Our story

As long as I can remember, I have wanted to be a dad. After ending a 17 year relationship 6 years ago, I began to really focus on this dream. My previous partner was adamant he did not want children, and so finding myself single I was at a significant cross road in my life. Would I attempt parenthood as a single gay male, or would I risk entering a new relationship with someone who might not want children?

About one year later (in 2004), I decided to begin the adoption process. I signed up with an agency in the San Francisco Bay area and began the emotional roller coaster known as international adoption. Within 2 months I had received a referral for a beautiful baby boy from Guatemala. I was dating someone then, but it quickly became evident that he was neither interested nor capable of becoming a parent. I ended that relationship and set my sights on becoming a single father. However as fate often does, I met Migdiel. I joked with him on our second date that I was "7 months pregnant" because I knew I was reaching the end of the adoption process.

It is amazing how quickly Migdiel signed on. He became excited at the prospect of becoming a dad. And true to my predictions, we brought our baby boy, Maximo home 2 months later.