Rusty Yates Talks About His New Life

(ABC News)

A New Life

It was Rusty's compassion toward his ex-wife that attracted his second spouse, Laura.

"That's one of the things I really admired about him, that he is supporting her," Laura said. "My heart breaks for her and what happened and, you know, what she lives with every day."

Laura and Rusty met at church and married a year after Rusty and Andrea's divorce in 2005.

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The two have gotten to the point where they can joke about the fact that Laura never really needed to pry into Rusty's past, and that after his years of therapy, Rusty is good at emoting.

"He just shares a lot," Laura said.

Today, Rusty's life is remarkably normal. He's become a father once more, which he never dreamed he'd experience again.

Though he still thinks about the children he lost, Rusty's memories aren't nearly as frequent as they once were.

"Initially, it was constant, I mean just constant," he said. "Over time, that's lessened.

"It's every day for sure, but not all the time," he explained. "I think that, that having Mark though has been amazing because it's, it's provided a lot of restoration for me."