Our Dear
Friend,
Welcome! Thank you for taking the
time to get to know us. We first want you to know that although we don’t know
your specific circumstances, we have great respect for you. To be considering adoption you must be strong,
loving, beautiful, selfless, brave, and hopeful. There are challenges that
choosing adoption can bring but I also see how beautiful it can be!
So to you amazing people, please
don’t feel alone. We offer you our love and support. I hope you still have
dreams, I hope you don’t feel like you’re at a dead end, I hope you realize
that you have an amazing life and journey ahead of you regardless of the
decision you choose to make.
We also want you to know that we pray
that you will be guided and supported throughout this process. In making this
decision we only have one thing to say, follow your heart.
Our Story
We have a unique love story. Adela
and I went to the same junior high and high school in a small town. We
graduated from high school and moved away so we didn’t meet again until much later
when her car was wrecked and she went in to buy a car from my brother. She told
my brother to say hi to me. He did something better, he cooked up a story about
how Adela really wanted to go out
with me and really wanted me to call
her. So I jumped right into that bear trap. Six dates later we were engaged; we
just knew it was right. Wonderful things do come from accidents.
Having waited so long to meet and
marry, we had no idea that we would also have to wait to have children. We love
children and enjoy spending time with our many nieces and nephews. We enjoy
going camping, jeep riding, fishing, playing sports and just being with them.
We love them all and greatly desire to have children of our own.
About Trent
Trent is a wonderful man and a loving
husband. He is strong, hardworking and kind. He has a fun sense of humor and a poet’s
heart. Everyone loves to hear his stories and gravitates towards him. Trent
comes from a family of 8 children. They all get along and remain close even
though they are spread across the United States. He works as a project manager
for a construction company where he is currently overseeing the building of several
schools. He has also worked with the Boy Scouts of America as a Scoutmaster.
The boys all love Trent. He makes them work and learn responsibility yet they
have a ton of fun when they are around him. I know Trent will be a great dad.
About Adela
Adela is a nurturing person and she
is an accomplished teacher of children. She has a degree in Elementary
Education. She is currently teaching in an urban school where the children are learning
English as well as the regular subjects. Adela just excels with them. The kids
love her and respect her. She has the perfect blend of kindness and love with
the ability to help them achieve.
This all stems from Adela’s childhood
and home life. She has three sisters and three brothers, one of who is
autistic. He is capable of most day-to-day things but requires constant
attention. When I married into this family I found that Adela’s ability to care
for others and to teach others is definitely linked to her relationship with
her brother.
When we become parents our intention
is to have Adela at home. The reason we are choosing this is to have the
stability of a mother in the home. We believe that the best opportunity for
stability, love and success for children is within the walls of a home where both
a mother and a father live and love each other completely. We believe in strong
families.
About Us
I have just read back through things
and it appears that we are perfect and we definitely are not! We have our
faults just like anyone else. I still don’t put down the toilet seat and Adela
uses my toothbrush to clean the corners in the shower in retaliation.
We are fun, easy-going people. It
truly is the simple things in life that make us happy. We enjoy just being with
each other and doing almost anything or nothing as long as we are together. We
love to go on evening bike rides in the neighborhood or sometimes just take a
walk. Our summer Saturdays are active with family and friends with a barbecue
thrown in now and then. We try and do most everything; we don’t have just one
thing in our life that occupies most of our time. We love to be in nature
together because it was such a huge part of our lives growing up. We express
our love to each other often. Our motto is “If you feel it, say it.” The words
I love you are spoken often. We both have so much room in our hearts to nurture
and care for a child and love them unconditionally.
Our Feelings About You
Again we commend you for your great
amount of courage and selflessness. We respect you and appreciate you. We want
you to know that we would be willing to work with you to find the degree of
openness that will be best for you.
We are going to include a few
pictures of us just doing our thing. We hope you enjoy them and consider
choosing us to entrust with your baby. We want you to know that we will have deep
love for this baby and will raise him or her with kindness and respect. We know
that this is not an easy time for you but we support you in trying to do what
is best for your baby. This child will always know of your love for them. We
will always be thankful for your amazing gift.
Sincerely,
Trent & Adela
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http://trentandadela.blogspot.com/
