Dear Birthmother,

Our names are Brent and Melissa and we want to thank you for taking the time to read our letter and learn more about our family.  We want to acknowledge how much we admire the decision to place your child for adoption.  We can appreciate how very difficult this decision must be for you.  We can also see how difficult it must be to find that perfect fit of a family for your sweet baby.  We would like you to know that if you do decide to place your child in our family, we promise that your child will never go a day without being loved. We have been so blessed to have walked through the adoption process before.  We were blessed with a sweet baby boy in August of 2007.  Brodie is three and truly the joy of our lives.  All three of us are looking so forward in being able to extend our family!  We are so excited about becoming parents to another child and Brodie cannot wait to become a big brother.  Our family and friends are also so excited for us!  We hope this brief letter helps provide more insight into who we are as individuals and as a family and why we have chosen adoption to form our family. 

We met at Baylor University and started dating, then got engaged following graduation.  We were engaged for about a year and then married in July 2002 in Brent’s hometown of Kerrville, Texas.  We will celebrate our ninth anniversary this year.  We currently live in Waco, Texas in a peaceful little neighborhood.  We have great neighbors and some sweet friends that live around the corner from us.  We live near lots of family and friends which we love!  We are members at Highland Baptist Church and love the community of friends and support it offers.  As we mentioned before we have walked through our son’s adoption in 2007.  We knew prior to being married that adoption would be the way our family would be formed.  We are unable to have children biologically due to a childhood illness that Melissa overcame. 

Brent went to Baylor University and doubled majored in accounting and financial services planning.  Brent is a CPA and is currently employed with First City Financial Corporation.  Brent oversees tax matters for his company’s businesses and various investment deals.  Melissa went to Baylor University and received her degree in social work.  Since Brodie has come into our lives Melissa has been a stay at home mom.  Melissa would say this has been the best and most rewarding job she has ever had.  The plan is for Melissa to continue to be a stay at home mom once we have another sweet baby at home.

We would also like to share a little about who we are and what we like to do.  Brent is my best friend.   He is kind, patient, loving, smart, and a compassionate person.  He loves the Lord and treats others with great respect.  He is a wonderful dad to Brodie.  He is such a great example of a dad to our son.  Brent loves to be outdoors.   He enjoys hunting, fishing, gardening and grilling.  Melissa is kind, outgoing, and loving.  She is a godly woman who constantly wants to help others.  She is my soul mate.  She makes me laugh and her life experiences help me keep things in perspective. Melissa is a very loving and kind mom to Brodie.   Melissa enjoys working out, spending time outdoors, gardening, bible study and getting together with her friends.  Brodie is such a joy!  He is all boy.  He is outgoing, witty, smart, and loves to make friends.  He constantly is making us laugh.  He also has a very sweet and tender side to him.  He is very nurturing and loves to help.  He enjoys being outside and going to the zoo, park, museum, pretty much anywhere.   We as a family love to go to sporting events.   We also love to spend time outside together, cooking together and just being active and having fun.  We love the beach and go every year.   We pretty much just like to do things as a family.  We also love to get together with our family and friends when we can.   We hope this letter has offered a small window into our family.  Thank you again for taking the time to read through our letter.  We pray that you have peace with your decision on finding a forever family for your baby.

Brent & Melissa

To learn more about this family, email info@generationsadoptions.org
or call 1-866-530-HOPE and ask to speak to the adoptive family caseworker.