Friday, March 21, 2025
Are all of your children your biological offspring?
Lisa and I had no problems having children. We always planned ahead,
picking what month we wanted a child and that was the month that we had a
child. Lisa did miscarry once between Ben and Alycia but that was the only
problem we ever had. We wanted our children spaced about two years apart and
they were born as follows:
Brandon 1984
Ben 1986
Alycia 1989
Alex 1991
Sarah 1993
While we had no problems conceiving and bearing children, several of
our children did struggle. Kira couldn’t get pregnant and ended up adopting her
first three children. They were then blessed to be able to give birth to a
sweet little girl. Ben and Sharley had no problem conceiving but were unable to
carry the child to full term. They finally figured out what was wrong and then
with proper medication she gave birth to two more children. Sarah also couldn’t
conceive until they figured out what was going on and with proper medication
she gave birth to two beautiful children.
We have been very blessed through both adoption and the foster system.
They both come with inherent problems and heart ache, but they are also great
blessings. Kira and Justin’s oldest three are adopted and Ben and Sharly chose
to foster two sisters at two different times. While they only fostered one at a
time, for all practical purposes, they are now fostering the entire family of four
girls.
Are any adopted?
See above
How did you react when you found out you would become
a parent for the first time?
When we first got married, we wanted to have children as soon as possible. We were married July 11th but come October, when I was back in school, Lisa decided that maybe she would go to school and get a university degree also. As far as we knew, she wasn’t pregnant yet, so she quit her job and started submitting university applications. In November she missed her period. While it was a bummer that she had quit her job (the maternity leave would have been helpful) we were ecstatic. We never regretted starting our family early and every one of our children was planned and wanted.
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