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waiting families
Welcome to Family Services' parent profiles. If you're experiencing an unplanned pregnancy and considering an adoption plan, we invite you to learn about some of the families eager to share their lives with a child.
| Bill and Debra |
Bill and Debra write, “We cannot imagine what you are feeling as you prepare your adoption plan for your sweet little one. We have so much respect for you and the courage you have in seeking the best plan for your child.
We have always desired to have a large family and recently have sensed a spiritual leading to expand our family through adoption. We are surrounded by neighbors, family, and friends who have adopted, and their stories give us much encouragement to pursue adoption. We love being a family and know we have so much more to share with another child: love, experience, security, stability, comfort, and of course fun, just to name a few.
Bill works as a Medical Physicist and Debra is a full time stay at home mom. Our daughters ages 11, 9 and 5 years old enjoy participating in church activities, piano lessons, swimming, and karate. As a family, we love to go hiking, camping, and to the beach for vacations. After 14 years of marriage and 11 years of parenting, we are looking forward to welcoming another child into our hearts, home, and family. We believe that children are gifts from God to be cherished and treasured. As you work through this difficult decision in your life we wish you peace and blessings.” |
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| Crystal and Jamie |
Jamie and Crystal write, "We are excited to share the journey of adoption with you, and we recognize how courageous you are to make one of the most important decisions in your life. It would be our privilege to parent a child and give him or her a secure and loving home. We want you to know that our relationship is built on love, honesty and trust...we are each other's best friend. We were high school sweethearts, and now we will celebrate our 13th wedding anniversary later this summer. Jamie works in the field of electronics and Crystal works for a law enforcement agency. We have recently moved into a spacious new home, and we have a nursery decorated and ready for a child. For fun, we enjoy movies, eating out, and travel. We have started a tradition of taking a trip on our anniversary - to a different place each year. We have talked about our dream of raising children together since the beginning of their marriage. We can't wait to rock our baby to sleep and watch as he or she takes their first steps. It is our dream to have children to shower with love and affection, to kiss and hug away tears.”
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| Erin and Jeff |
Jeff and Erin write, “Thank you so much for taking the time to get to know about us and our lives. We have been married for 7 years and best friends since we met 9 years ago. We are both active, easygoing, and fun-loving. We both enjoy sports, especially running. Jeff also enjoys golf and playing basketball, and Erin likes cooking and scrapbooking. Jeff works for a large national bank as an engineer in computer and information systems. Erin works part-time as a nurse. We cherish the opportunity for Erin to be a stay-at-home Mom to our wonderful 4 year old daughter.
Our family enjoys outings to parks, the zoo, the library, holiday celebrations, and sporting events, as well as vacations to the beach or to the Midwest to visit extended family. We have an open, comfortable house with a big backyard, located at the end of a quiet street. We live in a great neighborhood full of other families with children. Several times a year we have neighborhood block parties and everyone has lots of fun! We both had wonderful childhoods and each of us is still close to our parents, siblings, and extended family.
We hope to build similar memories in our own family. We also want to provide the opportunity for our children to fulfill their own dreams. We are ready to open our hearts to another child. We will love and cherish our new child, and fully welcome him or her into our family. We respect and appreciate the loving decisions that you are making on behalf of your child, and we wish you peace and happiness.”
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| Lindsay, Rebekah, and daughters |
| “We know this is a period of great change in your life right now and are amazed and thankful that you are working so hard to do what is right for you and your baby. We’d like to tell you a bit about our family…We dated through college and married 9 years ago. Ever since dating and first talking about having kids, we knew that we would someday adopt. We were blessed with the birth of our oldest daughter 6 years ago and then again with the adoption of our youngest 4 years ago. We are all excited to be “expecting” a baby again – the girls talk often about bringing their baby toys out for their new little brother or sister. Our girls enjoy playing with their dolls and toy cars, riding bikes, swimming at the pool or beach, going to the park, visiting with their grandparents and cousins. We all enjoy camping, hiking, reading together. Before our kids were born, we spent a year doing volunteer work in Central America and believe that time did much to make us who we are today; international trips have been and will continue to be important learning experiences (and loads of fun) for our whole family. Rebekah gives anesthesia during surgery as a nurse anesthetist; she appreciates having a career that allows her to help people, both here and around the world. We have always wanted one of us to be able to stay at home with our kids and are glad that Lindsay is able to be a stay-at-home dad. He is also a photojournalist and does freelance photography. Being Mommy and Daddy to our girls has been so joyous, and we look forward to a new baby and the added dimension that he or she will bring to our family. We are thinking of you through this process and want you to know we are willing to work with you in the ways you see best for baby.” |
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