Dear Expectant Parent,
Thank you so much for considering to love your child through adoption. We know this is a difficult decision and want you to know that you are appreciated for your selflessness in potentially choosing to bless us with the gift of being able to have a family of our own. We both have always wanted to be parents and you giving us that opportunity means everything to us. Our desire is to love, protect and care for a child and help them as they grow.

When we were first married, we intended to live in California for five years to be with David’s family and then move to Indiana to be close to Marisa’s family and start a family of our own. As you may have guessed, that plan did not go as expected. Life has a way of throwing things your way that you never anticipate. Illnesses and passing of family members mixed with lack of job opportunities in Indiana kept us tied to California. With the higher cost of living, it made it more difficult to afford to have children and raise a family so we had put it on pause. Through a job opportunity at David’s company, we ended up moving to North Carolina where we were finally able to afford a house and intended to start a family. However, now that we feel we are finally financially secure and ready, time has passed so quickly that we fear that we might not be able to have a child of our own due to fertility issues.

Although we are very happy and love each other very much, we feel like something is missing in our lives. We want to be able to teach a child new things or watch them experience something for the first time – like trick or treating or running downstairs on Christmas morning to open presents. This is something we long for. I know we have so much love and support to give to a child and we want to do our best to fulfill that void through adoption.

Through hard work and dedication Marisa has earned a position as a Senior Accountant for a real estate investment company.

She is a sweet, kind-hearted person. She is not just intelligent, but also has a great sense of humor that brings levity to any situation. She is typically quiet and reserved around new people but opens up when you get to know her.

Marisa gets her sensibility, rationality and common sense from her mother which helps her think through situations and always make the right moral decisions in her life.

Her fun-loving personality and humor she gets from her father. She is always thinking of witty things to say and will make you laugh.

She is supportive to her husband, loves her family unconditionally and would do almost anything for them. Her parents mean the world to her and she is the favorite of her nieces and nephews.

Marisa also loves both her dogs and is always taking care of them. She keeps them fed and happy and will wake up early in the morning if they need letting out or are hungry.

Fun Facts
Trying to learn Japanese on DuoLingo! (Though she is very much a beginner)
Loves to build adult lego sets
Current favorite musician is Billie Eilish
Voted funniest and most artistic in her class
Favorite subject in school was math
Is a fan of crafting and has started to learn how to quilt – three baby quilts have been made thus far!
Favorite shows are The Office, The IT Crowd, How I Met Your Mother, Friends, and Freaks and Geeks,

David is the single most caring individual I have ever met in my life. Any person or creature he encounters that needs his help, he will stop what he is doing and help them – always putting others before himself.

He has a somber and somewhat introverted personality, but somehow he manages to be very proactive and assertive when it comes to the tasks of daily life. He graduated with an associates degree in computer science and has been working in the video game industry for almost 20 years. He truly loves his career and feels blessed for the opportunity to do what he loves.

As much as David loves technology, he also has an equal love for nature and animals. Part of what draws me to love David so much is seeing how much he loves and cares for animals. He once hand-fed an orphaned baby bunny with a syringe for weeks until it was able to eat solid food and be released into the wild. Every spring, a bird will build a nest on the beams near our doorway entrance. David will check on them daily to make sure the mother is still alive and can feed them. This type of compassion and nurturing is innately part of who David is. There is no doubt in my mind he will make a terrific father.

Fun Facts
Father was a Bulgarian immigrant who came to America to escape Communism
Loves hiking and walking on nature trails
Played high school basketball and tennis
Also likes to build adult Legos.
Likes to fix things around the house and tinker with electronics
Loves retro video games
Favorite TV shows are the Andy Griffith show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and I Love Lucy

Thank you for taking the time to get to know us. We hope we connected with you on a personal level in some way. We want to open our hearts to you and your expected child and promise to do the best we can to accommodate any wishes you may have on how you want to proceed with the adoption.

Know that whether you decide to choose us or not, we will love and pray for you to make the right decision for you and your child.
– David & Marisa