Greg and Debra

We appreciate your courage as you seek to make an adoption plan for your child, and we thank you for considering us as part of that plan. We know you have dreams for your child, and we hope we can be the ones to fulfill those dreams for you and your child. You have come so far already to be here, looking at different families for your child, and we trust that the strength that has brought you this far will support you in the rest of your journey.

We hope that you find what you are seeking, and we thank you for considering us as adoptive parents for your child.
Our names are Greg and Debra, and we have been married for seven years. Like many people these days, we met online. Getting to know each other we learned we both have the same birthday (two years apart), both graduated college from UCLA, and both believe strongly in the importance of education and hard work.

After three years of marriage we were blessed with the birth of our daughter Lacie, who is now almost four years old. Lacie is such a blessing, and we have been forever changed by becoming parents. We so much want to become parents again, but having a second child naturally has not been in the cards for us. Rather than choose medical intervention we are excited to start the adoption process.

Darren, Debra’s brother has an adopted son, and we have friends and neighbors that have adopted and they have shared with us just how wonderful adoption is. Our families and friends have been a huge support as we begin our own adoption journey, and they can’t wait to celebrate with us when we finally become parents again!

Spending time with family is so important to us. We love being with our nieces and nephews and watching them grow up! We also enjoy attending athletic events like football, basketball, and gymnastics in particular, as well as attending movies and music concerts. We’ve spent time exploring the great state of California including San Francisco and San Diego. Our last big trip was an Alaskan Cruise, which was awesome!

Greg Introduces Debra
Debra has a great relationship with her brother and sister, and understands how important and wonderful that relationship is. The love, bonding, and friendship between siblings is unparalleled, and we both want that experience for our children.

As a mother, Debra is simply incredible... Debra has exposed our daughter to so many wonderful experiences. They love dance and gymnastics classes at Gymboree, and then a treat at Starbucks for mommy-and-me time. They attend sporting events together, and Lacie is a frequent star on the UCLA “Bruin-vision” big screen at basketball games. They go shopping, swing at the park, dance, read and color together. Everything that a child wants and needs, Debra gives to Lacie.

Debra is a loving, nurturing, caring and compassionate mother who also knows how to enforce family rules when needed. We just can’t wait to have another child to join in these special experiences.

Debra Introduces Greg
Thinking about others first is what Greg does best, and he is an inspiration to many people—including me! Greg is a loving husband, and is an amazing dad. Before Lacie was born, he had never changed a diaper, but he dove right in and now Greg can change a diaper and swaddle a baby better than any man I have ever seen. The twinkle in his eyes when he looks at our daughter is awe-inspiring, and often brings me to tears. He cherishes being a daddy—reading books, playing games, dancing, and laughing. When Lacie cries at night, Greg is the one who jumps up to comfort her and rock her back to sleep. There can be no doubt that Greg is an active participant in the raising of our daughter, and he will be just as incredible with our future children.

Greg is an amazing man—he is intelligent, passionate, sensitive, loving and driven. Greg is extremely close to his mother and sister; his mom lives near us so we get to spend a lot of time with her and Lacie gets to spend time with her grandma. Greg also has a strong relationship with his older sister and her daughters. He loves being “Uncle Greggie” to his two nieces, and taking the girls to the movies, the American Girl store, and sleepovers for pizza, movies, games and family fun. It is this closeness that solidifies why growing together as a family and having siblings is so close to his heart.

Our Home, Our Family, and Our Careers
We live in a three bedroom, single story home in a very family-oriented community often listed as one of the best places to raise a family in the United States. We love that the neighborhood children are able to play safely in our cul-de-sac, ride their bikes and swim in each other’s pools. Our neighbors are fantastic and have become close friends. Our next door neighbors recently adopted their youngest child, and they have been an incredible support to us. They can’t wait to meet our new little one!

We both have great relationships with our siblings, and we enjoy spending time with them. Greg’s sister is married with two girls. They live less than an hour away, so we get to see all of our nieces’ musical performances, plays and sporting events. Greg’s mom comes with us of course, and it’s such a fun way for the cousins to grow up together.

Debra’s parents placed a very strong emphasis on education while growing up, and her mother recently retired from a long career as a school principal. She now volunteers at Debra’s high school, counseling students and helping them apply to colleges. Although her parents have divorced they both live nearby and are each a big part of our lives. Debra talks to her sister everyday on the phone, and we visit them in Northern California several times a year. Her brother and his family now live in NYC, and we love taking in the energy and history of the city when we visit.

Debra truly values education, and has had the opportunity to pursue several advanced degrees. It will be important to us to give our children these same opportunities. Debra works as an Assistant Principal at a public high school in Los Angeles. She has dedicated her life to the education and mentoring of children, and also to pursuing and furthering her education so that she can be an even better teacher and school administrator. She aspires to lead a school district; using her experience and education to bring incredible educational experiences to thousands of children. Not only is Debra incredibly focused on providing opportunities for our children, she wants to make sure every child has the same opportunities.

Greg is passionate about public service and is always willing to give of himself back to the community. Greg has worked for more than 20 years as a paramedic in Southern California. Greg has “done it all” when it comes to being a paramedic. He has been an ambulance paramedic, a helicopter flight paramedic, and an international air ambulance paramedic, performing patient evacuation missions all over the world. Greg is one of the first to be called to the scene of a disaster and is in often placed in charge of leading a team of rescuers as they triage immediate care needs and provide disaster medical assistance and evacuation. He has received awards from not only the county that he works in, but also from the State Of California, United States House of Representatives, and United States Senate for his service during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and the 1994 Northridge Earthquake in Los Angeles.

Our Goal and Our Promise
We are very eager for the opportunity to become parents again. Parenting has been the single most rewarding experience of our lives, and we just can’t wait to experience it all again! We look forward to watching our children developing the special bond that siblings have, and to nurture that in any way we can.

We know how much you love your child, and we promise to carry on that love in everything we do. We promise to love your child with all of our hearts, and to give you the lifelong peace of mind that your child was adopted into a wonderful family full of love, happiness, education,

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