Raylene Haster:  

Life In August of 72 I got married and had two wonderful children before getting divorced in 1977. My daughter,Amy, died in 1979 from luekemia. By the grace of God I didn't totally lose my mind even though I thought I would for a while. It just didn't make sense to outlive my child at the time. But God in His infinite grace held me up and I was able to get on with the business of living and raising my son, Christopher, who is now 27, living & working in Dallas. I am remarried. My husband, Don, and I adopted our son, Taylor, in 1989. That baby is now a young man who is taller than me and still growing! I would have loved to have had more children but wasn't able to. Don & I both agree if we were able to change one thing about our lives it would be to have adopted more kids. Life is never dull with kids around! We homeschool Taylor, who is now 14. Homeschooling has been a great adventure. Christopher went to public school until the middle of 9th grade when we took him out of public school to homeschool. After he graduated from high school he attended TCJC and then went to Baylor University. Don flies for Southwest Airlines and loves it. It's a great company to work for and we are thankful it is one airline that didn't lay anyone off after 9/11. I have been a stay-at-home (what an oxymoron that is!)since we adopted Taylor. I love my "job" and am so blessed to have...Expand for more