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Jerry & Sarah

Thank you for taking the time to read and consider our profile. We have always had a special place in our hearts for adoption, and we have an extraordinary amount of love and compassion to share. We are passionate about being the best parents we can to enable a child to succeed in any path they choose. We hope that our profile gives you a glimpse into who we are and what we can offer as adoptive parents.

About Us

Jerry
Sarah
Job
Director of Business Intelligence & Data Analytics
Reading Intervention Tutor
Education
Master of Business Administration
Master's Degree in Elementary Education
Children
None
Relationship
Legally Married
State
Mississippi

Our Leisure Time

Enjoying Our Local Greenway Trails

There are many different activities that we enjoy together. One of the main activities we like to do is to get together with friends and family frequently for game nights with card games or board games. We enjoy taking lots of walks and experiencing our local greenways and beginner hiking trails. We also enjoy watching shows and movies together. We especially enjoy when we can binge watch a show over the course of a few days. Another activity that we enjoy in our free time is seeing plays/musicals. We have seen many wonderful touring Broadway shows at our local theater. We can already imagine sharing the joy of live theater with a child. Sarah enjoys attending concerts of her favorite artists. Jerry enjoys playing airsoft with his friends and gaming. We both enjoy traveling and exploring new places and tend to take one or two trips together outside of work each year. We can't wait to share new places and experiences that traveling brings with a child. We also spend a portion of our leisure time volunteering our time or resources to local organizations (Ronald McDonald House, Angel Tree, food pantry). Serving others is something that we are both passionate about and want to teach our child from a young age. We look forward to sharing our joint and individual hobbies and interests with a child.

Qualities We Love, Admire and Respect in Each Other

Anniversary Date

We both have an incredible amount of love and respect for each other that only continues to grow with our time together.

Sarah loves Jerry's passion for helping others. He is always doing whatever he can to help someone better themselves or achieve their goals. Sarah admires Jerry's drive and ambition. He has grown so much in his professional life in a relatively short time span. Jerry will accomplish whatever he sets his mind to and sets rigorous goals in order to continue to push himself.

Jerry loves Sarah's kind heart and admires her passion for teaching. He loves hearing her stories of how her students were able to meet a goal or read words they previously weren't able to. Jerry loves how Sarah wants to give what she can to others (whether physical items, time, or resources) and is a passionate advocate for her students and those she cares about.

Cultural Diversity

As parents we plan to incorporate the diversity of our world in as many ways as we can for our children. We live in a diverse community and value being active members of our community. Within our community we have community leaders, professionals, and business owners of many different ethnicities and cultural backgrounds. We plan to teach a child about diverse current and historical figures and their important contributions to society as well as provide as many examples as possible of diverse leaders in all kinds of different careers and communities. We also plan to teach a child about how to love and respect others and how we are all unique in our own ways. Within our family we have several family members and friends who are biracial/bicultural who will be able to share their unique experiences with a child and help guide them in their identity development. A child of any race will have excellent role models in our extended family and community.

Photos

Traveling to the Grand Canyon
Traveling to the Grand Canyon
Easter With Our Nieces
Easter With Our Nieces
Jerry Tubing at the Lake
Jerry Tubing at the Lake
Meeting a New Family Member
Meeting a New Family Member
Enjoying a Painting Class
Enjoying a Painting Class
Visiting the White House
Visiting the White House
Ready for Date Night
Ready for Date Night
Christmas
Christmas
On the Boat
On the Boat
Jerry With His Newest Cousin
Jerry With His Newest Cousin
Snow Day
Snow Day
Ugly Sweater Party
Ugly Sweater Party
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Traveling to the Grand Canyon
Traveling to the Grand Canyon
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Easter With Our Nieces
Easter With Our Nieces
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Jerry Tubing at the Lake
Jerry Tubing at the Lake
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Meeting a New Family Member
Meeting a New Family Member
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Enjoying a Painting Class
Enjoying a Painting Class
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Visiting the White House
Visiting the White House
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Ready for Date Night
Ready for Date Night
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Christmas
Christmas
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On the Boat
On the Boat
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Jerry With His Newest Cousin
Jerry With His Newest Cousin
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Snow Day
Snow Day
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Ugly Sweater Party
Ugly Sweater Party

Our House and Neighborhood

Our Home in the Spring

Our home is the perfect size to grow our family. It has five bedrooms and three bathrooms. Our home also has a formal dining room, large outdoor patio, and open kitchen and living room area. This is perfect for hosting friends and family and is well suited to making and enjoying meals together as a family. Our home is the gathering place at holidays for our friends and family to relax. Our home is located on almost an acre of land which gives us a large, semi-shaded backyard, a large front yard that allows the house to be set far back from the street, and a long driveway perfect for bikes, scooters, and a future basketball goal.

