Welcome to the 15 passenger family car

Yes, our family car is a 15 passenger van.

My wife Angie and I have four kids by birth, three by adoption and three more by guardianship. I have a son from before we were married. He is now in the military trying to make a name for himself. Our four birth children are Alex, our 14 year old freshmen, Taylor our 11 year old drama queen, and Hannah and Adam our 8 year old twins who still tell their parents how much they love us. The three children that we adopted are medically fragile with various health issues. They are profoundly disabled to some degree. Rickelle is bed-ridden and has already outlived her life expectancy by four years, Christopher is the victum of very severe fetal alcohol syndrome, and Elijah has sever disabilities due to drug and alcohol exposure. We also have a set of twins under a year old and a two year old that we are watching for a young lady who cannot currently provide for her kids...she is getting there.

I will use this blog to document our adventures, struggles and victories. I hope you enjoy and look forward to your feedback.

Ralph