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Aaron and Mary
We are Aaron and Mary, and our kids' names are Lyla and Rex. Aaron is an Assistant Technical Director at our church and has been there since 2006, and Mary is an Assistant Director at a childcare center and she has been there since 2005. Mary was diagnosed at 19 with severe endometriosis and was not expected to easily become pregnant, therefore both Rex and Lyla were miracles as they were both conceived naturally and easily. We are so grateful that God gave us 2 amazing kids before Mary had to have her hysterectomy. Rex is 9 and loves karate, board games, video games, playing outside with friends and reading. Lyla is 6 and loves soccer, soccer, tea parties, babies, and playing outside with friends! We have had a heart for adoption for many years and decided as a family this year to start the process. Lyla and Rex talk often of their future younger sibling and they cannot wait to help care for them, and we pray for our future child and for their birth parents every day. One of our nephews, Gabriel, is adopted and is very excited about having an adopted cousin one day. Gabriel and his adoption story are a big part of what made us fall in love with the idea of adopting ourselves. We know that while it will bring us great joy to bring another child into our family in this way, there will be heartbreak and loss for their birth parents and we hope to keep that connection open so that their birth parent knows how they are doing and growing as the years go on, and so that they can know about where and who they came from as well. We hope that as you look through our profile it will give you a glimpse into our family and how much we love each other, our families, our friends, and our future child.
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Matthew (Matt) and Shelley
Ever since our dating days, we've talked about having a desire to adopt. We've watched many friends walk through the adoption journey and fall in love with a child. We know the selflessness and bravery birth moms show, and we knew some of the obstacles that adoptive parents go through. Our journey together took an unexpected turn when we found out that Matt had cancer. Because of the treatments Matt received, we were told that having biological children would probably prove to be difficult. It was shortly after Matt's recovery that we decided we didn't want to pursue medical treatments to have biological children. While many people might have tried more to have children, we decided to explore adoption to see what God might have for us. After research, prayer and many conversations, we are so grateful to be pursuing adoption as a way to grow our family! We don't take this step lightly. We know that there will be difficulties and joys, but we believe strongly in life for all and the beauty that can come through adoption. We pray that we'll be able to not only adopt a child, but to also form a beautiful relationship with our child's first parents and extended family.
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Sam and Kelly
We're grateful that you have decided to take the time to get to know us and consider us as you make a very significant decision for your baby. We won't pretend to understand what you are going through, all the feelings and decisions you're faced with as you decide what is best for you and your child. But we know it takes great love for your baby and courage to seek out support. So we pray that you are surrounded by a community that is supporting, advising, and providing for you at this time. We are hopeful to become parents, fulfilling a deep heart's desire for both of us! We too come into this process with a lot of emotions. But it's love and courage that also carries us as we hope to grow our family. As we planned our future together, starting a family was at the top of our decisions. We've experienced so much joy being an aunt and uncle and loving our friends' kids, so we felt excited about having a child of our own. Shortly after our wedding, we discovered that having a biological child would require fertility treatments. Instead of going through these treatments, we decided to pursue adoption. We have always believed adoption to be a powerful way to grow a family. We've had family and friends who adopted share how it has made their lives richer. While we grieved not being able to have a biological child, we knew we had so much love to give to a child. Adoption is a way for us to not only love a child but also to be a supportive community to birth parents.
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Josh and Julie
Hello! We are Josh and Julie, and we have one daughter, Gracelyn, who is very excited to become a big sister! We are high school sweethearts who met at the beginning of our sophomore year of high school and have been together ever since. We share a love of Jesus, broasted chicken, and Friends TV show reruns! Our love language is sarcasm and there is no shortage of laughter in our home! We both consider ourselves to be introverts, but have a strong, supportive group of friends who we love to get together with often. We are also actively involved in various groups within our church. Josh was adopted as an infant and was raised as an only child. As an adult, he was reunited with his birth parents and was excited to learn that he has a half-sister! Julie is the middle of three children and comes from a very large extended family. Gracelyn made us parents after 7 years of struggling with infertility. Our family has two very energetic dogs, Elsa and Zoey. We are all very excited for our family to grow!
