Thank you for considering this choice and taking the time to consider me as an adoptive parent to your child. I’ve always known I wanted to be a mom.
I grew up babysitting and love seeing the world through the eyes of a child—playing outside, making up stories together, building forts—and teaching them about the world. I’ve helped raise my friends’ children, am very involved with my niece and nephew, and volunteer with local kids’ organizations.
To me, being a parent means unconditional love, most of all, and adapting to each child. I’m ready for it all. I always imagined that I’d both adopt and have biological children.
A few years ago, I learned that infertility would prevent me from having a biological child, and I knew then that I’d parent through adoption; I’ve taken time to process that, and I come to this with a heart wide open, ready to love and raise a little one.
I Promise:
• I’ll help find their own passions and joys.
• Teach them about the world and guide them through their education
• Help them find the community that inspires and challenges them and helps them grow
• Be both a rock of support and a soft place to land.
• To be devoted, reliable, and consistent
• To support and nurture a child with all the fun and delights of the world, while also providing boundaries and structure.
Things That Make Me Happy: I live in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, in a beautiful and quirky little lakeside town. I work as an English professor at the local university. I am a writer and quilter. I’ve written a few books of nonfiction and fiction; right now, I’m writing about an antique quilt and racial justice. I love to travel quite a bit during my down time.
I enjoy attending the local events my town offers with friends and their kids. I go to the Blueberry Festival, walk my dog out on the beaches or trails along the lake, bike the trail that runs through town, cross-country ski in the winter. I volunteer with Big Brothers/Big Sisters and spend a lot of time with my “little,” often working on art projects together. I volunteer at a local kids’ art camp each summer.
I love to get together with friends to sew, or to gather with my art group; we share our work over dinner every few weeks. This summer, I joined a recreational soccer team; I’ve never played before, so I was truly terrible! I had a lot of fun with new friends.