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Mark & Sarah are hopeful adoptive parents from Ohio waiting to adopt a baby.

If you are pregnant and considering placing your child for adoption, please read the following Dear Birthmother Letter.

Congratulations!
We're Adopting.

Our Road to Adoption As we made the decision to adopt, we found that our ideas of how our family would begin were changing. We began to consider how our child would come to us and who they would come from. We felt a great comfort in making this decision. While it is difficult for us to understand the struggle you are going through, we are grateful for the courage and strength you have already shown, and the love you have for your child, that has brought you to this point. We have thought about you and wonder what you must be like, and hope this letter lets you know a little of what we are like.

The two of us (and so much more) The most important thing you could know about us is that we are best friends. We are in our late twenties now, but we met when we were just 14 and 15 years old. This means we have already spent almost half of our lives together! We have done so much growing and changing from our teenage years until now, but we continue to grow and progress together. While our relationship is so important, and fun and rewarding, we want to share the love and joy we have with children in our home.

We both come from big families, and have always expected to have one of our own. This has made not being able to get pregnant difficult, however adopting felt so right as we talked and prayed about it. Sarah is the third of five children, and Mark is the second of five as well. Almost all of our family lives within driving distance, and we spend lots of time with them. They are all very supportive of our decision to adopt, and are very excited to welcome an addition to our family. Our nieces and nephews (there are 10 so far) are constantly asking when they will have a new cousin to play with!

Everyday Life Right now we both work full time and are both going to college to continue our educations. Sarah earned her bachelors in Psychology, and is currently working on her masters in Social Work. Mark is currently working on his bachelors. While Sarah works full time now, we plan on her being a stay-at-home mom. Mark has worked in the medical field for almost ten years, has earned a professional license, and assists doctors in performing cardiac procedures.

Even though our responsibilities keep us busy, we try to make the most of our free time. As we mentioned, we have lots of family close by, and spend quite a bit of time with them. We also spend a good amount of time at home with our dog and two cats, as well as with our next-door neighbors. Some of the other things we do together are to read books to each other, go to the movies, ride bicycles, go rollerblading, camping, and of course, the never-ending home improvement projects. We also like to travel; we have already been to Mammoth Cave, Zion's National Park, Yellowstone, Emerald Isle, Myrtle Beach, Idaho, Michigan, Florida, New York, and Mexico. We hope to continue to explore with our children and discover new wonders with them. We are so excited to share our interests with our children, while helping them to develop their own talents and find out what their interests will be.

The Love We Want to Share One of the things that our parents have instilled in us is an importance of continually learning. We hope to help our children learn not only those subjects taught in school, but also to love those around them and respect the world we live in. We have been taught to be accepting of others, and to value different opinions, ideas and backgrounds. We love nature and have been taught to respect and take care of the environment around us. We hope to pass these values on to our children.

The most important thing we hope to pass on to our children is our love for our Heavenly Father and our Savior, Jesus Christ. We have both developed a personal relationship with Him. We recognize the blessings He has given us and His influence in our lives. We feel that our path to adoption was guided by Him and that this is how He would have us build our family. We feel great peace in this knowledge. We will continue to try to create a loving, peaceful, and fun home, where our children will always want to be.

We are both so excited about becoming parents! We have anticipated this since before we were married, and have been working towards this dream for some time. While many of the aspects of adopting a child will be the same as if we had given birth to them, we recognize that there will be differences also. Should you choose us to be the parents of your child, we would very much like to meet you, if possible. We would like to be able to share with our child what you are like and keep you updated through pictures, letters and email. We thank you for considering us, and for the love you have for your child. We wish you peace and pray for you.

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