Jaclyn & Brian
Hi there!
Thank you for taking the time to read our profile book during what we imagine is one of the most challenging times in your life. Words cannot express our heartfelt gratitude for the trust you are willing to put in us.
We want this book to serve as a look into our lives. How we feel about one another. How we stay connected to our community. How we have built long and lasting relationships with friends, family, and chosen family. All of this is what will help us to build a loving, nurturing, and supportive home for your baby.
Whatever decision you make, we know it will be what is best for you and your baby. We want to assure you we are here for any questions and will always be open and honest with you. We hope we get to move forward together in this journey but no matter what, we wish you the best!
With our deepest love and gratitude,
Jaclyn & Brian
Our Adoption Story & Promise to You
From our first discussion about children early in our relationship, adoption was always part of our plan. As we got married and began to plan our lives together, we knew that no matter how many kids we had, and no matter how we built our family, adoption would always be part of it for us. We have so much love to give and more than anything, we want to share that. After several years of marriage and building our careers, we learned that Jaclyn would not be able to become pregnant. With that news, we took some time, and that is when in our hearts, we knew it was time to begin our adoption journey.
We now feel stronger than ever that this is the best way to build our family. We are both committed and prepared to do whatever we can to build a supportive home for your child. One that allows them to explore all different aspects of their life and continue to grow as a human being. Both of us have so much respect for the courage you have displayed to get to this point and we will honor that courage with a firm commitment to love your child unconditionally and help them grow up with a solid value system that prioritizes respect, empathy, and education throughout their entire life. We promise to tend to their physical and mental health and make sure they know they are always our #1 priority. We will do everything in our power to ensure they have a support system and diverse community throughout their lives that lets them become the best version of themselves as we guide them through life. Moreover, we promise to love and cherish them as long as we live, and we will also honor you, every step of the way.
About Us
We met online in 2012 over our shared love of music! At the time we were both writing and sharing content on a blogging site about independent and alternative music when Brian reached out to Jaclyn through a direct message to share that he had an internet crush on them. From there sparks flew and we decided to meet for the first time at a concert in Boston. That is when we started our long distance relationship and within nine months, Jaclyn made the move to Washington D.C. to join our lives together. We were married in 2015 in Philadelphia and our partnership has grown stronger every day.
During the pandemic, both of our careers really took off and two years ago, Brian got a big promotion that brought us back to NYC – a favorite city for both of us!
We are passionate and driven people and that passion has taken us on an amazing journey. We have both experienced shifts in our careers with Jaclyn starting their own business and Brian finding success in the business world.
In our free time, we are both dedicated to our hobbies, families, friends, and our community. Our weekends can be a mix of attending live sporting events (football, baseball, or basketball), seeing local theater (Broadway or off), going to concerts (back to our love of music!), and volunteering in our community (Jaclyn works a lot as an advocate for survivors of sexual or domestic violence). We also keep in close contact with friends and family who live both near and far and make sure to see them as often as possible.
About Jaclyn
Through Brian’s eyes
Jaclyn is my sunshine. I say that not due to a cheesy song (although that was part of the original nickname), but because they are literally a guiding light in my life. Jaclyn has taught me to take joy in small victories. They have given me warmth on the toughest of days in my life. And just like the sun, they reliably rise with me every day. I literally could not ask for a more empathetic, loving, caring, and loyal partner.
Jaclyn is extremely hard-working and is so dedicated to whatever they take on – whether their friends, family, their work, or the causes they feel passionate about, they are all in. They have had to overcome so much to achieve their success, and this is something I really admire. Jaclyn started working as a young teenager and often had to balance school and supporting themself financially.
Jaclyn has always had to focus on working hard for their independence, and they never take for granted what they have accomplished. Jaclyn now runs their own marketing business, and this gives them the ability to make their own schedule – something that will really come in handy as a parent one day. Jaclyn is extremely focused on advocating for those in need personally, professionally, and in our community. It is one of the reasons I look up to them and I am so glad to be able to call them my spouse. They are going to be the most amazing parent, and I know they will give your child an incredible life filled with unconditional love, opportunity, and respect.
About Brian
Through Jaclyn’s Eyes
Brian is the most incredible, kind, and generous person I have ever met. A day never passes where Brian does not say I love you several times and calls me beautiful. I have never felt so loved and connected to another human being. His openness to understand me and all my complexities won me over right away back in 2012. One major thing Brian does well is that he listens. He will take the time to listen to your concerns, your worries, your frustrations and provide empathy, support, and helpful solutions. He will also sit and listen to you talk for hours about anything you enjoy – his joy comes from seeing joy in others. His laugh is infectious, so I always love to make him laugh because that makes me smile so much it hurts my cheeks!
