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I've been married to my husband, Michael, for almost 25 years. I'm a mom to a biological son and an adopted son from Colombia, and I'm also a spiritual mom to my adopted son's older brother, who I claim as a son in my heart. I'm bilingual and love to work with and relate to Spanish-speaking children and families. I've been a teacher to students from all sorts of backgrounds and cultures for the last 20+ years. I'm also an author and a certified Biblical counselor. I'm in a new empty nest season in a new location far from where I raised my boys, so I'm definitely in a stage of rediscovering myself, my interests, and my purpose.

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Sunday, June 14, 2015

Celebrating 2 years as a family

Yesterday marked two full years since the day we finally got Juan David back. June 13, 2013. Hop on over to my other blog, www.unexpectedtearsbook.blogspot.com, to see a poem I wrote for him back in 2009, hoping he'd join our family very soon. Little did we know the struggle and heartache on the horizon at that moment, still four years before he'd actually join our family.

Rachelle Alspaugh's photo.    
2013
Rachelle Alspaugh's photo.
2015

I told someone the other day that our adoption experience was horrible, one I wouldn't wish on anyone. At the same time, though, God was in it, and for that, I wouldn't trade it for anything.

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