Dear Future Friends and Expectant Parents,
We are so elated and overwhelmed beyond words to be writing this letter to you. We have been praying for you for months. Our parents on both sides have been praying for you. And our close friends have been praying for you. We are extremely honored that you are taking the time to get to know us a little bit and to possibly generate the greatest act of love possible, the gift of life for us. Certainly you are an incredibly special person to consider adoption for your baby, and to consider us as the adoptive family.
Our names are Zach and Whitney, and we’ve been married over four years now. We met in New York City Northeast Ohio for over three years. Working together in the church, at home, and through many trips and events has always been second nature, as we like to call ourselves “Team Stewart”.
Team Stewart is ready to add a third member to the family. When a baby enters our life, Zach will continue to work in the church, but it’s a very flexible atmosphere, where he’ll never miss out on things due to work. Whitney currently works part-time, and plans on continuing to work part time and staying home to provide constant love when a baby arrives. Staying at home and raising our children has always been important to us as we both were raised at home by our mom’s and by dad’s who made the time for us every day.
In early January 2010, we both had the tremendous desire to begin a family. After months of grieving that involved anticipation, letdown, and news of close friends getting pregnant, we were informed by our doctor that Zach was infertile, unable to provide the third member of Team Stewart on our own. Having always wanted to adopt because of the love in our hearts for those in need, we ventured down the road of domestic-infant adoption with God and are eagerly awaiting what He has in store for us.
We just want to give a baby love and a great life, and this is why adoption has been a natural choice for us to grow our family! We have no kids of our own, so how exciting it will be to bring your baby into our lives (the baby will also be the first grandchild on both sides)! We know God will bless us with a healthy, extremely happy little angel. We hope to impart the level of kindness and generosity you have into our child. As a future family, we’ve dreamed of running outside together, playing dinosaurs or dolls, reading books, and if any child will be ensured of having tons of friends, its our family, as we have so many close friends who have began their own families around us.
Having friends and their little ones in the house constantly, our two black labs (Brooklyn and Queens ) are so great with little children. We moved into our first new home in December of 2009 that we built with the purpose of starting a family. Northeast Ohio , where we live, is such a beautiful area, with an award winning school district. We are also apart of a large church home that will play a key role in the nurturing and maturing of our baby. And now that the cold months are coming, we look forward to being at home, enjoying one another as a family, watching a movie with homemade soup and hot cocoa. How amazing it will be to enjoy each season with a new addition to our family!
Whatever the occasion may be, we do it with love and sincerity. We thank God for giving us one another, a couple who takes pride in having fun, sacrificing for the other, and providing an environment that includes encouraging feedback and giving. We promise to give our new baby a strong foundation of safety, trust, security, love, and laughter no matter what the world throws at us.
We feel so blessed to have the opportunity to begin our family through adoption. We welcome you with open arms and will support a genuine, loving relationship with you throughout the years. We know this profile is just a glimpse into our lives, so we look forward to the possibility of meeting you and to get to know each other more. We wish you all the best and pray for peace in your heart,
With much love already,
Zach and Whit
Dear Zach,
ReplyDeleteBob and I were blessed to adopt our son Joe 30 years ago. Anyone who has suffered with infertility knows the heartbreak of the finality of never being able to bear children. HOWEVER - God DID have a plan for our lives - a different plan than we thought we had - but HIS plan nevertheless. Just recently we have come full circle when Joe was able to connect and meet his birthmother. In 1980 most adoptions were "closed" meaning adoptive parents and birthparents never met. All that was given to us was "non itentifying" information. But 3 years ago, Joe connected with Lynne and shortly after she visited us at our home and we all sat around the table and shared stories of our situations at the time of the adoption. We shared pictures, hugs, and laughs. And tears. We thanked her for the gift of our son, and she thanked us for being his parents and raising him in a loving home. It was a wonderful experience, one that I always knew would someday happen. We were chosen by God for Joe, and Joe was chosen to be ours. Through the ups and downs of life we have learned the meaning of true, everlasting love. I pray for the same experience for you and Whitney. God is at work...