend, Doug, at Dorothy's graduation. I think this is when she received her BA degree in Elementary Education. Later, she earned her Masters Degree in Elementary Education with a minor in Spanish. She went through an intensive, 10 month program, and still owes a ton of money!! This year, 2000/2001 she will be teaching her fourth year, a second grade class which is about 1/2 bi-lingual.

Left: Rita, was able to shut her eyes, but couldn't quite straighten all her fingers out at the same time. Right: Roger tried so hard, but he just had to peek to see what was going on in the room.

Right: This is one of the most, if not the only, most loving, most patient, and most wonderful husband in the world!! He is holding our daughter, Sandy, when she was about 5 months old. She was still in foster care...we had weekly visitation times so that the transition to our home would be easier.

This is our beautiful Kirta who was born in India. She lived in Mother Teresa's orphanage until she was about 4 1/2 years old (her actual age was probably 6 1/2). She was born with a "perfect" body, but because of extreme proverty, she became totally blind due to severe Vitamin A deficiency. If she would have been given doses of Vitamin A, she would not have been blind. By the time she was 6 months to a year old, she had only light perception. When she was around 12 years old, she had a cornea transplant, but her retina was too detached and scarred, and she finally had to have her eyes removed. They had atrophied, and were causing her extreme pain. In this photo, you can see how realistic artificial eyes can be mede. By the way, Kirta is now married and has one absolutely gorgeous, very intelligent little girl.

Left: My three little ones, are really little. They love to empty the toy shelf, and lay down. Don't worry, the shelves don't tip over, ha, ha. But, you can imagine what the room looks like at the end of each day...toys everywhere!! We have found that it helps not to have too many toys and books in their rooms. So, we keep most of those things in our huge rec. room. Center: Halloween, 1997. Marc/Batman, 4; Rita/Ballerina, almost 3; and Roger/Tiger baby, almost 2 (he never did let go of the bottle, even when he held out his bag for candy).

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