Choose A Family : Parent Profile
Beth and Chris
Dear Birthmother:
Let us first begin by saying we are honored that you are taking the time to get to know us, and we have immense respect for you, your kindness and bravery. We admire you for choosing life for your baby and considering adoption. We are excited and privileged to introduce ourselves to you.
We are Chris and Beth. We live in the beautiful mountains of West Virginia. We’ve been together for five years and happily married for three. We have many things in common and much love between us that we would like to share with your baby.
Since we got married we have tried to have a child, but because of reasons our doctor can’t explain it is not possible. We both have strong faith and took the news as a sign that maybe we shouldn’t force the idea of having a biological child. We turned our attention to adoption, both agreeing that we wanted a baby in our life. To us, it doesn’t matter if the child shares our DNA or not. We will love your baby, cherish him or her and provide your baby with as happy of a life as we possibly can.
About Us
We’ve been blessed to be raised in very loving and close-knit Christian families. Chris’s two brothers and their wives live within five minutes of our home and we regularly get together with them for cook outs, trips to the local minor league baseball park and excursions to a local state park for hikes with our dogs. We feel extremely fortunate to be raised in a nurturing family environment where God, family, friends and education are very important. Both of Chris’s parents are retired educators. His mother was a special education teacher, and his father was a middle school and high school principal. Beth’s father, who passed away in 2002, was a computer consultant and had a Ph.D in finance. Her mother has owned a Christian bookstore for the past 34 years that Beth’s sister now manages. Her sister is married with three children — ages 13, 10 and 8. The kids often spend time with Beth and Chris and are always up for a game of wiffle ball when we get together.
Our Pets
Describing our family wouldn’t be complete if we didn’t include something about Matzo and Willy. Matzo is a 7-year-old smooth coat collie that Beth found walking around inside of a grocery store one night. He was so skinny, but ornery, too. Each aisle Beth walked down, she would see the skinny black, white and brown dog sneaking around trying to steal food. And each time she saw him, so did an employee who’d drag the dog out of the store. Within minutes, the dog was back in, sealing food again. So Beth told herself if the dog was still around when she was done shopping, she’d take him home. He was. So she did. He’s been her buddy ever since. Willy is our white and gray house rabbit. Chris bought Willy for Beth as an Easter present the first year we were dating. Willy lives in our living room, but loves to spend his time lounging in the sun on our big back deck. He and Matzo are best friends and often play together.
About Chris
Chris was born in Morgantown, West Virginia. He spent his time growing up playing baseball, basketball, football, fishing and getting dirty in the hills and creeks at his family’s farm with his two younger brothers. In high school, he was an all-state violin and viola player and still has a deep appreciation for musical talent. He is a wildlife biologist, and his special interest is in black bears. He has a Ph.D. and a job that allows him flexibility in his schedule to spend a lot of time caring for, playing with and raising your child. When not working, Chris loves to play softball, go trout fishing on his favorite streams and working outside on home projects and tasks that need to be done at our two family farms. He also is a big sports fan. We often go to college football games in the fall and college basketball games in the winter. Chris’s basement “man cave” is painted gold and blue in honor of his favorite team.
About Beth
Beth was born in Kent, Ohio. Her neighborhood had two city parks and a woods within one block, so she spent a lot of time outside playing tag and wiffle ball with her older sister and friends, exploring the woods with her dog and swimming at her neighbor’s pool. She also was a voracious reader. Her love of words, adventure and learning led her to become a journalist, which is what she does to this day. Her employer is very family friendly and many of her co-workers with children are able to work from home. She still loves to play games both outside and in. She is the reigning Scrabble queen of the home, having successful beaten Chris in almost every game we’ve ever played. Chris makes up for it, though. In their on-going friendly competition, he’s won just about every other game — from gin rummy to Monopoly — that they’ve played. She also loves to travel — she’s been to 49 of the 50 states and 11 countries — and enjoys going to her family’s farm in southern Ohio with Chris where they hike in the woods, count the stars on clear nights and feed the horses.
Our Home
We live in a beautiful Cape Cod home on a cul-de-sac in one of the larger cities in West Virginia. Our neighborhood is quiet and wooded, but close to downtown and local schools. There are 10 homes on our street, and everyone knows each other. Several families have children ranging in age from 1 to 18. Although we don’t have any children, kids in the neighborhood often come to our house to play with our dog, Matzo, and our in-house rabbit, Willy. Less than a block from our house is a city park with playground equipment, a basketball court and a little league baseball diamond. Part of the reason why we bought our house is because it is in the best school district in the state. The elementary, middle and high schools are within five minutes of our home and are all recognized for their outstanding educational and extracurricular programs. The bus stop is right in front of our home.
Our Promise to You
Since we met, we’ve dreamed about raising a child together, and we hope you can help us achieve that dream. We promise to bring your child into a loving, caring and nurturing home and provide him or her with the best opportunities to excel in life. Thank you so much for taking the time to consider our home, our family and our hearts for your baby.
If you would like to speak with us about adopting your child or have questions for us, please contact your Adoption Advisors at AdoptHelp by calling 1-800-637-7999
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