We so look forward to sharing our life with a child. We are both very imaginative people, and we hope to be able to show a child the wonders and possibilities the world can offer. We both believe a child should be given the chance to make their own life choices and we also believe we can give a child the education and loving support they need to make a wonderful life. We are also both fairly spiritual, and we truly believe God has put us on this path at this time for this reason.

Brian Beverly Job Description Owns His Own Creative Design Company & is a Former Designer for Mattel Toys Registered Nurse for a Prominent Orthopedic Surgery Group & Involved in Medical Research & will be Published by Year's End Education BFA in Design with Post-Graduate Work at a Prestigious Art School RN Degree (Graduated with Honors) & Degree as a Medical Assistant Favorites Dessert Chocolate Cake Dessert Carrot Cake Subject in School History Subject in School English Nursery Rhyme Chicken Soup with Rice Nursery Rhyme Paddy Cake Movie Army of Darkness Movie Moonstruck & Raising Arizona Type of Music Rock Type of Music Anything from Opera to Alternative/Punk Children None

I was adopted. My mother is my biological mother. My adoptive father is the only father I ever knew. My father's family is a large, happy Italian family who loved and welcomed me into the family completely and unconditionally. My new grandmother provided daycare from the time I was three until I was five years of age. Although I am biologically Spanish, Austrian, and Irish, I was raised and treated as the "Little Italian Prince", being the only grandchild at that point in time, not to mention I was her favorite! I learned to speak Italian when I was three from my great-grandmother who was from Naples, Italy. I spent many wonderful hours listening to her various stories about growing up in Italy.

I always felt that I was a complete and total member of my family and nothing less. There have been many times over the years that I have to remember that my physical resemblance to my father's family is purely coincidental, which is funny because I look nothing like my biological mother!

I was baptized when I was three years old and my godmother was Cuban. My Italian grandmother encouraged me to learn as much about my Spanish culture as much as my Italian culture. Even though my father is now passed away, I am still as tight with my father's side of the family as I ever was. I cannot imagine having a better father than the one who adopted me.

We will tell our child how lucky we were to have the opportunity to adopt them. We will explain to our child when he or she is old enough to understand about the amazing gift that their biological mother gave to our family. Our child will also learn about Brian's adoption and the bond they will share as adoptive children. Together we will teach our child how their biological mother showed such strength and love in allowing us to share her child's life. The magic of adoption has always been apart of our life from when Brian was a child and we will share this magic with our child so that they fully understand and appreciate how special they are, how special their biological mother was, and how lucky we all are to have found each other.

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We are unique in that we have both studied many different cultures throughout history. While our own family cultures include, Irish, Spanish, Italian, and German. We enjoy traveling to other countries and exploring the various cultures. One of the things we truly look forward to is exposing our child to a variety of culture experiences. We not only enjoy traveling across the world, we enjoy traveling across the United States. It is our belief that we are citizens of the world and that our child can do nothing but benefit from being exposed to everything this world has to offer.

We cannot wait to be able to show our child what a vast and interesting world we live in and how everyone is influenced by their own cultures and exposures to others. We believe that this knowledge helps promote openness and tolerance to all people.