Waiting Parents
Jim and Lisa... waiting in Connecticut
Dear Birthmother,
Thank you for taking the time to read about us and consider us as prospective adoptive parents. You must care deeply about providing the best possible life for your child. We can only hope to assure you through this brief introduction that we will love and nurture any child who becomes part of our family. Our commitment to you is that we will do everything in our power to raise a happy, healthy child. We will instill a sense of family values and emphasize education so that the child will prosper and grow into a strong, independent adult. Our family will provide stability and love, and we are very excited to share our home and life experiences with a new baby.
About Us - Jim and Lisa
We met on a blind date set up by family and friends and have never looked back! There was an immediate draw and connection to each other, and our love and commitment to one another has only deepened, as has our desire to add a baby to our family. We married and bought a beautiful home that we knew would be ideal for starting a new family together.
Jim is a director of customer service and has worked at the same company for over twenty years. Lisa is a manager in the healthcare field, an industry which she has been part of for over twelve years. We both enjoy helping people in our jobs. Although important to both of us, work is secondary to spending time with our family.
We are fun-loving and have many similar interests. We spend most of our free time with our extended family and many friends, laughing, enjoying each others’ company, and playing family games. Summer weekends are spent at the family’s shoreline home, where we enjoy boating on the salt pond and playing with our nieces and nephews on the sandy beaches. We are avid music listeners, love to dance, and participate in (and watch) sports of all kinds. Travel is a special interest for us, because we love to sight-see and learn about and experience different regions and cultures.
Our Home
Our home is in a quiet residential neighborhood. The street we live on is actually a circle, so there is almost no traffic and children are always out
playing and riding their bikes. It is absolutely perfect for young children.
Our three bedroom ranch on nearly an acre of land is spacious and overlooks a private golf course. We especially enjoy our fish pond in the back yard with its serene mini-waterfall. The town we live in has a great school system as well as several parks and playgrounds for children.
Our Family
Both of us come from large families with many siblings and aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins, all of whom we spend a great deal of time with. Jim has two grown children from a prior marriage, and they are very excited about the possibility of a new addition to the family! Nicholas, whom Jim adopted when Nicholas was five years old, lives only a few miles away from us. Jim’s daughter Jillian is a junior in college and lives with us while on college break. Putting both kids through college was a priority. We are very proud of the adults Nicholas and Jillian have become.
Both of us simply love children. Jim looks forward to possibly coaching again some day, as he did for his two children when they were young. Lisa is very excited to be a mom! Lisa and Jim spend a great deal of time with Lisa’s four nieces and one nephew, who range in ages from four to twelve. Lisa has for many years set aside special days with them for her so called “big kid” adventures, including planned activities and a sleep-over with movies, crafts, and games. Jim has jumped right into these often chaotic but always fun events! Everyone, kids and adults alike, look forward to these special days which create lasting memories.
Because of how we have been raised, and with our diversity of family and heritage, we understand the obligation to honor all people and respect different cultures and ethnicity. We will continue to do so in our new family, and are very grateful and feel blessed for that opportunity. We have been disappointed that we have been unable to give birth naturally, but it has opened our hearts to the amazing possibility of welcoming an adopted baby into our home and our lives.
We hope above all that you have peace and happiness during this process and wish you all the best.
Sincerely,
Jim and Lisa
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