Dear Birth Parent(s),

First and foremost I would like to express my thanks and gratitude. Taking the time to read this letter to learn more about us is one reason, but, mostly for being thoughtful and caring enough to research and seek a family that will make a good match for your child. In my wildest dreams I cannot even begin to comprehend what you are going through and the decision you have come to make. In my eyes you are so truly blessed.

Here is just a little information to get you started on who we are. My husband I have been married for nearly 13 years and in 2001 we were blessed with a baby girl through a healthy and happy pregnancy. Since that time we have tried to conceive again but with no success. It slowly became apparent that God had other plans for us. At first we thought that meant having no more children. Then, little by little, we began to pick up on the hints being left for us, ultimately leading us to look into adoption. After speaking with a couple that lived nearby, and discussing their journey of how they came to find their two beautiful daughters through adoption, we knew without a doubt that this was where we were going to realize our dreams of bringing a child into our hearts and homes.

I am a full time stay at home mother to our daughter and my husband is a Regional Manager with a nationwide machine tool company. We enjoy spending most of our free time being together as a family, going to movies, playing games, boating, tubing and other water sports. We also enjoy being part of various activities at our church including, Mission Friends (for the little ones), Acteens (youth program), and Sunday school. Our church has been a real blessing for us. It is where we met most of our friends and neighbors all of whom played a huge role in making our new home (at the time we first moved here over 4 years ago) a true “home”. We live in a fantastic neighborhood where we share in lots of fun with our neighbors and their children. Many of whom are more than just neighbors, they’ve come to be lifelong friends. Our daughter loves being around other children and often asks when we are going to have a baby. (I guess you could say she is learning a lot about patience these days. ?) My husband is the youngest of 7 siblings and I am the younger of 2. Since the day we met we’ve talked of having a large family of our own since we love being part of all the activities a large family offers. There is always someone to talk to, play games with, go on walks or to the movies with… and the family reunions with 40+ children (24 nieces and nephews on Chuck’s side alone) are FANTABULOUS (yes, I made that word up)!!!

While there is no way for us to tell you everything about us in such a short letter we want you to know you are welcome to ask us anything. We wish to make this opportunity for you and ourselves as comfortable and as certain as possible. Though we have not met you we have been praying for you to come into our lives and know that somehow we will be brought together if and when the time is right. We have included photos of our home, neighbors and family as well as our pets, Jake (our three legged dog), Cassie (our one eyed cat), and our other cat Angel…she has all her parts! ? We feel as though our family is truly blessed just the way we are, however we wish to pursue our desire to grow our family and are hopeful that will soon come to be. We have so much love to offer and are anxious to share it with a child (or children) looking for a strong, supportive, caring, loving and most importantly, happy family.