Dear Birth Mother,

We are Lisa and Amanda. Our lives are happy, safe and fun. But something is missing. We feel that there is a special person meant to live with us. We want very much to share all of our hearts and our home with a sweet baby girl.

Family is everything to us. I have been blessed once already. Motherhood is my gift from God. Medically, it was a miracle for me to give birth to my daughter, Amanda. I am physically unable to have another child. But my heart feels so strongly that I should share my world with another child. Amanda is a kind, loving and intelligent young girl, who wants to be "the best big sister ever". I am happy and successful in my career as a medical professional. But, every day, being a mother is what I most enjoy. I want to give a child this gift, a life of family and unconditional love. I am grateful to have the opportunity to adopt a child into our family. Thank you for offering this precious gift.

With respect and love,
Lisa and Amanda

Dear Birth Mother,

We want to start by saying that we know this must be a difficult time for you, and are so glad that you have found some great support. We respect what a selfless decision you are making and are sending you all of our very best wishes!

We would like to introduce ourselves. Our names are Lauren and Jim. We have been happily married for ten years and just renewed our vows! Jim owns his own successful business and Lauren is self-employed in a creative field which allows flexibility to be able to have one-on-one time with a child, going to playgroups, music classes, etc.

We have one beautiful little four-year old boy, but are not able to have other biological children. We very much want to share our love and home with another child.

Creating a loving, stable and fun environment in our home is of the utmost importance to both of us. We love family traditions and are big on birthday parties and holidays! We are health conscious and like to make healthy meals and exercise together. We love to travel and do fun and cultural things for the family. We are patrons of the arts, and believe in exposing children to lots of different experiences to see where their talents and interests lay and then supporting them in those talents.

We live in a scenic and peaceful neighborhood in a Cape Cod-style house that has a deck with a view of the sunset. We have a play area in back and loads of toys. There are lots of young families in our neighborhood with young children. Our little man will be moving to his big boy bed and new room to make room in the nursery for the new baby, who will have the nice Italian furniture we splurged on! Education is important to us and we will make sure that both of our children have the opportunity to be the best that they can be.

Lauren on Jim: He is a wonderful, sensitive man and an excellent father who would do anything for his family. He works hard, but he knows how to play hard too. He is a funny Daddy, our little boy adores him, and a great husband. He is nurturing too (took great care of me when I was on bed rest!) and is a great cook.

Jim on Lauren: She is the best mommy I know, kids and animals love her because she is extremely fun, and loving. She is creative and has worked with kids in many capacities over the years including teaching Gymboree early-education classes (leading tots in games, songs and crafts), performing at children’s parties and heading the theater department at a camp, and now she puts all of that great energy into being a mom.

Our boy is a very happy little man who is super excited about being a big brother. Please know, if you place this baby with our family, she will be cherished and loved unconditionally. Thank you so much for considering us and for possibly helping us to complete our family, what a precious gift.

With love,
Jim and Lauren

Dear Birth Mother,

This letter is sure to be one out of many that you read through while trying to find an adoptive family for your child. A family you connect with so much that you decide they will be the ones you trust to raise your child. We're sure that any of the families who you consider will provide a loving, caring and nurturing home. We pray for you and your child and wish you all the best.

We met each other while playing rugby. I played for the women's team and Mark was captain of the men's team. When our teammates found out that we had started dating they were not surprised. In fact, they all claimed that they knew we would end up together.

We started trying to conceive a child right after we were married. After seeing many doctors and trying many different fertility treatments we decided to look into adopting a child. Shortly after we began the process we found out that I was pregnant! Unfortunately he was born still at 31 weeks, with the Drs. all being baffled as to what happened. We led a team in the March for Babies walk about a month later in our sons honor. Our families and friends rallied around us to help us get through that time in our lives.

Family is very important to both of us. We look forward to the day when our family grows with our adopted child. We hope to have more than one child either through further adoptions or biological. We are both practicing Catholics and would raise our children to understand religion. Education is very important as well as sports and exercise. Our children will be introduced to all of our favorite teams. The Arts are something we both enjoy as well. I love to read and Mark paints and also writes short stories.

Thank you for taking the time to read this letter and learn a bit about us. We pray that you will be happy with whatever decision you make. If you are considering us then we look forward to meeting you soon.

With Love,
Lori and Mark

Hello,

Thank you for taking the time to read about us and our life together. We realize this is a challenging time for you, and that you want the best for your baby. We hope this letter will help you get to know us a little better.

We are a small family consisting of ourselves, a parrot, and our fish. We met about 9 years ago at work and knew that we were meant to be together. I was still in college and Chris was starting his first job after graduating. We dated for 6 years before getting married on a beach in New Jersey 3 years ago. Shortly afterward, we made the decision to move down to Florida. We loved the year round warmth, opportunities for outdoor activities, and family oriented neighborhood. We live in a community with a playground, pool, tennis court, and soccer field. We chose this area because we were looking for a nice neighborhood to start our family.

