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Jason and Suzanne

Dear Birthmother,

As we sit here writing this letter, our Chocolate Lab, Chloe, sits at our feet watching us with her inquiring hazel-brown eyes. We are reflecting on all the hopes and dreams and countless prayers that have brought us to this moment, and are anticipating with pure excitement, the blessings this year might hold for us. Our names are Jason and Suzanne, and we would like to share our story with you.

We are high school sweethearts who dated for five years and have been married for ten.  Jason was the athlete while I was the studious one, and our current career paths remain consistent with this description, as Jason’s work as a fabrication crewman is very physical and I am an accountant.

Family is a very important part of our lives.  Jason is the baby of his family with seven older siblings (6 sisters and 1 brother).  I am the middle child with one older brother and one younger sister.  We both grew up in the same small town, Jason on a 175 acre farm and I on a 20 acre wooded lot.  Many of our childhood memories revolve around time spent playing outside.  We suppose it is a direct result of these childhood memories that we jumped at an opportunity to build our home in a similar setting.  We have been living in our home (on what was 12 acres of my grandparents’ farm) for almost five years, and dream of the day we can watch our children running and playing as we did.

As we sit here contemplating the best way to describe our personalities, we agree on the fact that we are very different from one another.  I would describe Jason as likable and fun-loving, somewhat reserved around people he doesn’t know, but very outgoing with family and friends. He is rarely afraid to try new things, confident in the decisions he makes, and comfortable with whom he is as a person.  Jason describes me as being very kind, devoted to family and friends, sincere, friendly, and always willing to help others.  And then there’s us as a couple.  We like that our personalities differ and feel it offers a very good balance to our relationship, but we also admit to both being dreamers.  While really pretty practical and fairly conservative in most respects, we still try to find a way to encourage each other’s dreams.  An example of something Jason really wanted to try was stock car racing, so we devoted our extra money and most all our weekends to the sport for a few years.  In return, Jason fulfilled my dream of building a house (which he admittedly likes, too).

Jason and I both like to fish in lakes and ponds close to our home and take two trips a year with friends to go trout fishing.  Another interest of Jason’s is golf, which is one that I am learning (although I am not very good).  We also have a motorcycle that we enjoy riding.  Jason goes more often than I do, but when I do our destination is usually some new place to eat.  Jason likes everything outdoors.  I enjoy shopping, reading, playing the piano, and working on our landscaping.

While we honestly feel our lives have been blessed, we have felt for a long time that something was missing.  We have always known we wanted children, and accepting and living with our infertility has not changed this.  Years later, we are still anxiously waiting for the day we become parents.  We believe a child would bring so much to our lives; the chance to feed and comfort them as infants, the opportunity to help them grow, learn, and explore as toddlers, the experience of helping them through adolescence as they take hold of their identity and personality, and watching them attain their dreams as they go through life.  We can’t even begin to describe how much we would love to watch a child open presents at Christmas, read books to them at night, see them catch their first fish, and even teach them how to tie their shoestrings.  All of these little milestones are experiences we pray we will get to be a part of one day.

Well, it is several hours later, and Chloe has long since fallen asleep at our feet. While we are sure this letter does not even come close to telling you everything we feel you need to know about us, we hope it is a good start.  Should you decide you would like to speak with us, we look forward to the opportunity to speak with you, too. 

We wish you peace, happiness, and countless blessings,

Jason and Suzanne

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