Family is More than Biology

Family is so much more than biology to my family. To me, good friends become part of my family. My friends, my church, my neighbors - they are all a part of my family.

My cousins, Brian and Megan, were adopted from Colombia when I was young.

 Exchange students from when I was in high school and college are still part of our lives. Above is me, my brother (Geoff), our cousins (Brian and Megan), and exchange students, Frank (from Columbia), and Els (from the Netherlands).

 We met Karen and Joey on a river cruise in Europe. Geoff and I visited them several years later in Alaska, and the following year in Oregon.

Koen is Els's son. She came back to the states with her husband and Koen when he was 9 months old. We skype on holidays.

 Megan and Robyn are the "grandchildren-by-love". I've watched them grow up and they are truly part of the family.