As I stated in the first part, I am adopted; I was adopted at the age of nine, and I was adopted into a family whose last name was Sandusky. (Before I had been adopted, my name was Barbara Swensen.) There were 9 kids when I joined the family, but as I mentioned, the family has since grown by leaps and bounds.
I love my family very much; but I DO fight with my brothers and sisters on occasion (ALL siblings do; no family can't get along ALL of the time!!). As I also mentioned, a lot of my brothers and sisters are physically or mentally disabled, and three are BOTH mentally and physically disabled. But not ALL of the kids are disabled; there are "normal" healthy kids too, besides the disabled ones (like me, as an example).
My family consists of my mother and my father (their names are Louisiana and William ["Bill"]), and my grandfather and grandmother (Armand and Therese are their names; they are mommy's father and step-mother), and, of course, all of my brothers and sisters. Some of my brothers and sisters include Johnathon, Ronee', Steffi, Dwerlina, Robertito, Jeraldo, Trude, Sun-Hee, Mario, Enriquesa, Benjamin, Kwame', Kecia and her little sister Gloria, Michael, Richard, Anh Kim, Summer Song and her twin sisters Camey and Tammi, Pu Li and Mai Lee, Sergei, Heather, Rhiannon, Christiana, Sunshine Lee and her twin brother Andre' and their older sister Starlight Melody, Dwerlina, Melizza, Diana, Lightning, Sylvia, Loueva and her twin sister LaVella, Louise and HER twin sister Elise, Danita, and Tri. Also included are Jo-El, Tran, and Jodie. (I know I forgot some, but this is probably a good portion of them all!) In addition, there are two foster kids staying with us, two sisters named Hanh Ly and her little sister, Linn Chan.
Besides the kds, there are also pets. There are dogs, cats, horses, birds, hamsters, gerbils, rats, and rabbits at out house. It makes for a very noisy atmosphere, and if one doesn't like kids OR animals, then they had better stay away from our place because there's a lot of BOTH.
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Reviewed by David Leigh
1/17/2003
A real managery Karen. I don't often come over to this side.Nice to see you here. David.
whew, how do you keep 'em all straight? i'd be so confused...if i were barbara, i'd just say, "here's my folks and my brothers and sisters!" :) great story...can't wait to read more! (((HUGS))) and love, karla.
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