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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, December 1, 2019

Christmas Around the World

I love to travel and see the world. For awhile I collected vases, then wallets and purses, then mugs from everywhere that I travelled. Recently I started collecting nativities, and now those nativities are my favorite Christmas decorations. After going on a cruise this summer, I now have even more for my collection. 

 This one is from Roatan, Honduras. It's actually an ornament.

 This one came from Israel, though my parents don't remember buying it. It's marked Israel on it, though, with a K.K. for Karl Kloppmann.

 I bought this one two summers ago in Spain.

 This one came from Belize.

 I'm pretty sure I bought this one in San Antonio when we took a quick family trip there last Christmas. It may have come from Mexico, though. 


This one came from Guatemala. I ran out of money to get a nativity there, so one of our students bought me one at the airport before our flight took off. Such an incredibly touching gesture that will forever remind me of her.

 Both of these came from Colombia.


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