Our favorite room in the house is the kitchen and living room. It is our favorite place to hang out with friends and family, or wrap up in blankets on the couch to watch a show or movie. Sarah also enjoys cooking and baking for friends and family in the kitchen. We also enjoy reading and enjoying our morning coffee on the patio.

Our home is located in the middle of a quiet street in a safe neighborhood. There are wide sidewalks and mature trees throughout the neighborhood.

Our home is close to two large parks with multiple playgrounds, ball fields, lakes, and walking paths.

A child will be in a warm, comforting, and safe environment in our home where they can thrive.

Our Extended Families

Sarah's Family

Jerry is the youngest of his family and has two older sisters. Sarah is the oldest of her family with one younger sister.

We both enjoy spending lots of time with our extended family. We have many members of our extended family that live in our area and we see them frequently. We also travel to see family who live a few hours away on a regular basis. When we are together with our families we love to play card games and share family stories.

Jerry's Family

Jerry's family has a tradition of taking a trip to the lake every Labor Day weekend. We rent a boat one day and spend the next day swimming and having a picnic lunch by the water. Jerry's family always hosts a Christmas Eve white elephant gift exchange while Sarah's family always hosts Christmas Day festivities (both of these events usually involve card games and a large spread of finger foods and desserts).

Our family is unique because we have so many family members with unique experiences to share and because we are very close with our extended family. We both grew up considering our cousins more like siblings. Our family is very supportive of our adoption plan and they are excited to see us become the great parents they know we will be. A child will be welcomed, loved, and supported by all of our family, and they will have lots of cousins to play with.

From Us to You

We know that this is one of, if not the hardest decisions you will make in your life and we are beyond grateful that you believe we may be a suitable family to love and care for your child.

We met nine years ago and almost instantly knew that we were meant to be with each other and wanted to share our lives with each other. While we share many similar interests (TV shows, music, enjoying nature, playing board games, exploring new areas), we love our own friend groups, hobbies, and alone time too. We got engaged almost exactly a year after we met and got married a little less than a year after we got engaged. We have been married for almost seven years now and have gone through some of the best times as well as some of the most difficult times in our lives together while also enjoying and appreciating everything in the middle. From the beginning of our relationship, we knew we wanted to grow our family and become parents. We knew before we focused on growing our family we wanted to spend time together and travel as much as we could. We have gone on several trips together and are thankful we have been able to explore new places while continuing to build our relationship. We are excited to share our love of travel and exploring with a child. In addition to traveling we have always imagined all of the other experiences we would want to share with a child. We look forward to the big experiences (birthday parties, holidays, first day of school), as well as the everyday moments like reading stories before bed, telling jokes and stories while eating dinner, and comforting them when they are sick.

Our faith is an important part of our lives and we lean on it especially during times of stress, anxiety, and loss. We are blessed in our personal and professional lives and know that God is supporting us and guiding us in our lives. In addition to our faith we both have our role models inspire us and who we have taken important lessons from. Jerry is passionate about helping others and bettering society thanks to the inspiring speeches and life of President John F. Kennedy. Sarah's mom was an amazing teacher that helped guide Sarah to find her calling to teach children, and she has pursued this calling with relentless effort. Sarah's mom also helped to instill a passion in Sarah for nurturing, loving, and supporting others.

We have always thought of adoption as our way to grow our family, and we were never scared away by the commitment of adoption. We will raise this child as if they were our own and make them feel special because to us, they will be the most special person in the world. We know that you are scared and anxious about how your child will grow and who they will become as they grow older. We want you to be reassured that we are completely committed to being the most amazing parents we can be and will do everything to make sure a child knows they are loved, supported, and safe. We are also committed to making sure that you are able to know this as well. We will share letters or emails and pictures with you and we are open to the possibility of a visit within their first 5 years.

If you choose us, we will provide the opportunities for your child to grow up well-rounded. Our home is one of peace and stability. The child will travel across the world with us on vacations, have an abundance of family friends to play with, and be raised in a secure and nurturing environment with well-trained parents who are ready to love and support them fully. You are loved. Your baby is loved. You are courageous for beginning this journey. We hope that this vision we have laid out for you is one where you feel that your child will be happy and loved.

