Brad and Meghann - Candia, New Hampshire

Dear birthparents:

We want you to know that we are thinking of you and your family as you are beginning your adoption plan. Thank you for taking some time to look at our profile. We can’t pretend to know what you must be feeling, but we can offer a bit of support and hope for a better tomorrow. You are truly selfless, making your baby your priority, which is the most incredible gift any parent could give a child.

The road of life is often winding and bumpy, but through it all, we have the ability to keep moving forward and to learn to be at peace with what life has given to us.

A lot of people have asked us, “How do you know adoption is the right step for you?” We always smile and reply, “That’s a great question.” The best answer we can attempt to share ends up a difficult one to express in words: our faith tells us so. We have found great strength and comfort in our marriage, our optimism for the future, and desire to build a loving family. We have had an incredible feeling of peace in our hearts since we have decided to pursue adoption. We hope that you will also find that feeling of peace in your heart once you make whatever decision is right for you.

We’re sure you have a thousand questions, so we’d like to share a little about ourselves so you can get a better idea of who we are. After meeting in college, we took our time before we finally got married… eight years in fact. We didn’t doubt that marriage was the right thing for us; we simply had faith that it would take place when the time was right. We both wanted to grow independently before getting married. In 2005, we were married in front of our friends and family. We felt so lucky to be married by Brad’s grandfather, just as he had married Brad’s parents 30 years earlier. We hoped we would soon start a family but discovered that conceiving naturally would not work for us. We went through quite a few ups and downs and now, four years later, we know in our hearts adoption is the right thing.

We live in a small town in NH where we can enjoy the outdoors year round. We have a little house on a quiet wooded street with a perfect yard for playing tag and riding bikes. We love to hike and kayak and go for long walks. We also enjoy watching movies (especially comedies) and our favorite TV shows snuggling on the couch with our dog, Sophia. Meghann thoroughly enjoys beating Brad in racquetball. Brad enjoys laughing at Meghann as she attempts to change the outcome of a Red Sox or Patriots game by changing her seat or crossing or uncrossing her legs.

We both have careers, which we enjoy very much. Meghann is a physical therapist at the local hospital and enjoys having the opportunity to help people in need. Her schedule is flexible and she plans on staying home once a little one is part of our family. Brad really enjoys his position as a graphic designer and illustrator/cartoonist. He works for a small college and enjoys knowing he is helping students make the best of their college years. He also creates illustrations for a variety of children’s educational magazines.

We are blessed with great family, true friends, a beautiful dog, a peaceful home, and a close-knit community. We often think about all those people who came into our lives at different times to guide us or to provide us with a specific lesson. We understand that we are the people we are because of many people, not just our parents and family. There are teachers and policemen, neighbors and ministers, all who served their roles raising us even if they were not tucking us in at night. The statement “it takes a village to raise a child” is really so true and we believe that statement has an even stronger emphasis with adoption. As the birthparents, you will always hold a special role in your child’s life, as well as in ours. You need not be physically pulling the covers over your child’s head to be tucking them in with your faith.

We’re sure we didn’t get to all your questions and we’d be happy to answer any other questions you might have. We send you our prayers for God’s guidance and ultimate peace. The love He has for you is the same love we will have for your child.


With our blessings,

Brad & Meghann

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