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About Isaac
Profession: Psychologist
Hobbies: playing music, basketball, reading, gardening, bike-riding, Ohio State football
Food: breakfast foods! (eggs, toast, bacon, cinnamon rolls)
Place: Grand Teton National Park
Musical Artist: Bob Dylan
Book: Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
Childhood memory: Trips out west to Yellowstone National Park, Badlands National Park, Jackson Hole, and Grand Teton National Park
About Erika
Profession: Intervention specialist (special education teacher)
Hobbies: Knitting, crocheting, weaving, cooking, music
Food: Grapefruit
Place: Our house
Musical Artist: Alabama Shakes
Book: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Childhood memory: Growing a “donut tree” in our backyard (AKA planting a Cheerio, and my parents convincing me that I grew donuts!)
| We Prefer a Child Who Is… | |
| Gender: | We have no preferences for gender. |
| Race: | We have no preferences for ethnicity |
| Openness: | Open or Closed, Letters, Updates and Visits |
Why Adoption?
We believe that a mother’s choice to offer her child for adoption is the most selfless decision that can be made. We would like to honor a mother’s selflessness by providing what we know we are able to offer to help that child grow and flourish. We have talked about adopting since the time we were dating. After challenges with pregnancy (a miscarriage and two C-sections), we are currently concerned that another pregnancy may cause harm to Erika’s health. We feel that our family is not yet complete, and we believe that it will be made complete through adoption. We are especially committed to the process of adoption because we have seen the power of adoption in the life of family members who were adopted — Erika’s brother and Isaac’s cousins. As Christians, we believe that we are called to live in right relationship to all those around us and to love our neighbor as ourselves. We believe that adoption is one way we can love our neighbor and honor a mother’s selflessness.
We welcome a child of any race into our home. We are committed to helping our child grow in self-understanding of their racial identity through ongoing participation in religious spaces that are multiracial and by participating in learning experiences related to our child’s racial identity.