mrs. kleiner

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About me

Gender Female
Industry Non-Profit
Occupation Mom
Location Seattle, Washington
Introduction I have been married to the delicious Joe Kleiner for 6 years. I got preg in 1999 & miscarried at 17 weeks. I was depressed for a very long time. I now know I have PCOS, an endocrine disorder and leading cause of infertility. Joe and I both felt compelled to adopt foster children so we called ANTIOCH ADOPTIONS. They are committed to helping normal people adopt & to getting kids out of foster care. Our kids came home in the fall of 2001. Bret (8), Nene (7), and Tony (5). In 2004 we were contacted because the kids had a new biological sister and through God's amazing providence we now have her too. Yes, that's four-ages 12, 10, 9 and 1. This is where the mythology begins. Often people who don't know us hold to an erroneous and misguided belief that I am special, a saint if you will. That THEY would never be able to live my life. That God has not CALLED THEM to fostering or adopting. I disagree with every cell of my being. I am no saint. But I do believe that Jesus calls us ALL to care for the fatherless, to love the unlovable, and to die to ourselves. So this is my attempt to set the record straight.
Interests politics, craigslist, reading, doula work, movies, hanging with my kids, soccer (watching), writing, crafts, traveling
Favorite Movies In America, High Fidelity, Punch Drunk Love, secretary, Saved, Usual Suspects, Goonies, Lost Boys
Favorite Music Blind Boys of Alabama, The Killers, Citizen Cope, Earlimart, Modest Mouse (who doesn't love them now), Trainsleeper, Bill Mallonee, Jem, Wilco, U2, Dave Matthews, Indigo Girls, Bon Jovi, Van Morrison, Chris Isaak, Clint Black, Johnny Cash, Dixie Chicks, Toad, Meryl Haggard, Jan Arden, Marc Cohn
Favorite Books The Tightwad Gazette, Prayer for Owen Meany, Expecting Adam, Traveling Mercies, When you Eat at the Refrigerator Pull Up A Chair, The Second Coming of Lucy Hatch, the Bible, Blue Like Jazz, Diary, Encyclopedia Brown