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Liberty | Heather Stone

by Heather Stone
The Tucker family adopted 34 handicapped children to live with them in one home; the Galilean home in Liberty, KY. Sandy and Jerry Tucker are the parents of all these children.
The Tucker family adopted 34 handicapped children to live with them in one home; the Galilean home in Liberty, KY. Sandy and Jerry Tucker are the parents of all these children.
The Tucker family adopted 34 handicapped children to live with them in one home; the Galilean home in Liberty, KY. Sandy and Jerry Tucker are the parents of all these children. It is 6:00 am and all the children have to help each other get up i the morning. Mary Elizabeth, 17, with Down Syndrome, helps Patty, 12, who is autistic and crippled, put on a dress in the morning.
The Tucker family adopted 34 handicapped children to live with them in one home; the Galilean home in Liberty, KY. Sandy and Jerry Tucker are the parents of all these children. #2 Elizabeth could not get the dress on because she had missed an arm hole but she could not understand why it was not right. Margaret Wimmer, an employee of the Galilean Home takes over as Elizabeth looks on.
The Tucker family adopted 34 handicapped children to live with them in one home; the Galilean home in Liberty, KY. Sandy and Jerry Tucker are the parents of all these children. Amy, 12, with brain damage, James, 18, with Down Syndrome and Weldon, 7, deaf and mute, hug just for the sake of hugging during the day at the Galilean Home. The whole atmosphere of the home os based around love and helping each other.
The Tucker family adopted 34 handicapped children to live with them in one home; the Galilean home in Liberty, KY. Sandy and Jerry Tucker are the parents of all these children. Two children hold hands while praying before eating breakfast Friday morning in Liberty, Ky.

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