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Greg & Pat are hopeful adoptive parents from Michigan waiting to adopt a baby.

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

Hello! Hello and thank you for taking the time to learn more about us. We are Pat and Greg and have been happily married for 13 years. We have a loving, caring, fun relationship that is based on mutual love and trust. We are looking forward to becoming parents and welcoming a baby into our home. But in addition to that, we hope to expand the definition of family to include all the people who love our child by establishing a relationship with you and your family. We know that you love your child and are considering adoption because you want what is best for your baby. We hope as you read further you can see your baby as part of our family.

Who We Are and How We Met: Greg is the oldest of three boys and was raised about an hour north of New York City. His family now resides in the Buffalo area. Pat is the youngest of four girls and was raised on the east side of Detroit. Her family now stretches from Detroit to Virginia to California. Our extended family includes two nieces and two nephews – Adam and Anna live in Buffalo, and William and Mary live here in Michigan. We both had happy childhoods and visit with our families on a regular basis.

We met through mutual friends, one of whom happened to be Pat’s cousin. As we are from different states and different (but somehow the same) backgrounds, we truly believe that the hand of God was instrumental in our meeting. Greg had made a series of moves after college and ended up in Michigan, coincidentally only a half mile from where Pat lived. Greg's best friend married Pat's cousin. We exercised at the same YMCA from time to time. Despite the proximity and several chances, we never met. Then one day, Pat's cousin called and suggested we get together. After that, it was pretty much love at first sight and we haven't looked back.

Our Careers:
We both have fulfilling careers – Pat is a veterinarian, working with small animals (chiefly dogs and cats). Pat knew from a young age that she wanted to be a veterinarian and enjoys her career immensely. She has always loved animals and gets great satisfaction from being able to help both pets and their owners. Greg attended the Maritime College at Fort Schuyler, NY and planned to work on ocean-going vessels after graduation. Fate (and the economy), however, led him to the Great Lakes where he became a tug captain. As opportunity presented itself, he chose not to pursue a seafaring career and has chosen to develop a career as a writer.

Hobbies and Stuff:
We enjoy taking walks together, bike riding, swimming, going to (and renting) movies, traveling together, reading and just talking to each other. Pat’s favorite books are usually fiction (suspense, medical thrillers, mysteries, romances). Greg reads more nonfiction (usually history and politics). Our favorite place for rest and relaxation is Mackinac Island and lately we have been able to get there a couple times a year. Pat’s favorite hobby is also her passion – she loves to scrapbook! (Greg thinks she inherited a scrapbooking gene …) Greg is an avid music buff and he enjoys searching out and collecting various types of music. We also enjoy professional sports – Pat is a diehard Detroit Tigers and MSU fan, but enjoys any home team that is winning. Greg’s favorite teams are the SF 49er’s, NY Rangers, NY Knicks and the NY Mets (and -sigh- the Yankees). In recent years, Pat and Greg’s brother Michael have enjoyed the roller coasters of Cedar Point while Greg and Michael’s wife Sarah shake their heads disbelievingly. Both of us enjoy a good laugh and can find humor in many situations. Pat especially enjoys springing bad Cracker Jack jokes on her unsuspecting husband!

Our Home: We have a nice home in a suburb of Detroit with plenty of room for kids. It's a three bedroom colonial with a nice yard and small above-ground swimming pool. Our yard backs up to woods that enhance the beauty of the yard. We are close to parks, libraries, schools, bike paths and other recreational opportunities. The house comes with a minor cat infestation (as Greg would say) as we currently have three much loved and pampered cats (well, from Pat’s perspective at least)! Rogue and Storm are sisters named after the X-Men (comic books are also a hobby) and Zorro was named for the “Z” he scratched in Greg’s arm! We had a beautiful Golden Retriever named Amber who died a few years ago from cancer. As of now, we don’t have a dog, but there is definitely another dog in our future (we need someone to help us chase the cats)!

Our Hopes and Promises: We have hoped for children to make our family more complete for a while now. When we were unable to have biological children, we learned about adoption and became especially excited about open adoption because of the opportunities it offers to expand family beyond the mere definition of blood to a level that family should be - a group of individuals with common bonds who care more for each other than for themselves. They say you can't choose your family, but with open adoption we have a chance to do just that! We, of course, still have many questions and concerns as we assume you do as well, but we hope and pray that when we meet these concerns will dissolve and we will know that we are the answer to each others' prayers. We both want so much to become parents, hopefully of two or three children, so that our children would have sisters and/or brothers and have the same loving and caring family atmosphere in which we were both raised. We are Catholic and our recent experiences have served to increase our faith. We have learned to trust ever more deeply in God and that He truly does have a plan out there for us to become parents. We plan to raise our children with our faith, making it an integral part of all of our lives.

We think it is important that our children grow up knowing about their origins, so we plan to incorporate their adoption story into their life so that it will be as natural as breathing. We hope to have an ongoing relationship with you so that you will know your child is well-cared for and loved and so that you can be a part of his or her life, if you desire. We realize this will take a certain amount of faith from all of us, but we think the benefits reaped far outweigh the relatively small risks.

While we cannot know for sure what you are going through, we imagine that this is one of the most difficult decisions you will ever have to make. We pray for you to be able to reach peace and acceptance during this most challenging time. None of us are at this crossroads in our lives as a result of own choosing, but we each have the opportunity to make momentous decisions that will affect the rest of our lives. In the end, despite any doubts we may have, we forge ahead knowing that we will all be working together toward a greater good and a truly wondrous thing – the bringing into this world of another life entrusted to all of us. We trust that God will lead all of us to the right path.

Thank you for taking the time to learn more about us and if you would like to meet us, please, Send us a message.

With love and affection,
Pat & Greg