Why Adoption???

This is a question we have been asked countless times, "Why did you want to adopt?"  The answer to that question is both simple and complex.  

The simple answer is that we are pro-life.  We aren't just pro-life in the womb, but we are pro-life outside of the womb too.  We believe that every child should be carried full-term and born, regardless of the circumstances surrounding conception.  Every life is precious.

Another reason we chose to adopt is because we had a dream to be parents.  Now that we have become parents, our desire to adopt has expanded and increased.  Love is what makes a family.  Both of us come from blended families.  Both Mitch's parents were adopted by one parent, and I (Char) was raised by my mom and step-dad.  So we both learned young that biology does not equate love.  Biology doesn't dictate who is your family.

Because the Lord has loved us extravagantly, we are able to love our children extravagantly, regardless of genetics.  Our son does not look like us, but that does not, in any way, limit our love for him.

​We love having an open adoption!  We understand that adoption is beautiful.  But we also understand that adoption involves loss and deep pain.  We have kept an open adoption with our son's birth family because we believe it is important for him to know his history.  We don't want to emphasize the "loss" in adoption by not seeing his aunts, uncles, grandparents, birth mom, cousins... they ARE his family.  We never say "they WERE his family."  They still are, and always will be.  He didn't lose them.  He just gained a much larger family.

We will continue to have open adoptions as long as we are able.  We would never want to deny our children more people in their lives to love them! ​