You decide whether you would like to let them adopt your baby.

We are here for you to help make the decision that best suits your needs.

Dear Expectant Mother,
Your decision to consider an adoption plan is our first insight into your life. To us, it shows that you are a woman who faces challenges with integrity and selflessness. We would like for you to have some insight into our lives, too, and hope that you may feel a connection to us. Although we enter into this period of discovery about each other with very different needs, we share with you the desire to prepare a wonderful future for your child.

Our story…
Very early in our dating relationship, I (Teresa) asked David, a widower, whether he would be interested in being a father again. I knew how lovingly and proudly he spoke of his son and daughter (both young adults), but I didn’t know whether being a “daddy” again was in his plans. After pondering for a very short time, David answered, “Raising my children was the best thing I’ve done in life. Absolutely, yes.” As a woman who adores children and had always wanted to be a mother, but had not yet been in the right relationship for starting a family, I was thrilled. Since then, as David and I have married and made a wonderful life together, I’ve grown to love his children immensely and I’ve witnessed the powerful effects of his parenting in many circumstances. David has already proven to be a fantastic father and he will be again. We are both so excited and ready to raise a child together!

We met through our work in the medical profession seven years ago. David is a doctor and professor of medicine who specializes in the treatment of arthritis and diseases of the immune system. We were introduced when he became a volunteer in the non-profit medical association where I worked as an executive, coordinating national health policy and medical economics activities. Currently I work at a large biotechnology firm that has developed new treatments for cancer, arthritis and asthma, among others. David and I both enjoy our work and find it rewarding, but our role as parents will always come first. So, we will each take substantial time off for the baby’s arrival and then return to work on reduced schedules. We believe that both working parent and stay-at-home parent decisions can be successful, and we are fortunate that we have the flexibility to make choices that best suit the needs of the child at every stage of his or her life.

We both grew up without a lot of material wealth, but with an abundance of family love and encouragement. I am the middle of three children and David is the youngest of two. David was born into a musical, politically active, very happy family. He spent his early childhood in New York City and in Connecticut, before moving to San Diego as a teenager to finish high school. He is a graduate of Harvard University and the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. I was born in a small town in Indiana, grew up in suburban environments in Ohio, New York and Pennsylvania, and graduated from the University of Dayton (Ohio) before moving to Atlanta, Georgia. My family, most of whom still live in Atlanta, has always been traditional, supportive and close-knit. We love to joke and retell classic family stories at every opportunity.

Both sets of our parents have been happily married for over 45 years. They, along with our siblings and their families, are still very involved in our lives and were delighted to hear that we will expand the families with a child through adoption. Everyone is imagining the excitement of birthday parties, holidays, vacations and other family celebrations with the addition of another child to love!

As parents, we are sure that our positive approach to life will provide a strong foundation for our child to develop his or her own personality and talents in a loving, encouraging and fun-filled home. David’s children, Kevin and Susan, have not followed him into a medical career, but rather have found their own paths toward careers in writing, performing, and international economic development. It pleases us that they have found their own passions and talents in these areas that have added new dimension to the family. We have no doubt that our new child will also bring unique and wonderful qualities that will enrich us all.

We live in a spacious single-family home on a quiet, dead-end street in San Francisco. Our home and neighborhood are full of many fun and safe places for a child to explore and play, and are close to all of the great schools, parks, playgrounds, museums and beaches of the area. We also spend about one weekend a month in the little town of Bodega Bay, an hour and fifteen minutes north of San Francisco, where we relax, enjoy the beauty of the California coast, take long walks, swim, read, and generally appreciate the slower-paced environment. This second home is a place where a child can play in a big yard, run through fields of tall grass, pick up seashells on the beach, see harbor seals, hawks and rabbits every day, and really experience nature.

We are avid travelers, enthusiastic baseball fans, occasional skiers, and dependable volunteers for several charitable organizations. Both of us have participated in competitive team sports (basketball and swimming for David, soccer for me) and continue to enjoy a variety of athletic activities. In addition to our families, we are blessed with fantastic friends, terrific health and an energetic lifestyle. David is strongly committed to social causes and his sense of integrity is evident in everything he pursues. He is also known by his friends and family for writing very funny song lyrics, which is great for making children laugh! I love to read (and can’t wait for ‘story time’ with a child!), have a great appreciation for art, and am active in a very inclusive and diverse Catholic Church. I also enjoy writing, which is why we decided that I would communicate our story to you. But this is very much ‘our’ story and every word represents David’s feelings, too. 

Our Feelings about Adoption…
It will be a privilege to raise a child who will know the story of his or her adoption from the beginning, and we are committed to explaining the story as one of love and caring that connects all of us—birth family, adoptive family and child—forever. We can assure you that the child who becomes our son or daughter through the miracle of adoption will have our unconditional love and devotion, a cherished place in our family and every opportunity that we can provide. And our child will always know that the unconditional love and sacrifice of his or her birth mother is what made this possible.

Your story…
The hopes and desires you have for your child are important to us and we welcome the chance to meet you and hear about your thoughts and dreams for the future. If you are interested in the information you know about us, if you already feel a little connection to us, David and I would be thrilled to meet you, answer your questions and consider the exciting possibility that we may become a part of each others’ extended family.

We welcome you to contact us directly, either by calling our toll free number: 1-877-244-5358, or by email: write_2you@yahoo.com. Or, our friendly adoption attorney, Susan Romer, would be very happy to talk with you about all of your adoption choices (1-800-823-6788; AdamsRomer@aol.com).

Thank you for reading our letter. We wish you the pleasure and fulfillment of discovering the right family for your child, and a lifetime of contentment with your decision.

Warmest Regards,
David and Teresa