Miriam & Ewerton

We met in 2012, Ewerton made the first move, and soon we fell madly in love! We became best friends on long West Coast road trips, freezing Pacific Ocean swims, live music, and visiting friends and family in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil.


Our Match...
Miriam was drawn to Ewerton’s great sense of humor, generous spirit, and outgoing personality. Ewerton was drawn to Miriam’s enthusiasm, sense of fairness, and care for others. We complement each other so well. Ewerton is spontaneous and adventurous and Miriam is creative and brings the fun to another level by putting a good plan together. We are both curious about all kinds of things and love exploring.


On our first date, we shared how much we both wanted children. When we started talking about our dreams of travelling - enjoying the sun of San Diego, the tacos from the Mission District in San Francisco, and getting street tamales along the coast of Mexico - we envisioned children with us and inspiring them to appreciate our diverse world. When we thought of everyday life, we envisioned children at the heart, playing soccer, baking Christmas cookies, running with a dog in the yard!


Our Wedding(s)!
We were so excited to get married, that we did it twice, first in the US and a week later in Brazil! Both were big, beautiful parties full of love and joy. Pulling off two large weddings in two countries was no small thing!


Adoption Part of Our Family & Friends
We had some plot twists on our journey of trying to get pregnant. After trying old-fashioned methods and medical fertility methods for several years, we realized that we would not have biological children.

Adoption has always been a part of Ewerton’s family and community and among our friends - a really great fit for us to welcome a child into our multilingual, cross-cultural family.