We are Taylor and Jaclyn from Texas

We want to thank you for considering us to raise the child you’ve sheltered and nurtured.  While we can’t ever truly understand what you are going through, we recognize the difficult choice that you are considering to allow us the opportunity to welcome your child into our home and our hearts and are so grateful for you.  We would like to share a bit about ourselves and what life will be like with us.  Taylor was born and raised in Georgia and Jaclyn lived in several states growing up (North Dakota, Ohio, North Carolina, and Texas), as her parents were both in the Air Force.  We are both active-duty Air Force physicians in internal medicine and are currently stationed in Texas.  Our plan within the next few years is to separate from the military and stay in Texas as we are close to family here.  We both love to travel and try new things: new recipes, adventures in other countries, and unique experiences closer to home.  We love to sing silly songs in our kitchen while we cook dinner together and spend time together in our garden or hiking with our dogs, Ava and Juno.  We both are what many would consider nerds – we enjoy boardgames, video games, sci-fi, anime and a good costume party.

Our families are very important to us and we see them often; although Jaclyn’s family lives closer than Taylor’s we still make time and talk to his on a regular basis, too.  One of our favorite things when we are together with Jaclyn’s family is playing boardgames into the night, laughing and enjoying each other’s company. With Taylor’s family we love going out on the lake and watching the beautiful Georgia sunsets. 

If we are blessed with your child, we will raise them to be both happy and the best at whatever they are drawn to: art, music, medicine, sports or anything else. We will go on adventures and broaden their horizons to the beauty the world has to offer. We will visit with cousins, grandparents and family friends (which can make for happy, but boisterous holidays).  Both of us value education and will provide your child with the best education we can, both from schools and with life skills so they are well equipped when they become independent adults. 

A little about how we came to adoption: we talked about adoption even before we got married. Jaclyn: my youngest sister, Carmen, was adopted as an infant when I was 17 years old.  Her birth mother became a family friend and it was a beautiful thing to gain a new sister and watch her grow.  Having seen firsthand how wonderful adoption can be, and the relationship that my sister and the rest of my family still have with Carmen’s birth mother mimics what we would like with you, depending on what your preferences are.

We started trying to have biological children in 2021 and, unfortunately, we suffered three miscarriages.  After our infertility workup, it was determined that we would be very unlikely to have children naturally.  It was a painful time, but it has brought us closer together and has led us to starting the adoption process a bit sooner than we had anticipated. Now that we are here, we are so excited to go through this journey with you and can’t wait to meet you!