We were both raised in New Jersey and take trips back there to visit our family and friends. Chris’ parents recently retired to North Carolina and we also enjoy visiting with them for holidays and family get-together's. We have shared our decision to adopt with both of our families, and they are all very excited to welcome our new baby.

Chris is an advertising executive, while I stay at home and do administrative work to help him in his career. This situation will allow me to be at home full-time to raise our child. We enjoy traveling, playing tennis, taking walks, and going to the beach together. Chris loves to both play and watch hockey, while I enjoy yoga, bike riding, and spending time with our pet parrot. We have a very strong and loving relationship and want to add a child to our family. Sadly, we found that we are unable to have children, but are hopeful that we can complete our family through adoption. We feel we can offer our child a loving, caring, and stable home to grow and discover their place in the world.

We both look forward to raising and caring for our child. We will share all the joys and responsibilities of parenting together, and are excited about welcoming a child into our lives. We will support them emotionally, financially, and educationally. We believe it is important to be open and honest with our child about the special way they came to be a part of our family.

We know that this is a very difficult decision for you to make, and we hope this letter helps in your search. We wish you the best in whatever you decide. Sincerely,
Jen & Chris

Hello,

We are Julie, Barry, and Luke. We hope that getting a little glimpse into our world may make your very important decision a little easier for you. We are committed to giving this child a life of love and support.

We have known each other for 14 years and have been married for nine years. We started out working together and quickly became friends. While dating, we took trips together (like Alaska, New Orleans, and California), bowled on a league (although we weren’t that good), and often took long drives by the beach singing loudly to our favorite CD (again, not that good). We got engaged on New Year’s Eve while the fireworks were going off. Since we both love to travel, we decided to get married in Italy and spent a wonderful honeymoon eating pizza and gelato and enjoying the amazing sights. It was all very romantic.

Here’s a little bit about our son Luke: he loves skateboarding – you should see his ollie; scooting – he pretends he’s a El Torro Loco, his favorite monster truck; picking out tons of library books and reading them ALL once we get home, and his guitar and drums – he can be heard from houses away!! Oh, and of course ICE CREAM! Anywhere you go with Luke, he is always social and talkative to others. Ben and Matthew have been his best pals since he was six months old. And Nicki is his favorite girl friend whom he says he wants to marry. We often have talks with him about having a brother or sister in his life, and he responds by telling us all the things he will teach his new sibling. He even pretends his dog, Jordi, is his sister, feeding her, giving her a bath and teaching her how to dress like a pirate.

Here’s a little bit about Julie: Julie works part-time as a nurse practitioner and her schedule allows her to spend maximum time with Luke which is important to both of us. Julie is very caring. She is always helping out at Luke’s school, making snacks or helping the kids bead necklaces. Julie loves to scrapbook, read – she can’t go to sleep if she hasn’t read at least a few pages of her current book, and spend time with her family and friends.

Here’s a little bit about Barry: Barry works full time as a database administrator. He is an involved father, coming home from work ready to play. He is also a caring husband, letting Julie sleep in on the weekends, making dinner most nights, and playing silly made up songs about his family on the guitar. He has a great sense of humor and is very easy going. He loves golf (and has been to see Tiger Woods three times), playing at least once a week, and cooking – he makes the best fresh guacamole in the world. Just ask his sister-in-law.

We own our home with a fenced in large back yard. We have a wooden play set. Luke is always hanging from the monkey bars or jumping off the swings. We have a large sandbox with a new digger, and recently we have built a small pond with a rock wall in the middle of it. What fun! We have lots of friends with children in the neighborhood often getting together to scoot, play ball or ride bikes in the cul-de-sac. We even have a neighborhood block party coming up soon.

Family is extremely important to us and get-togethers are very common in our house. Barry’s parents and Julie’s sisters are very involved with Luke. Grandma watches him once a week for a few hours and we are always at her house swimming in the pool or fishing in the lake. Julie’s sisters often come to play on the weekends. You should see Aunt Jenny riding a scooter! And Aunt Katie has wonderful stories that keep Luke glued to her for hours. Barry’s sister, who he has a special relationship with, is adopted and this gives us all a greater appreciation and understanding of the unique and special gift of adoption.

Again, thanks for spending the time to read this letter and we hope that you have an idea of who we are and how excited we are to adopt. We hope that through this extremely difficult process that if we are the family you decide upon, you will have comfort knowing there is nothing more important in our lives than the love and support we can and will provide to a new baby. And that he or she will always know about the amazing woman who gave us such an incredible addition to our family.

Sincerely,
Julie, Barry and Luke