Welcome! Meet:

Luke + Emily

Biomedical Scientist / Clinical Nurse Specialist

Minnesota

Caucasian

Catholic / Christian

All About Luke & Emily
Why Adoption?
Gallery
Family and Home
How We Met
Advice to Future Child
Perspectives on Open Adoption
Favorites

All About Luke & Emily

We are the Doskey’s and we live in the driftless region of the Midwest in Rochester, Minnesota in a walkable neighborhood from the 1950s. We have been together for 12.5 years and happily married for 5 of those years. The world is an awe-inspiring place full of surprises, challenges and adventures. We want to share this world with a child in a loving and supporting community and to see life through a child’s eyes. We are excited to wander the bluffs and prairies of the Midwest’s driftless region with our family.

Our Timeline

2012- First Date

2016- Moved to Rochester, MN

2019- Got Married

2020- Bought our home

2023- Finished Grad School

Why Adoption?

We want to share and show the world with our children and help them discover who they are and what gifts they have. We hope to help them lead a fulfilling life and encourage them to share their gifts with the world.

We talked about adoption before we were married. We have always wanted to grow our family through adoption. We both had friends growing up that were adopted and have seen examples of loving families through our church whose family is formed through adoption. We hope to parent multiple adopted children. The surprises of adoption are unique. We are ready to witness the unknowns as a child grows and develops.

Family & Home

Our Home/Neighborhood

We live in a quiet, highly connected, charming 1950s neighborhood with access to a bike path to recreation, downtown, and the entire city. You can find us walking or biking with our e-cargo bike to get groceries, visit friends, and check out bookstores and coffee shops. Our home is a two-story, bungalow- 3 bedroom/ 2 bathroom home. We are excited to bring our children to the many nearby parks and to help in our garden filled with herbs, tomatoes, peppers, and beans!

Our Community

Living in small towns has greatly affected our sense of community. We value supporting local businesses, attending community events, and having chance encounters. This instilled a sense of connection and the importance of giving back. We greatly value friendships and make efforts to maintain these relationships. Giving back to our neighborhood is important to us. We water each other’s gardens, babysit, and help with our local neighborhood association. Community is a big part of our life.

Our Family

Family is important to us, we stay connected to family regardless of distance or busyness. Trips home are full of family time because we are from the same hometown in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Time with Emily’s Family include:

Hiking/cross-country skiing/ snowshoeing
Rock hunting
Bonfires and swimming in Lake Superior
Baking and cooking at home
Board games

Time with Luke’s Family

Sharing stories and jokes
Bonfires with delicious treats
Admiring the new wildflowers
Sledding in the backyard

Extended Family

We are close to our extended families, especially our grandparents. In the summers growing up Luke used to help mow his grandparent’s lawn. This was followed by eating sandwiches and cheesecakes with them while baseball played on the radio or TV.

When Luke visited Emily in nursing school they would often go to breakfast or lunch with Emily’s grandparents. We have large extended families and gatherings would include big Christmas parties or summer family reunions camping by lakes. We love spending time with our four nephews and their pets!

How others describe me

Emily’s perspective of Luke:

Luke is funny, smart, talented, a critical thinker, and detail-oriented. He cares deeply for family, friends, and faith. He is a patient husband, caring son, supportive brother, cool uncle, godfather, and will be a great dad. He has encouraged me in countless ways to be a lifelong learner and problem solver.

Luke’s perspective of Emily:

Emily is loving, radiant, patient, kind, warm, selfless, loyal, and adventurous. I appreciate Emily’s sense of wonder and her playful spirit. It always amazes me when we go out how random strangers will stop and ask her for directions or how many people she will know when we are at the grocery store.

How We Met

Our love started and grew on the shores of Lake Superior in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. We met in high school through mutual friends. Luke studied biochemistry in college while Emily attended nursing school nearby. During summer break, we reconnected when Emily asked Luke to teach her how to play tennis. We grew closer through our love of the outdoors and our adventurous spirits. We maintained a long-distance relationship for four years and cherished every moment we shared together.

We both accepted positions in Rochester, Minnesota which has been our home away from home since 2016. The community here supports, loves and cares for us and others. We got married in October 2019 on a beautiful autumn day. We recently completed our graduate degrees in 2023. We are excited to expand our family through adoption.

Advice to Future Child

We hope to give our children a nurturing upbringing that will encourage them to pursue their passions, live a faith-filled life, and care for others and the earth. We hope to pass along to our children some of our favorite memories including holidays and family gatherings, exploring nature, camping, and sharing meals together. We wish for our future children to recognize their unique gifts and offer them to the community in order to create something beautiful that can make the world a better place. Our hope is that our children will enrich their lives through physical activity, develop their skills and talents, and live a curious intellectual life with an orientation toward service to others.

Perspectives on Open Adoption

We admire your vulnerability and your desire to expand the village that loves your child. We would be grateful to have an open adoption, which would include photo sharing, phone conversations and in-person gatherings. We respect whatever level you are comfortable with.

Favorites

Luke

Favorite Movie: Star Wars
Favorite Holiday/Tradition: My family does a themed gift exchange ever year, the themes are always really unique and change every year. Last year it was “Let there be Pizza on earth”. The whole family gets into the exchange. My family loves to have cookouts together filled with brats and hot dogs and playing games outside.
Hobbies/Interests: tennis, cycling, dancing, gardening, cooking, reading, singing, arts and crafts, music, history, science, community involvement
Dream Vacation: bike camping/backpacking or visiting somewhere with history
If I Could Choose a Superpower: to control time, either speed up or slow down time to help others and prevent harm from happening

Emily

Favorite Movie: Lord of the Rings (I recently read the book and watched the movies)
Favorite Holiday/Tradition: Gathering and preparing meals together is a tradition I have loved. My family often would tromp through the woods collecting wreath supplies after Thanksgiving. Afterwards we would make them for friends and family at my mom’s house. I have fond memories of many beach bonfires on Lake Superior with my family. We would watch the sunset, build a bonfire, and if we were brave enough take a dip into Lake Superior.
Hobbies/Interests: biking, dancing, yoga, gardening, hiking, kayaking, exploring small towns, cooking and baking, plants, and vintage clothes
Dream Vacation: Travel to Argentina and dance Tango!
If I Could Choose a Superpower: I would love to teleport, would love to use that superpower to see friends and family that live at a distance.