Posted on 11/20/2014 3:26:19 AM PST by PROCON
Jeane Briggs and her husband, Paul, have five biological children and 29 adopted ones. Taking in orphans, especially those with health problems or disabilities, is ‘what my husband and I feel called to do by our faith,’ the 58-year-old told The News. And there are plans to continue to expand the family.
Think the holidays are chaotic at your house? Imagine celebrating with 34 children — all of whom are your own.
Jeane Briggs, 58, and her husband Paul, 59, have five biological children and 29 adopted ones.
The Briggs kids are between ages 35 and 4 . While they don't all live at the family home in Falling Waters, W.Va., there are still plenty of mouths to feed.
Thanksgiving involves peeling more than 25 pounds of potatoes and preparing two 25-pound turkeys in addition to ham and other sides.
"If I want leftovers I have to add a third turkey," Jeane Briggs told the Daily News.
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Great story. His company is pretty amazing to offer what they do. Wonder how these people will be attacked by the left, a la the Duggars.
My neighbor takes in children too. I think she has 7 or 8 now. Some come and go.
This is her job and she makes big money doing it from the state.They own a beautiful home and drive a Volvo van.
The state pays for the children’s food lodging and healthcare.
I don’t begrudge her for what she does.She is a wonderful person, and a great surrogate mother but I am amazed at the taxpayer money spent on these kids.
wonderful story.
I am envious of this family.
It appears to be well spent in this case instead of just being used to buy votes. I doubt that this lady will ever be involved in an fight over tee shirt sales.
I met a couple like that, briefly, a long time ago.
They appeared to be doing a lot of good and were planning on a larger house, etc.
Then one of the teen girls they took in sued..................
I never found out how that turned out.
This family was planning on doing similar things. Then the dad died in a car accident a few years ago. Mom kept going, keeps adopting. Some with mental/physical issues, others with psychological issues (an older set of twins rescued from human trafficking...a nasty and wonderful story). Amazing people, like the ones in this story, and all who take in what others consider ‘human debris’.
I would suspect there are at least three groups of people who jump into this kind of situation.
Those who are really good people doing God’s work in the world.
Those who collect children roughly the way crazy cat ladies collect cats and for much the same reason.
Those who find the children they take in a ready source of fresh meat for their perversions.
I hope the first group is much more common than the other two.
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