Brian has helped me truly experience life, rather than just work through it. Even though I love a good stay-cation to just reset, Brian has shown me the fun and excitement of traveling to a new place. He has shown me how important lived experiences are, no matter how big or small.
Watching him grow, personally and professionally, over the last 12 years has been such a privilege because we have always met each other right where we needed to be. He has never sprinted ahead or asked me to stay behind. Brian is my one true partner, and my life wouldn’t be the same without him.
Home Sweet Home
We live in a three-bedroom home in Manhattan. One of the bedrooms has already been dedicated for your baby and we feel our home and neighborhood are a perfect place to raise a family. We have a very open living and dining area that is connected to our kitchen. We love that we have decorated our walls with a variety of photographs and pieces of art from musicians and friends who have meant a lot to us over the years.
Our home is also filled with records and books that have been part of a growing collection through the years. The building itself has a ton of great amenities including a gym, a kids playroom, a lounge, a rooftop picnic and dining area, and an enclosed courtyard with a playground.
Our neighborhood is a diverse and vibrant place with a wide variety of theaters, restaurants, bookstores, crafting locations, parks, and playgrounds, not to mention so many young families. We are also one block away from a fantastic elementary school. We love where we have chosen to live and are excited to raise a family here.
Jameson
Jameson is the goofiest and happiest boy! We rescued him from a local shelter back in 2018 when he was just four months old. Jameson loves children and people love him – and he loves the attention! His favorite snack is cheese, and he loves to play fetch. He spends most days curled up on a couch napping while we work but has a healthy walking schedule of four times a day to make sure he gets enough outside time.
Travel & Adventure
We believe that experiencing how other people and cultures live is incredibly important in developing empathy and understanding.
Over the course of our relationship, we have visited over 30 different countries on six different continents. Whether it was the incredible food of Japan, witnessing the depth of human history in Egypt, feeding kangaroos in Australia, or braving the incredible nature of Iceland, every trip we have taken has left a mark on our lives and has helped change our view of the world. We love the diversity we have gotten to experience and cannot wait to share our adventures with your child!
Our Loved Ones
Our family and friends are an incredibly important part of our lives. Brian’s immediate and extended family all live within an hour drive, with his brother just two blocks away from us. Jaclyn also keeps in close contact with their family who, while more distant in New Hampshire and Arizona, have been a constant source of support throughout our relationship.
We consider our friends as our chosen family. Both of us have a set of friends, all from different parts of our lives, who are deeply loyal and supportive. Brian’s friends go all the way back to elementary school! Most all of them live within a few hours of us and have kids ranging from six months to nine years old.
Everyone has been incredibly supportive of not just our dream of building our family through adoption, but of both of us at all times in our lives. They have been reliable in every way and are always willing to make sacrifices to help those around them. We consider ourselves truly blessed to be surrounded by so much love and we know they will do the same for your child.
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Holidays & Traditions
Our family has a variety of traditions which are usually based around a holiday. We usually spend both Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve with Brian’s extended family. Brian’s dad is one of five and in total, there are 20 cousins (and we all live within about an hour of each other!). We gather with all of the aunts, uncles, cousins, and family friends to celebrate and just spend time together. On Christmas Day, we have a quieter get-together, usually just ourselves, along with Brian’s brother, sister, and parents to have a nice dinner together. We love the idea of continuing the tradition of spending Christmas Day with just our immediate family so we can relax together and really focus on the holiday spirit for your child.
Outside of Thanksgiving and Christmas, we make sure to spend time with other friends and family members. For example, along with Brian, we have a good number of friends whose birthdays are in July so we try to spend the 4th celebrating together which typically includes a delicious BBQ and outdoor games. Another fun tradition is celebrating our wedding anniversary each year in April. Rather than buying each other gifts, we prefer to take a trip somewhere and experience something new. Sometimes we will include our friends and family like when we took Jaclyn’s Aunt Mary to Rome and Brian’s family to Amsterdam.
We are so excited to carry on these traditions and start some new ones of our own when we are lucky enough to become a family of three!
Thank you for taking the time to read our book and get to know us. We know this road is likely a difficult one but hopefully this look into our lives and how much we want to be parents has made you comfortable that we could be part of your adoption plan. We take the responsibility seriously and it would be an honor to be able to raise and support your baby.
We want you to feel at ease with your decision. We would be honored to talk with you and do anything we can to help you feel confident in your decision.
With our deepest love and gratitude,
Jaclyn & Brian
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