Family Profiles
A Letter from Charlie and Julie
Dear Birth Mother,
As we are sitting here writing this letter, we are amazed by your grace, respect your strength, and admire your courage. We know that the choices you are making right now must be incredibly painful and difficult, and so we are praying for you. We pray for the best for you.
We are Charlie and Julie. We have been married for five and a half years and are blessed by God with an undyng love for each other and for our Creator. We are elated about the opportunity to adopt our first child. From the time we met each other and dated, many of our conversations and dreams have revolved around visions of parenting and raising a family together. Adoption has always been in those discussions. For the past two and a half years we have experienced losses, including a miscarriage. Through the pain, we have not lost sight of God’s love and plan for us. We have not pursued aggressive medical treatment, because we are at peace and excited about the potential to adopt a child. The trials we have endured have allowed us to build our prayer life and faith and knowledge that God provides in a variety of ways. We feel that God is calling us to adopt.
Our four-bedroom home is located outside of Austin, in a diverse neighborhood filled with young families and children. The neighborhood has three playgrounds, a pool, jogging/walking path, community garden, and dog park. We are surrounded by many close friends from our church family who live less than a mile away. We have one dog named Bucky, who is a ball of energy. He is good around children and enjoys joining us for our daily walks.
Charlie received his undergraduate degree in mathematics and taught high school for four years. He has also been a youth minister, and now works as a full-time associate minister for our church after receiving his Master’s degree in theology. He enjoys working to spread Christ’s love to those in our church and community. His job hours are flexible enough where he can take needed time off and can come home for lunch each day. When Charlie is not at work, he enjoys visiting homes of church members, watching movies, kayaking, hiking, bicycling, cooking with Julie, and reading.
Julie received her undergraduate degree in education and her Master’s in speech language pathology. She has taught special education for one year and is now in her sixth year as a speech therapist who works with children who ha ve communication delays and disorders. She enjoys working with children who have developmental delays, providing them with guidance toward effectively communicating. She plans to be able to stay at home once the baby is born. When Julie is not at work, she enjoys joining Charlie in his ministry, knitting, playing the piano, kayaking, hiking, cooking, and spending time over coffee or tea visiting with friends.
Together, we treasure the time we have with each other. We enjoy spending time in prayer, being with church friends, and loving on each of our family members, which include three sweet nephews and one adorable niece. Our extended families, including Grandad, YaYa, Papa Jo and Momma Jo are eager to welcome home a new baby. We feel incredibly blessed to be part of such a large, loving church family, also. The church family, young and old, constantly expresses their joy and excitement about a future baby they will get to love on.
We look forward to a home filled with the noise of a child’s laughter, little feet pattering, tiny hands making sweet messes and also folded in prayer. We happily anticipate first footsteps, a first Christmas, and first words. We hope to raise a happy, healthy child that grows up to love Christ and others. We hope to have an open and respectful relationship with you. We look forward to sharing with our child the hero that you are. Please know that we will hold you in our thoughts and prayers throughout the coming days, months, and years.
With respect and affection,
Charlie and Julie
