If there are two finer people on the planet, we don’t know of them. Nate and Irene gave us the most precious gift anyone could ever receive. Of course, they are Jonah’s birth parents. We feel so close to them. We adopted Jonah, but Nate and Irene are like family to us too.
Following is a little about them and a letter written to us by Irene, after we brought Jonah home from the hospital.
Nate is a thoughtful, logical, 21-year-old man. He’s attentive to Irene and cares for her every need. He’s a computer whiz and has his own tech-support company (phyrtech.com). Nate is taking EMT classes, and he hopes to one day become an anesthesiologist.
Irene is a loving, 21-year-old woman with a fiery nature. She is devoted to Nate. (They make a very cute couple!) She works for a nationally known cell phone company but is enjoying some time off to recover.
Irene and Ryan exchange emails on a fairly regular basis. Following is one of many heartfelt emails that Irene has written:
Hey Ryan, Lora and Jonah,
I know this is really soon and you probably didn’t expect to hear from us or me again until after we had signed the papers—which we are going to do next Wednesday I believe. The reason I am writing is because I decided I do want to have a picture of Jonah. And I was thinking that if you had a chance (and I know with a new baby it’s hard to find a spare moment) maybe you could just send one or a couple of the ones off your digital camera? And you can just send them via email, and I can print them off—we have a pretty nice printer.
Anyway, I got released from the hospital on Wednesday at 3:30pm. That was so nice for me. I was so sick of being cooped up in that little room. Plus it was a little lonely. I read Ryan’s journal, and I wish there was something Nate and I could do to reassure you that we aren’t going to take little Jonah away from you. I love him dearly and Nate does too—and out of that love for him, this is the best thing we could have ever done for him. We are so blessed to have found you guys and been able to spend some time with you to get to know you better before Jonah came along. We love you guys and respect you and feel that if we can’t parent Jonah you are the next best thing. You will be able to provide the things for him that Nate and I wouldn’t. He’s going to have a chance to be successful and go to college—whereas that chance would probably not be there at this time if Nate and I chose to parent him. He is happy with you and we are happy he is with you, so there is no doubt in our mind this decision is final—we just have to go through all the legalities. Please don’t add that worry to the stress of having a new baby. Congratulations and I look forward to hearing from you.
Jonah—I love you and miss you!!!! Kisses for you!!!!
Love,
Irene
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