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Dear Expectant Parents,
We are Tommy and
Shamone.
We are very
excited to write this letter to you. Thank you
for taking the time to view our profile to get
to know us. Words cannot express the respect and
admiration that we have for you and the decision
you are making. We know (and are
continually learning) that we can never fully
understand or imagine the emotions that you are
feeling, but we pray for you and that you have
the faith that you need to find the right family
- one who will love, cherish, and share in the
blessing of your gift of life.
We have been married
for 8 years. For us, marriage is a
blessing and hard work. We believe it is not a
50/50 relationship, but requires 100% from each
of us. So it’s important that we take time
to spend together, regardless of how busy the
week is. We love to take a vacation, at
least, once a year – even if it’s just to sit on
the beach. However, we do enjoy being
active like playing tennis, swimming, playing
Wii, and going to community musical events.
We live in a great,
family-friendly, and diverse suburb of Chicago.
It’s a fantastic place to live with lots of
local activities at the parks, recreation
centers, and community events. We also
love the easy access to Chicago. We enjoy
driving into Chicago for visits to the zoos,
museums, beaches, and to pig out at some of the
great restaurants (just us or with the nieces
and nephews)! There are top rated
elementary and high schools within a mile of
our home. In fact, we can hear the high
school band practicing in prep for the football
games.
About Tommy:
Tommy is caring, devoted, and hard working.
He has a great sense of humor and loves to make
people smile (which is how he won me over).
He is a true romantic. While we were
dating, I had many a friend and coworker ask me
to have him to host a class on romance, after I
told stories about his dinner and birthday
surprises. He is still the romantic in our
marriage. I regularly go out to the truck
to head to work and find roses, a card, or
chocolates, for no reason at all. His
dedication to family is inspirational, and he
loves inviting family over for BBQ’s during the
summer to hang out. Now if I can get him
to cook at those BBQ’s, we’ll be in business!
He is a great example and mentor to his nephews
(and nieces) and understands the importance of
being a role model to children through quality
time. Tommy grew up in Illinois, with his
parents and twin brother and sister. They
are a very close family, including the extended
family. He was raised with the core values
of love, respect, and honor that show in his
every day actions.
About Shamone: I
think Shamone is the most attractive,
intelligent, and thoughtful woman in the world.
She has a wonderful heart for other people and
making them feel good. She has been so
supportive of me and my goals and dreams.
She’s been an encourager and inspiration.
She loves ALL her nieces and nephews and has a
special relationship with each one. Her
patience is limitless as she sits to listen to
every story from each one. While getting
her nails done by my sister-in-law¸ the kids are
always sitting next to Shamone to talk or
climbing on her doing her hair. As much as
they play and talk with her, they also know that
she will quickly ask how they are doing in
school or grab a book and have them read to her.
She, also, loves to host the family at our house
for holidays or just get-togethers. She
goes the extra mile to make sure everyone is
enjoying the food and is comfortable.
Shamone grew up in Illinois, with her parents
and her younger brother. They grew up
exploring the activities in and around Chicago,
as well, as camping and swimming all summer
long.
We are extremely
happy at the thought of being parents and look
forward to the joys of raising a child.
After years of struggling with infertility, we
decided to pursue adoption. Sharing our
love as parents is more important. We
enjoy taking our nieces and nephews to fun
activities, and we love to dream about when we
have little ones in our home to plan activities
with. Shamone plans every birthday for our
nieces and nephews from moonwalks, laser tags,
treasure hunts, and kids’ games. Tommy
finances them J. We hope to provide the
kind of warm home where a child knows
unconditional love, respect, integrity, and
honesty. Education is definitely a
priority, and we feel that can come in different
forms like trips to the museums, parks, and
other activities, in addition, to the classroom.
Love is foundational to it all, and we hope to
exemplify that in our daily lives. Part of
expressing love is sharing it, which we would
like to do through an open relationship with
you. This can be through letters,
pictures, or even visits. Every child
wants to know the answer to the essential
questions around whom they are and where they
come from. We do believe that it takes a
village to raise a child, and you are part of
our village. Our hope is to maintain a
relationship with you that will help raise a
confident and secure child.
Hopefully, this has
given you a picture of who we are and what we
believe.
Children are a blessing and a gift. God bless
you, as you are making this important decision.
We wish you well.
Tommy
& Shamone |
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