John & Stephen

Hi! We are John & Stephen from Rhode Island. When we stop and really think about it, it's incredible how many millions of tiny, ordinary, everyday decisions brought the two of us together at the right place and time. This is how we think about our adoption journey, too. Every day, we're taking another step toward meeting the child who is meant to join our family. We’ve built our life together around our shared dream of being parents and we’re excited and committed to finally make it happen. Adoption has always been our plan and we're thankful that you've taken this step in considering us to be part of your own plan. We met while attending the same university. We were so busy with school, we usually only got to see each other once a week: on Thursday night we’d eat chicken wings in bed, watch “30 Rock”, and then study until we fell asleep. Twelve years later, it’s still how we celebrate our anniversary! We both work in the arts and in education: Stephen is a college dance professor, and John is a classically trained actor and now works as a university administrator. Because of our interests and professions, our daily lives are filled with creativity. We both love to cook and bake, and we love to experiment with new recipes or try new restaurants in our neighborhood. We spend every weekend either exploring our city or relaxing at the lake with our friends (all artists, actors, photographers, chefs) and their kids. We love to travel and learn as much as we can about art and culture all over the world. Art and culture are hugely important in our house. Most of our free time is spent seeing plays or dance, visiting new art exhibits, museums, and seeing as many movies as we can. Since most of our friends work in the arts, we look forward to not only taking our child to their first Broadway show, but letting them run around on stage afterward. They can learn to play any instrument they want (but the family band really could use a brass section). And maybe this child will grow up to not be interested in any of those things—and that’s okay! Our #1 goal is that our child will develop their own curiosity about the world and a passion to explore everything.

John & Stephen