Wow! Who knew that this is where we would be at this point in our life. Do you feel the same way? Both of our situations has to do with a great love for a child. Our want for a child and your desire to provide a secure life for the one you are carrying. Please take a couple of minutes to read our story.
We met through a mutual friend whose mother thought we would be a good couple, boy was she right (we think she likes to point that out everytime we see her too). After a couple of dates we knew that we were right for each other and in July 1995 we were married. We moved into a big drafty apartment in Columbia City and laugh everytime we think of that place. The floors were crooked, the heating bills were outragious, and you could hear the people in the downstairs business when you were in the bathroom but it was home.
The fall after we were married Steve started taking college courses and was shocked to be pulling A's and for someone who had a C average in high school lets just say he was a little surprised too. Steve decided to pursue the field of Pharmacy and after he took all the prerequisite courses that he could at IPFW he applied for the Pharmacy program at Purdue, West Lafayette and was accepted. Angie had been working as a dental assistant in a office in Churubusco and was sad to leave but luckily found another good job at a dental office in West Lafayette. It was an interesting life at Purdue (marriage + college = stress) Steve was always into his studies and keeping his A/B average and staying on the Dean's list and Angie became lonely so then enters Speck (the wonderdog). No seriously, Speck the miniature pinscher. What a lively addition she became to the household. She was Angie's little buddy, stressful at times because Angie had never had a puppy before but such a beautiful love that grew it was so worth it.
We were at Purdue for 3 years. We missed our family, luckily Angie's parents liked 2 hour car trips so they would drive from Columbia City about one Sunday a month to go to church with us and then we would all go out for breakfast and walk around the mall or the campus. We would go home to visit our families during the holidays.
In the summer of 2002 Angie moved back to Columbia City to look for our first house. Steve had one year left of school in which he was doing his rotations (ie "free labor") so he would be in West Lafayette a couple of months, Indy a couple of months and Fort Wayne a couple of months. He was going to be living out of motels for about 4 months so that's why we had decided that Angie should move back home to work on buying a house. Angie found a new job at an orthodontic office in Fort Wayne and in August 2002 we bought our first house in the wonderful small town of Churubusco. Steve did his rotations for school during the week and was home Thursday night-Monday morning. After Christmas he was home for good. Steve graduated in May 2003 and got his first "real" job where he actually made money (awesome!!) and we started paying off bills which felt so good.
We had a good thing going we would go to the local eatery, Brevins on Wednesday nights (we were just like old people, so cute) and would go to Fort Wayne on the weekend to see a movie and dinner usually at the Cinema Grille (that place is neat) and then church on Sunday and back to work Monday. Angie was ready to start the next part of her life the part she had been waiting for for a long time the next chapter of her life was going to be a "stay at home mommy" so we thought what a perfect time to start a family. We tried for 1 year on our own with no luck so we decided it was time to see a specialist. We started with the simple procedures first but after another year of no pregnancies we moved on to invitro fertilization We have tried 5 rounds of IVF with no success. Sometimes we just don't want to listen or accept what God is trying to tell us. We tried our hardest, begged, cryed, whined and pleaded but God said, "this is not the way it is going to happen". We feel God leading us to adoption. We are hoping to adopt our children through both international and domestic adoption.
About a year and half ago we moved to Warsaw to be closer to Steve's job. Steve is working as a consultant pharmacist. His job involves visiting nursing homes that his company is contracted with and reviewing the charts of the patients looking for safety issues and making therapy recommendations. Angie is working at a dental office as a receptionist but when the baby arrives will be a SAHM (stay at home mommy, Angie thought that was cute when a patient at work put that on their paperwork as their profession). Our home is a 3 bedroom and 2 bathroom bi-level. There is a full basement and great sized backyard. Our neighborhood is very friendly. We love to take walks and ride our bikes around the block. We love halloween time and to see all the kids come to the door. We made up 40 treat bags this year and quickly had to make up 10 more because we were running out and still had to shut our light out a half an hour early. I guess we will know better for next year.
We live down the street from a lake and actually have an easement to that lake. We love to go sailing or actually anything to do with the water. We have a 16 foot sailboat with a really tiny cabin. It's just basically big enough to sit up in. This year for the 4th of July we took the boat out and watched the fireworks on the lake. We brought sandwiches from home and bought some FunDip (brings out the kid in ya) at the store before we went out on the water. It was so much fun and is one of our fond memories from this summer. We also like to go canoeing. We went just a couple of weeks ago to a local state park when the leaves were changing, it was beautiful, fall is so spectacular. We love just spending time together.
We just live our day to day lives and look forward to that moment when we cease to be a "couple" and become a "family".
Thanks for taking the time to read our story, blessings to you…
Steve and Angie
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