About Patrick
Occupation: Restaurant Manager
Favorite food: Meatloaf
Favorite dessert: Cheesecake
Favorite TV show: Manifest
Favorite holiday: Valentine’s day
Favorite vacation spot: Big city
Hobbies: Music, golf, sports, traveling
Favorite childhood memory: Coming to the United States and seeing snow for the first time and taking bubble baths
About Theresa
Occupation: Teacher
Favorite food: Mashed potatoes
Favorite dessert: Chocolate chip cookies
Favorite TV show: Friends
Favorite holiday: Christmas and Easter
Favorite vacation spot: Beach
Hobbies: Gardening, baking, reading, traveling
Favorite childhood memory: Baking with my mom, playing softball, and family reunions
| 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
Adoption has always been a part of our plan to grow our family. When we first started dating, we had many conversations about how one day we’d love to grow our family through adoption. While we didn’t realize infertility would be a part of our story, adoption was never a last choice. Instead, our struggle with infertility made it very clear that adoption is the way we were always meant to grow our family. We don’t have to adopt; we get to adopt! Adoption already is part of our story: when Patrick shares his adoption story I can’t help but have tears roll down my (Theresa) cheeks. There’s something powerful about his story that highlights the sacrifice, love, and value of adoption. Adoption is beautiful. It is redemptive. It is hopeful. It is a living metaphor of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and for that we are thankful. The love we have for our child that we haven’t even met is unmeasurable and we cannot wait to share that love.