 The Incredible True Story Of This Couple Who Adopted 12 Special Needs Children Heidi Horner Raffaele, 52, and Karla Horner Raffaele, 44, of Sitka, Alaska, are both teachers whose love for children is abundantly apparent. As if they didn't have enough children to care for at school, the couple has brought a whole classroom's worth of children into their home. The adventurous women, who now serve as a school administrator and a school director, respectively, have fostered 25 children and adopted 12, all from the foster care system. "Both Karla and I are healthy and could have given birth to our own children," explained Heidi. "But because we are teachers and had known so many foster children that were struggling and living in such difficult situations, we were overjoyed when -- about 18 years ago -- a local social worker asked us to take our first foster child. Today, we have a magnificent family like no other and we are very proud parents of 12 amazing children." |
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