First of all, thank you!
We acknowledge your difficult decision to consider placing your baby for adoption; we think about and pray for you in this challenging decision-making process. We want to have an open adoption, because we strongly believe you are an important person in this baby's life, and we are willing to explore this relationship in a way for you to be comfortable and to be with your child.
We adopted our first child, a daughter, in early 2018—and it has been nothing short of miraculous and wonderful. One of the highlights of this adoption is how close we’ve become with her birthmother. It is like she is a long-lost sister reunited with our family, and it’s been a blessing for everyone to be part of this. We want to have the same openness with you, to see your love and sacrifice in action. It is impossible for us to understand the highs and lows you are experience, nor do we pretend that things will become easier due to adoption. With humility and love, we can assure you that will be there for you when you need us.
For us, the choice to explore adoption did not come easily. We started our marriage knowing that Cassie had lupus, an incurable autoimmune disease that affects each person in different ways. As we have always wanted to be parents, she worked with her doctor to get her disease levels down, all in preparation to be healthy enough to conceive a child. In late 2012, Cassie was medically cleared to become pregnant. We were naturally overjoyed! Unfortunately, as fate would have it, a few months later Cassie had several strokes and lost the baby. This caused much grief and heartache, but we were strengthened by our faith in God to pursue having a family. This, combined with the difficulty of not knowing whether another pregnancy would result in more medical problems, we decided to adopt. The ultimate happiness of the child is our only desire when it comes to adoption and being open with each other.