Hello Birth Parent:
We are Shanna and Eric, and we are deeply grateful you are taking the time to get to know us and our family more by looking at and reading through our profile. We admire your bravery and courage and can’t imagine how difficult this decision is for you. We are sincerely honored that you would consider us as adoptive parents for your precious baby.
We met in college at Kent State University and fell in love over our shared love of music and desire for adventure nearly 20 years ago. After four years of being each other’s best friends, we got married and began to build our life together around our two passions, education and music. We began working at our respective schools as teachers and poured ourselves into impacting students, equipping them with the knowledge they needed and empowering them to chase their dreams. At the same time, we started an indie rock band that we grew from playing local coffee shops to touring regionally and nationally for many years. To this day, we are even more in love, still drawn together by our shared faith, passion for creating and performing music, and a sincere desire to impact the world around us in positive ways. We find joy in small things and our house is always full of laughter!
We live in a three-bedroom home that we share with our sweet border collie puppy, Juneau, and our cuddly tuxedo kitty, Artemis. We have lovingly designed every room in order to create a little oasis for our family. Our home is situated on a quiet cul-de-sac in Rootstown, Ohio within a neighborhood that is extremely child-friendly! In fact, on any given day you can see and hear children laughing and playing all over our neighborhood.
A few years ago, as we discussed starting a family, we both felt a natural pull, individually, to become parents through adoption. We have so much love and life to share and sincerely hope we have that opportunity. Our goal is to provide a welcoming home in which your child will always be loved and supported, to help them become the best version of themselves, and to be the best parents we can be. We would love the opportunity to share our passions, life experiences, and little moments with our future child while helping them to cultivate their own passions and talents as well.
We know the decision you are making is filled with courage and love. Should you choose us, we will honor and support you and your choice, and our promise is to love your child with our whole hearts, always. Your child will grow up in a home filled with joy, music, and adventure, where they are supported to explore their dreams. We know you will make the best, most loving decision, no matter what that decision looks like. We are humbled and grateful that you would consider us and are committed to earning your trust and walking this path together.
With love and gratitude,
Shanna & Eric
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