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Matt and Dee
Hi, Thank you for looking at our profile and for considering us as your child's adoptive parents. We understand that this is a life changing decision for you and your child, and we can't imagine what you must be feeling, thinking, and experiencing. We promise to provide a loving, nurturing, and fulfilling life for your sweet little one. We would be honored to be a part of this journey with you and we want you to know that your child will always know how much you love them. We have lots of love to give, and with your help, your child will grow up knowing how precious they are, and how loved they are by us all. We are praying for you both daily and if you choose, we would be honored to be part of this journey with you. Matt and Dee
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Justin and Samantha
Having a family has long been a desire of ours since before we were married. Spending time with nieces and nephews over the years made us truly realize what a joy it is to be around the little ones. Once we felt the time was right, we started to try and have our own child, but we soon realized it was not going to be that simple. After several difficult years of many miscarriages and grief, we felt our hearts pulled towards a different path. Over time, our grief was transformed into determination as we took our first steps towards adoption, a wonderful journey we never thought God would lead us on.
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Aaron and Alex
Welcome to our family page! We are filled with excitement as we think about welcoming a child into our home through adoption. By reading our profile, we hope you can gain an appreciation for who we are as a couple and what it would be like for your baby to join our family. We admire your bravery in considering an adoption plan and pray for God to lead you to the right family for your baby. From the bottom of our hearts, we thank you for giving us the opportunity to introduce ourselves and share our lives with you. Our families always say we are the happiest couple with the best smiles, and we cannot wait to add baby smiles and more happiness to our family!
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Daniel and Megan
We are Daniel, Megan and Violet. We adopted Violet in September of 2017 and we are really excited to continue adding to our family again through adoption.
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David and Aimee
Hi! We are David and Aimee. Thank you for looking over our profile. We hope this helps you get a better sense of our life and the world we would like to share with your baby. We cannot imagine what you may be feeling as you consider creating an adoption plan. Please know we are praying for you as you are exploring what is best for you and your baby.
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Jesse and Krista
Dear Friend, God loves you and so do we. We cannot imagine the difficult decision that you are facing, but we admire you for prayerfully considering the beautiful choice of adoption. Only a selfless, loving, and courageous mother can make this choice. We thank you for giving us the opportunity to tell you about ourselves and we hope you consider getting to know us a little bit more. Love, Jesse, Krista, and Siboney
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John and Anna
Hello, We wish we could sit down with you face to face. If we could, we would listen to your story and we would love to hear about your family, your hopes, your dreams, and your fears. We hope one day we will get a chance to do that. Until then, we would love to tell you a little bit of our story. Our story begins in college, in the spring term of our freshman year. We met in a computer class, and it didn't take long before we started dating. Within 4 years of meeting each other, we were married. We have always had a desire to adopt children, and early in our marriage we attended courses to learn more about adoption. After years of infertility and learning we may not be able to conceive, we were so blessed to have the opportunity to adopt our first child. She has been an absolute blessing to our lives, and both of us love and cherish every second we get to spend with her. We would love for our family to continue to grow and give our daughter a sibling to love and grow up with. Thank you for taking your time to read our story, we hope to hear yours at some point too.
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Dan and Stephanie
From our early days of dating and marriage, adoption has always been on our minds and hearts. We have always loved children, pouring into them and seeing them grow and flourish. Should you choose us to be your adoptive family, we would love to have as much of an open relationship with you, the birth dad and both your families as you are comfortable with. We believe staying connected and forging those relationships is best for a child's development overall. Should we be entrusted with a child who comes from a different culture or ethnicity from us, we would make sure this little one is able to see their skin color around them, from books to playmates to posters hanging on their walls. We desire to raise our children in a home that honors all the skin colors God designed in humanity and the rich history and heritage He has given us in each other. We live in a great neighborhood within walking distance to our elementary school, nearby parks and family a few blocks away. We love getting to spend time with family, near or far, and time with friends and their children. We are actively part of our local church (where Dan is one of the pastors) and look forward to raising our child to learn about God's love for them. Ultimately our desire is to love and parent a child so they can grow to be all God made them to be.
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