Dear Birth Parent(s),

Our names are Fritz and Paula. We would like to thank you for reading this letter and for considering adoption for your child. We understand that this is an extremely difficult decision and hope you receive love and support to guide you during this time. Hopefully, this letter will help you learn about us as a couple and what kind of life we would offer your child. If you choose us, please believe that we would unconditionally love and support your child and provide him/her with a safe, stable, and caring family.

We would first like to tell you a little about ourselves. We met while in college and quickly became best friends. After spending every free minute we had together, we were finally married. We will soon be celebrating our tenth anniversary. We cannot believe it has been that long! We compliment each other perfectly and truly approach our marriage with love and friendship. We enjoy sharing both exciting and ordinary times together.

Our family and friends believe that because of our experiences with children in both our personal and professional lives, we will be great parents. We love interacting with children and chose careers that involve helping children (teacher/coach and school psychologist). We also spend a significant amount of time with our nieces and nephews and adore being the devoted aunt and uncle. We consider ourselves parents-in-training, and we are awaiting the day when we have a child.

We always knew we wanted to have a family; we were just unsure of how and when it would happen. Even while we were shopping for our house, we specifically chose a safe and family-friendly neighborhood, knowing that one day we would be blessed with a child. Since we are unable to have biological children, adoption has always been the natural choice for us. Our family and friends are very excited and are anticipating the day that they can love and spoil a new baby.

We have the wonderful opportunity and the financial stability for Paula to stay at home and care for your child. For the last couple of years, we have been preparing to adopt physically, emotionally, and financially. Paula stopped working, and now focuses her time and energy on being a supportive wife, managing the house and preparing our lives for a child. She is ecstatic to be a stay-at-home mom and believes that this will be her most important job. In addition, with Fritz's schedule and ability to take the summers off, there will be many opportunities for family time.

We cannot wait to pass on our favorite activities, traditions and love of knowledge to your child. We are also excited to discover new family-oriented activities together and start unique family traditions that grow from his/her interests and talents. We are eager to share activities like swimming in the ocean, picking peaches fresh off the tree, visiting the zoo and planting flowers and vegetables in the spring. Our traditions, such as dressing up at Halloween, decorating Easter eggs, or banging pots and pans on New Year's Eve will have new meaning and importance. We also value education and understand its importance and we would provide the best opportunities and learning environment possible. We would encourage strong values and morals and teach generosity and respect. We want to give him/her a childhood similar to our own filled with love, happiness and stability.

Please trust that we will be open and honest about sharing your child's adoption story. We will admire and honor you and your child will always know that your decision was made out of love and strength. We would like to learn more about you and your desires for your child and we will happily share letters and pictures with you as your child grows and matures.

Finally, thank you for considering adoption and for reading our letter and profile. We believe that children are special blessings and if you choose us, we will be forever grateful. You will have answered our prayers.

May God bless you always,

Fritz & Paula