Hi,

Thank you for taking the time to find out more about us. We’re Karl and Linda, and we’ve been together since 1995. We’re both English, but we’ve been living in America since the beginning of 2005. Karl is a scientist, and Linda is a semi-professional photographer, who’s also completing her science PhD part-time. She does both of those from home, so will be a work-at-home mum once we bring a baby home. Linda comes from a family with several adopted cousins & second cousins, and always wanted to give birth to one or two children, and adopt one or two, so adoption was something we discussed early on in our relationship. Unfortunately, we’ve been unable to have biological children, so we’re now ready to start building our family through adoption only. Our families are excited about this, and can’t wait to meet the new addition. Linda’s adopted relatives now have children, and even grandchildren, of their own, so your child would have no shortage of relatives who understand what adoption is like. Due to our love of animals, we’re both vegan, and have been for over 35 years between us. In fact, Karl was raised as a vegetarian, so he’s never eaten meat. Like many vegans, we’ve read extensively on nutrition, and now especially on children’s nutrition, so we’re confident that we’ll be giving our child the healthiest diet possible.

Karl on Linda

Linda stood out from the crowd when I first met her. She makes me laugh and think, and we are both comfortable either in complete silence or chatting away like maniacs for hours.> > Over the years I have watched Linda with the children of friends, and have always been impressed at how natural she is with them. She has an enviable ability to be responsible and caring, and yet playful and child-like at the same time, drawing children in to games and teaching them at the same time. Compassionate and practical, she remains completely calm and approachable at all times, and all children we know seem to warm to her completely, and tend to want to please and impress her.

Linda on Karl

Karl’s been my best friend since we first met. Like me, he has strong convictions, and two of the first things I noticed about him were his willingness to discuss these with an open mind, and his innate confidence. I also love his sense of humor – he can be silly, or sarcastic (it’s a British thing), or just plain clever, but he always manages to make me laugh. Like many scientists, he’s kept his childlike sense of wonder at the universe, and never stops asking questions. Once a child reaches the ‘why?’ stage, they’ll find a willing audience in Karl, ready to answer each and every question they have. He’s also going to be great at helping with homework. Karl’s very musical too. He’s been in several groups, and will enjoying singing and making music with his child.

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We’re hoping for an open adoption, preferably with some visits with our baby’s birth family. We both feel it’s important for a child to know everyone who’s important in their lives. If we’re matched with an expectant mother who isn’t comfortable with that much ongoing contact, or who maybe doesn’t want face-to-face meetings for the first few years, we’ll understand, but we’d prefer not to have a fully closed adoption for the child’s sake. In any situation though, our child will know from the earliest age how they came to be in our family, and hopefully we’ll at least be able to show them pictures of their birth family and let them know how much they are loved. Thank you again for taking the time to learn more about us like this. We hope you’ve liked what you’ve read so far, and if you’d like to learn more, you can read a longer version of our profile on our blog: karlindaadoption.wordpress.com. Our email address is karlinda AT live DOT com, or you can contact our adoption agency, Heartsent Adoptions, on 1-888-339-8802 or by emailing heartsent@earthlink.net. Best wishes, Karl & Linda