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Joe & Missy
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Hello!
We are Joe and Missy. Thank you for learning a little bit about us and our desire to add to our family through adoption. We realize that this may be a difficult time for you but we admire you for considering adoption as an option for you and your baby. Seventeen years ago Missy’s sister was faced with a similar decision. As a group, Missy’s family supported her sister through the decision process. She was young and already had one child and was struggling to make ends meet. She eventually made the decision to do a closed adoption. While Missy’s sister opted for a closed adoption (this was the norm at the time), we are willing to consider any level of openness you desire.
How we met…
We met at the Kentucky Derby in 2001 through a few mutual friends. It was a bit of an unusual place to meet the person that you would eventually marry but we had an incredible time spending the day together. Exactly 3 days later, Joe asked Missy out on a first date. We dated for a little over a year before we were engaged. Before proposing, Joe made a secret 700 mile trip to ask Missy’s Dad’s permission in person. We were engaged for a year and married in September 2003. We’ve been married for over 5 years now and we truly are best friends.
Why we want to adopt…
We wanted to start a family as soon as we married and began trying to get pregnant. After a few years of trying naturally and a couple of years of trying fertility options, we accepted the fact we could not get pregnant. We knew right then that we wanted to adopt. We know we would love a child unconditionally, whether we gave birth to them or whether we adopted them, so we embraced adoption with all our hearts. Our families and friends feel the same and support our decision to build our family through adoption. They are all excited as we are!
Joe…
Joe is a very intelligent, humble, selfless, and sweet man. He has a couple of Master’s Degrees (Engineering & Business) but he’s not the type that would tell you about it. When you first meet Joe he is very shy, but give him time and he will have you laughing. He always knows how to make me laugh and he always knows what to say to cheer me up. Joe is a Mechanical Engineer and does Engineering Sales. In Joe’s down time he loves to design and plan. This goes for anything from house plans and organization to financial plans for our future. He also loves to play Playstation 3 and Wii with his nieces (they let him win). He loves to play golf and keeping up with sports such as football and basketball. I can't wait to see Joe become a Father. He is incredible with our nieces and nephews. He is so full of energy and loves to share in their imagination. I already envision Joe helping our children build legos and helping them with Math.
Missy…
Missy truly is an incredible person. I love everything about her but my favorite things are that she is very silly and playful. This helps us to have fun through any of life’s circumstances. Her hobbies tend to lean towards artistic activities such as singing and playing music. She has a beautiful voice, she can play the piano and she is taking cello lessons. She also majored in Drama while in college and played in several acting roles at the university level. While she loved acting, she decided that it wasn’t the career that she wanted. After a few years of working for charitable organizations, she decided to pursue a career in Human Resources. She currently works as a Human Resources Generalist at a manufacturing company. I am truly looking forward to seeing Missy as a mom. She is a natural caregiver and she constantly puts others before herself. Missy will be a wonderful mother!
Our home…
We live in a mid-sized neighborhood in southern Ohio. Our neighborhood has primarily families with children; in fact we are 1 of 2 houses on our street without children. This was one of the reasons we picked this neighborhood to live in. In the summertime our neighborhood is abuzz with families outside playing and riding bikes. We live in a 2-story new home with 4 bedrooms and 2.5 baths. We have many plans for the house in the future including finishing a basement and building a play set in our backyard. We also live in a very good school district with several nearby elementary, middle, and high schools. The area is one of the fastest growing areas in the state and it is full of extracurricular activities for children of all ages.
We share our home with Blitz, our little white snowball. We have had her since before we got married. She was found on a country road with her sister (who is solid black) back in 2002. Joe and I adopted Blitz and Joe’s sister adopted Blitz’s sister, Gerty. We have a photo of the two of them from Picture your Pets with Santa where we volunteered for the Humane Society. Blitz is a very playful dog and is very delicate around children.
Fun times…
We travel as much as we can. Our friends have a cabin down by the lake which we frequent a couple of times during the summer. We get to water ski, grill out and sit around the campfire. We both love the water so we can’t wait to teach our children how to water ski and swim. We also make trips to see Missy’s parents who live Georgia by the beach. While visiting, Joe enjoys playing golf with Missy’s Dad and Missy enjoys going to the beach and the lighthouse. Missy can’t wait to teach our children how to go crabbing and build sand castles. We also make several trips to Joe’s parent’s house in Kentucky. Joe has a very big family, so they always having something going on. We try to go someplace new every couple of years.
While staying close to the house, we like to spend time with neighbors, take walks and go to nearby parks. We also like to go into town for the zoo, the aquarium, museums, and pro sports games. We still enjoy going on dates with each other which usually involves dinner along with a movie, miniature golf or bowling. We are ready to change this to a family night rather than date night.
Family and friends…
We were both raised in very close families with strong family values, and we look forward to raising our children with a similar set of values. Since we’re both the youngest of our siblings, both Joe's parents and Missy's parents have been waiting eagerly for us to have children. Since we’ve decided to adopt, our families have been very excited. Both of our families have seen adoption from different perspectives. Missy’s sister chose adoption as the best alternative for her second child, and made this decision with the help, love and support of our family. Two of Joe’s cousins were adopted before he was born. They were two of his closest cousins as he grew up because they lived close by.
Our families love to get together. We plan trips to visit Missy’s family every Thanksgiving and visit with them over the summer as well. We get together with both families during the Christmas holiday. It’s wonderful to get together with both extended families including grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. We spend more time with Joe’s family because they live a little closer so trips to visit tend to be a little less planned and more spur of the moment. Some of these trips include Halloween, 4th of July and birthday parties for nieces and nephews.
Our friends are all of similar age and interests. Many of them have young kids or are trying to have children. Among our friends, our child will be a happy addition to our ever growing circle. One of our close friends is also adopted, so we have had the opportunity to ask him questions as well.
Our faith…
We both grew up in Christian households. Missy grew up in a Baptist family where her parents were very involved in Church and Sunday School. Joe grew up in a Catholic family and attended a Catholic grade school and high school. Our parents were very involved in Church activities. When we met, we started learning about each other’s faith and attending each other’s Church. We soon found that while we grew up in different Christian denominations, our core beliefs were the same. We were married in a Catholic Church but since then have attended Christian Church.
We believe that all things work according to God’s plan and that His plan has lead us to this point in our lives. We believe that whatever match is made, it is within God’s plan. To paraphrase Ecclesiastes Chapter 3: There is a time for everything…He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
Our promises & open adoption…
We plan to be open and honest with our child about adoption. We feel that this will be the best approach because the child will know where he or she came from, what it means to be adopted, and the loving sacrifice their birthparents made. We will begin to tell our child their adoption story from birth. As the child grows older and has more questions, we will be open and forthcoming with truthful information.
We are open to discuss any level of openness that you would like. We know that relationships are strengthened with trust and love and we look forward to sharing a relationship with you that will naturally grow over time. We know that open adoption is not something all birthparents choose, and we will respect whatever decision you make in the kind of open adoption you want.
Thank You!
We appreciate your getting to know us as a
couple and possible adoptive family. We
would be blessed if you chose us to be the
family for your child. We understand that this
is a tough decision, but please know that if
you choose us, your baby would be welcomed
with open arms into a warm and caring family
who will love them unconditionally. If you’d
like to speak with us or learn more about us,
please contact our Adoption Advisor, Mary Lisa,
at A Precious Gift Adoption Resource Center.
We wish you peace in your heart as you
consider all your options.
Joe & Missy
CONTACT US!
Call toll-free 1-866-206-2936
Email: apreciousgiftarc@yahoo.com
