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Dear
Expectant parents,
Hello!
We are Peter and
Barbara.
We are so excited to be
writing to you.
We feel like this is the
most important letter we will ever write.
We are honored that you
are taking the time to read about us.
We have so much we want
to share with you.
Most importantly, please
know that we think you are extraordinary for
giving the gift of life to your unborn child.
Your strength and
courage provides a waiting family like us with
the chance to give a baby all the love in our
hearts. If
chosen, we promise to provide a warm, fun,
loving and happy home for your baby.
We welcome you with open
arms and hope to build a long, lasting
relationship together.
Peter and Barbara met while at college
in upstate New York.
We started dating our
senior year.
After graduation, Peter
accepted a job with a global logistics company
in Chicago.
He has been working with
them for over 17 years.
Barbara moved out to
Chicago almost a year later and accepted a job.
Three years later we
were married!
We just celebrated our
14th
wedding anniversary this year.
We are a loving,
committed couple who support one another every
step of the way.
We have been through
some very difficult times together and as a
result, we have grown stronger from each
experience.
Peter and Barbara take every opportunity
to be around family and to travel!
We have lots of family
and friends spread out over the U.S. so we try
to see them as much as possible. We
also love to get away to a warm, tropical
destination every year.
Peter is an avid scuba
diver and Barbara “bubble watches” with her
snorkel.
A few of our favorite
destinations are Belize, Mexico, Aruba, Virgin
Islands, Honduras, and Grand Cayman. Most of our
hobbies include being outdoors and working in
the yard.
When the weather permits
we love to take our dogs for a walk, ride bikes
or read a good book on our patio.
We also enjoy catching
up with friends, trying new restaurants, reading
and watching movies together.
Peter is a Platoon
Sergeant in the Army National Guard Reserve so
one weekend a month he typically spends time
training other soldiers in the field.
He is very passionate
about serving his country and protecting his
family and others.
One of toughest hurdles for Peter and
Barbara was trying to have a family.
When Barbara was in high
school she had many ovarian cysts that went
undetected.
She was told early on in
life that pregnancy would be very difficult for
her.
She always knew in her
heart that adoption would be a way her family
was completed.
Miraculously, we were
successful in getting pregnant and we were
blessed with our son Max.
Barbara had many
complications in her pregnancy and an extremely
difficult delivery but in the end everything
worked out.
We thank God every day for the life we
have after Max but we
knew it was time to pursue adoption for our next
child.
We decided to adopt
internationally.
When Max was three, his
little sister Avery came home from South Korea.
The sun rises and sets
with Avery.
Max loves her more than
anything in the world.
Avery adores Max and
looks up to him so much.
They are so close as
friends and siblings.
Avery is very proud of
her Korean heritage.
We celebrate her “gotcha
day” every year!
Our friends, family and
neighbors are always part of the celebration.
She’s an educator of
adoption.
Avery knows that her
birth mother loved her so much that she provided
an adoption plan for her since she could not
raise Avery herself.
She is very confident
and comfortable about her adoption because she
knows she is loved by not one but two mothers.
We write letters and
send photos to Avery’s birth mother.
We are so proud to share
everything we can about her amazing daughter.
When Avery was four and Max was six, we
were notified that Peter’s army unit would be
deployed to Afghanistan the following year.
This put any plans for
adopting another baby on hold.
Peter returned home
safely after a year of deployment.
It took us a good year
to get the family back into a routine etc.
We decided as a family
that we all wanted to adopt a baby.
Max and Avery are so
eager to be a big brother and big sister.
They have written
letters to you in this book.
We asked the kids to
write to you from their heart and to be as
honest as possible.
We hope you enjoy
reading them!
We live in a suburb outside the city of
Chicago.
We live in a community
that was designed for all types of families.
We have many, many
beautiful parks and playgrounds, a clubhouse
with 3 different types of swimming pools, tennis
courts, basketball courts, walking trail,
sledding hill and ice skating park.
Our elementary and
middle schools were built for our community.
Both are within walking
distance of our house.
We designed our home
with a big family in mind!
Our yard is usually
filled with neighborhood kids playing together.
We are surrounded by
wonderful families that we consider our extended
family.
Several other families
have been blessed with adopting, there’s lots of
diversity in our neighborhood.
We have lived here for
almost six years and we hope to be here at least
another sixty!
We'd like to thank you for taking the
time to get to know our family.
While looking through
our book, we hope that you will be able to see
how much love we have to give another child.
We are an energetic
family that loves to travel, be outdoors and we
would love to include your child in all the
wonderful activities we do.
We embrace open adoption and think it is
a wonderful way to celebrate the never ending
love of a mother.
We wish you all the
happiness in your future; please know you are in
our thoughts and prayers.
All the best,
Peter, Barbara, Max and Avery |
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Email-info@journeysoftheheart.net
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