Jerry & Sarah

Favorites

Jerry
Sarah
Actor
Tom Hanks
Matt Smith
Actress
Robin Wright
Mindy Kailing
Animal
Grizzly Bear
Dolphin
Author
J.K. Rowling
Colleen Hoover/Diana Gabaldon
Book
Harry Potter
Outlander series
Candy Bar
Reeses Pieces
Three Musketeers
Cartoon
Avatar The Last Airbender
Rugrats
Childhood Memory
Beating Gundam with my cousin and best friend on PS2. We split the last mission into 3!
Exploring the backyard, neighbor's yard, and playground across the street
Childhood Toy
Cop Cars (I lined the entire hallway with them and pushed all the sirens)
American Girl Doll
Children's Book
GooseBumps
Madeline, Corduroy
City
Washington DC was my favorite to visit
Nashville
Classic Movie
The Godfather
Grease
Color
Crimson Red
Blue
Day of Week
Saturday
Thursday
Dessert
Reeses sonic blast (add all the candies)
Any kind of chocolate cheesecake
Disney Movie
Lion King
Frozen, Mulan
Dream Car
I have it - Hyundai Tucson is perfect
Lexus or Audi SUV
Dream Job
Governor of Mississippi
Teacher, Mom, Bakery Owner
Dream Vacation
Japan
Exploring the UK (England, Scotland, Ireland) or a tropical beach
Family Activity
A Multiplayer game (board game or video game...mario party!)
Playing board games
Flower / Plant
Any pretty blooming ones
Hydrangeas
Food
Chicken with 3 sides
Pizza or Mexican
Form of Exercise
Walking Trails
Walking/hiking
Fruit
Purple Grapes
Strawberries
Game
The Elder Scrolls - Skyrim
Sorry!
Hobby
Video games or airsoft
Baking
Holiday
Halloween part is always great! (but Christmas!)
Halloween and Christmas
Holiday Song
Have a Holly Jolly Christmas
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Holiday Tradition
Opening presents one at a time on Christmas morning. Stuffing stockings
Baking treats for friends and family
Ice Cream
Chocolate with the chocolate piece bites
Rocky Road/anything with a lot of chocolate
Junk Food
Chips and Dip
Chex Mix
Leisure Activity
Video Gaming or reading history
Reading
Magazine
Does Reddit count?
Southern Living
Memory with a Child
Telling jokes to my little cousin and watching him laugh his head off
Babysitting cousins
Memory with Spouse
Having a snowball fight in our neighborhood
Showing my husband the museums and monuments in Washington D.C.
Movie
Forrest Gump
The Parent Trap
Movie Munchie
Soft Pretzel
Popcorn
Movie Quote
Ricky Bobby: "If you aint' first, you're last."
"Some people are worth melting for."-Frozen
Movie Type
Time travel/scifi/space
Comedy or Marvel
Musical
Hamilton
Hamilton
Musical Group
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Beatles
Nursery Rhyme
HUMPTY DUMPTY!
Fere Jacques
Olympic Event
Women's Gymnastics and the diving competition
Swimming, Women's Gymnastics
Personal Hero
JFK or Teddy Roosevelt
My Mom
Play
Hamilton
Peter Pan
Poet
William Shakespeare
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Quality about my Spouse
Compassionate/Caring
Ambition and perseverance
Quote
We choose to go to the moon and this decade and do the other things...not because they are easy...but because they are hard! - JFK
"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better"- Maya Angelou
Restaurant
Mexican
Chuy's
Sandwich
Turkey with avocado
Ice Cream Sandwich
Scripture
John 8:7 -The one of you who hasn't sinned - throw the first stone. - Jesus
Joshua 1:9-"Be Strong and Courageous. Do not be afriad; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go."
Shopping Store
Target
Target
Song
Ed Sheeran - Perfect
All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version)
Sport to Play
We play baseball with cousins
Tennis
Sport to Watch
Football
College Football
Sports Star
Tom Brady
Joe Burrow
Sports Team
Bengals
LSU Tigers, Tennessee Titans, Bengals
Subject in School
History
History, Psychology
Superhero
Batman
Captain America, Thor
Thing to Cook
Quesadilla
Any kind of desserts
Time of Day
Night
Afternoon
Tradition
Yearly lake vacation with the family
Family vacations
TV Show
Game of Thrones (including new house of the dragon)
Friends
TV Show Character
Khaleesi
Chandler Bing
Type of Music
Any...soft rock/country - Ed Sheeran, Lady Gaga, Brad Paisley, Toby Keith
All kinds
Vacation Spot
Lake at Heber Springs, Arkansas
The beach
Video Game
Europa 4 or any economy strategy game
Mario Kart

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