October 18, 2001

• In 1993 half way through my last year of college my parents called me and told me they had decided mom would NOT be pursuing a career now that we had almost all left the nest.  INstead they would be adopting a sibling group.

  
  

  For years I had prayed for more brothers & sisters--always was a sucker for babies   And my parents had talked adoption before--so this wasn't a total shock. 

  
  

  2 weeks after I graduated from college my parents finally adopted there family of 4.  A 7.5 year old, a 6 year old, a 4.5 year old, and a 13 month old.  3 months later their 2.5 year old sister came to join them.  5 years later  another girl (now 8 came to join them)   In 1998  I adopted their younger sister & brother (Zeria & Samuel)

  
  

  I CAN NOT imagine what my life would have been like without them.  I was so lonely when I left college--after having the time of my life.  And God filled the incredible void in my life with my sisters & brothers.  I was there nanny until I adopted my own kids.  And I LOVED them & spoiled them to pieces. 

  
  

  Now what I want to know is how in the heck did my 7.5 year old sister become the absolutely gorgeous 16 year old that she is now???

  
  

  Happy Sweet 16 Christina!!  I love you! 

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