Welcome! We are Meera and Chai from San Francisco, California. Thank you for learning more about us as you consider an adoption plan for your child.  We’ve dreamed about being parents since the day we met over eight years ago.

We sincerely admire your courage in making such a difficult decision for your child and welcome you with open arms to our family.  Adoption is already so special to us as our own niece and nephew and Chai’s two cousins have all been adopted. Your child will be surrounded by love, understanding, and support throughout his or her life. We’ve chosen open adoption because we want your child to always know and cherish the connection to you as he or she grows up. Meera's work-at-home job will also allow flexibility with caring for a child. 

We would love to get to know you and share this journey with you! 

Sincerely, Meera and Chai 

About Us...

We met over eight years ago at a friend’s birthday party in San Francisco. We were inseparable all evening, bonding over our similar family backgrounds and jobs in the hotel industry and dancing to a really fun Irish band. Did we mention how great a dancer Chai is! Six months later, Meera got a job at Chai’s hotel, we reconnected, and we’ve been together ever since. It was fate!  

Today, Chai still works as a manager for the same hotel and Meera now from home every day so will have flexibility to care for our child. 

In our free time, we love spending time with our dogs, nieces, and nephews and enjoying San Francisco. We both love to work out…Chai runs home from work every day and Meera is addicted to spin classes and yoga. We also both enjoy music! Meera plays the piano (we have one at home) and Chai plays the guitar, so we plan to introduce our child to music right away and have family jam sessions in our living room.

We also love to travel. We've recently visited England, India, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Bali, Singapore, and Mexico. We love to take trips on our own and travel with our families too. Our own tradition is to drive up the coast and visit a farm where we hike with the dogs, play board games, and cook veggies picked from the garden. Seeing the world through our child's eyes will be amazing...and we can't wait!

Where We Live

We own a condo in NOPA, a lively neighborhood in the heart of San Francisco. Our child will have his or her own room and we can't wait to decorate it! Our backyard is our urban oasis with grass, flowers, and picnic tables. We would love to have our child's birthday party there (complete with a jumpy house) or host an Easter egg hunt for all the kids in the building. 

When we are home, we love to cook! Indian, Italian, and Mexican food are our favorites. Both of us take turns making gourmet meals in our newly renovated kitchen or on the BBQ grill. 

We love having friends and family over for dinner parties and movie and game nights. And Meera is always entertaining everyone on our piano. A child's joy and laughter will only make our home complete...and we can't wait!

About Chai (From Meera)...

Chai is my best friend and soulmate. What attracted me to him from the first day we met were his honesty, generosity, and commitment to our relationship and family - I find these attributes to be so important as a father. He loves his nieces and nephew as if they were his own and he loves being silly with them. I especially remember the day his niece, Aria, decided to paint his toenails and he was such a great sport! One of the things I find especially endearing about Chai is his sentimental spirit. He always remembers those special moments and places in our relationship and surprises me by celebrating them. He planned his proposal to me to be at the same restaurant and same table where we had our first date, and the whole restaurant was in on the secret plan. I know he will be a loving and caring father to our child and celebrate all the special moments in his or her life.

About Meera (From Chai)...

Meera is my rock and perfect opposite. She always encourages me to open my eyes to grow individually and professionally. I know that, as a mother, she will always encourage our child to reach for his or her dreams and we will work together to create possibilities for him or her. Meera loves family and is always on the phone with her mother, father and sisters. I love this because it makes our family feel so much larger and connected. She always makes time to visit our niece and nephew in San Jose and teach them to play piano. Shortly after we got engaged, she visited India with me for my cousin’s wedding. I thought she would be overwhelmed with the new environment and meeting so many new people at once, but she embraced the experience. Meera makes the best out of every opportunity and makes each one a special part of her. Meera will be a wonderful mother, friend, and hero for our child.

Why Adoption is Special To Us...

Adoption is a natural choice for us as it is already a part of our family story. Our niece, Miralena, was adopted as a baby from Ethiopia nearly seven years ago and she is the light of our lives. Miralena had an open adoption and maintains contact with her birth family even though they are abroad. Meera’s two-year old nephew, Jun, was just adopted from China a few days ago and we are welcoming him to our family with open arms. Chai’s cousins, Iman and Rayyan, were also adopted as babies from Guatemala and Ethiopia and are growing up fast. We plan to always talk about adoption in a positive way and make adoption a part of our child’s individual story. We want him or her to always know and cherish the love and support of his or her birth family. 

Meera is Sri Lankan and Chai is East Indian but we were both born in the United States. Our cultures are important to us, but we've been raised to be open and accepting of other cultures and traditions outside of our own. We will make sure that we always celebrate and honor our child's culture and background.

Our Families and Friends...

We both have large families with deep connections. Both sets of our parents have been married for over forty years and are excited to be proud grandparents. Meera's parents live in Connecticut where Meera is originally from. Meera's sister, Mithila, and brother-in-law, Jeff, live in Maryland and she is a pediatrician. They are both adoptive parents to Miralena and Jun. Chai's parents now live in India after spending forty years in San Jose, California but visit us every year. 

We are lucky to have a few of our siblings close to us. Meera's sister, Mythri, plus Chai's brother, Sam, wife, Deepika, and kids, Aria and Neil, all live an hour away from us and we spend weekends together often. Sam and Deepika are also expecting a baby girl in a few days! Our child will enter a family with so many loving and supportive grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Our Commitment...

We can’t wait to be parents! Since we are unable to have children of our own, you would be giving us the greatest gift we could ever imagine. We pledge to love your child unconditionally and guide him or her through all of life’s special moments, whether joyous or challenging. He or she will have the support of our loving immediate and extended family, of which many have been adopted or adopted a child as a parent. We both will ensure your child has access to the best education, travel, activities and experiences life has to offer.  We will always be open with your child around adoption and ensure that, should you wish, you will always be an important part of his or her life.

Thank you for taking the time to get to know us. We wish you positive thoughts as you make this important decision. We can’t wait to connect with you and share this adoption journey with you.

Please don’t hesitate to contact us at any time through our agency Adoption Connection. Best wishes!

Sincerely,

Meera and Chai