Hi there, we are
Shawn and Leslie
So nice to meet you! We are Shawn and Leslie. We met online in February 2011, as many couples do now. Shawn was an Army transplant from Columbus, OH, while Leslie had lived in the Chicago suburbs her whole life.
Shawn: "I remember messaging Leslie and thinking, 'There is no way she will respond to me. She is way out of my league but what the heck. I'm going to try anyway.'"
Leslie: "When I got his message, I thought, 'Here is a guy whose heart is in the right place. He is a single dad and has his daughter living with him full-time. He looks like such a great guy. I can't wait to hear back from him.'"
Having become best fri...
At a Glance
Shawn
Leslie
Our Adoption Preferences
African American, African American/Asian, African American/Native American, Asian, Asian/Hispanic, Asian/Native American, Bi-Racial, Caucasian, Caucasian/African American, Caucasian/Asian, Caucasian/Hispanic, Caucasian/Native American, European, Hispanic, Hispanic/African American, Hispanic/Native American, Middle Eastern, Native American, Pacific Islander
Alcohol exposed(occasional), ADD/ADHD, Cleft Pallet or lip, Conceived through rape, Conceived through incest, Deafness, Diabeties in Child, Diabeties in Family, Down Syndrome, Drug Exposed (occasional), Emotional/mental disorders in family, Epilepsy in Family, Family mental retardation, HIV/AIDS, Mild or medically correctable, Multiple Birth, Nothing known about father, Nothing known about mother, Premature Birth, Requires specialized care, Requires life long medical treatment, Smoking Exposed, Seizures, Sibling group, Sickle Cell Anemia or Trait