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Victor & Melissa are hopeful adoptive parents from Virginia waiting to adopt a baby.

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

Congratulations!
Adoption in Progress.

Dear Birthparent,

Thank you for reading our letter. We admire your courage and selflessness for considering adoption! We wonder who you are and what you are going through. You are loved, and so is your baby.

Although we are very happy together and doing well in life, there is a big hole in our lives. We already have a place in our hearts and home for this child. Our hearts have been broken after many years of infertility and miscarriage, so we know some of the pain of letting go of a baby. When we made the decision to adopt, it was after much prayer and contemplation. We wanted to be sure to adopt a baby for the right reasons: we want this child to know that he or she was never a “Plan B.” We decided to adopt because we want to love and raise a child, no matter how he or she arrives in our family.

Our home is a happy one. We have a secure marriage and career. We are college sweethearts who have known each other since we were fourteen years old. We married in the Washington, D.C. LDS temple in 2002. We are Christians and are very active serving in our church. Victor works for the Department of Defense, and Melissa taught Kindergarten for five years. She is a wonderful teacher who has a special gift with children. Your child would have a wonderful education and be surrounded by good books and laughter. Melissa now owns her own dog-walking business, but plans to be a stay-at-home mom in the future. Melissa is a good cook, enjoys yoga, and is a happy person. Victor is a natural leader. He is lighthearted and smart, plays the guitar, and he loves to repair cars as well as build racecars.

We are outdoorsy, active people with unique tastes and interests. We live in a beautiful area, surrounded by mountains, caves, rivers, and national parks and forests. We love the Earth. We love to hike and go caving! We go for walks with the dog after dinner. We live a relaxed life, and value the importance of free time and imagination… letting children feel the grass between their toes and the “wiggliness of worms.” Our home is a safe haven from the world.

We live near our parents. Our parents and extended families would be a large part of our child’s life. Melissa’s mother is already dreaming about baking cookies with her first grandchild, and Melissa’s father is an avid record collector and guitarist. Victor’s mother is from Iran, and Victor’s father is Italian-American. They both look forward to teaching their grandchild new languages. We travel the world to visit Victor’s extended family in Sweden, Australia, Italy, and England. Our child would travel the world with us and be exposed to many cultures.

You would not be forgotten. We would raise this child to know how much love and strength you showed to place him or her for adoption. We value honesty and trust, so we would be open with our child from the beginning about the family who loved him or her first. We are open to as much or as little contact as you need. We would look forward to getting to know you. We are so grateful for you, because people like us would never get to be parents without you. Our prayers are with you, no matter what you decide.

With love,
Victor and Melissa

Melissa says about Victor: Victor is like a warm blanket out of the dryer. He is comforting and calming. He balances me out when I feel anxious. He has expanded my life to include traveling the world to visit his family, learning about new cultures, and being unafraid to try new things. I am constantly amazed by him: he can fix anything, excel at anything, and make me laugh until I pee!

Victor says about Melissa: Melissa is probably the only person capable of tolerating all of my idiosyncrasies and loving me at the same time. She has an amazing spirit and a limitless capacity for love and compassion towards others, including me! She is very maternal and has a natural talent for teaching and communicating with children in a manner that is not condescending to them. I want nothing more than to raise children with her as my companion.