Dear Birth Parent(s),

Our names are Jason and Teresa. We are very humbled and appreciative for you taking the time to read this letter. We can only imagine what emotions you are dealing with, but please know that we consider you the best mother for choosing to give your child a chance at life. Not life with adoptive parents, but God's given life. That is the ultimate gift that no one but you can give. We would like you to know how much we respect you and your decision for choosing adoption for your child. We hope that whatever you are looking for in adoptive parents, you will find in us.

We have been married almost ten years with a twenty year foundation of growing up together. Our marriage is strong, loving, trusting and rooted in God. We waited about six years before trying to start a family because we strongly felt it was important for us to have time to grow individually, in our marriage, and financially. However, fertility issues gave us more time than we had expected. We have been greatly humbled by our experiences and have learned many valuable things, one of which is to never take a child for granted. We tried a short round of less invasive fertility treatment without success. We soon realized that God was leading us to adoption. We feel that becoming parents through adoption is His plan and we are excited for this journey.

We will provide a loving, stable and supportive home for your child. Teresa will spend the majority of her time at home and grandparents will provide care when other child care is needed. We will encourage and support your child's involvement in school, activities, sports, hobbies and goals. We plan on being very involved and engaged in every aspect of your child's life. We look forward to decorating the nursery, celebrating holidays, having birthday blowouts and taking family vacations.

We often discuss what we imagine it to be like, finally having a child to share our many family traditions with, and also make new ones with just us as a family. Teresa imagines Halloween costumes and trick-or-treating, coloring and hunting Easter eggs. Jason thinks about Christmas and decorating the tree, writing Santa a letter, putting out cookies on Christmas Eve and watching him/her open their presents on Christmas morning. He imagines taking him/her to watch fireworks for the first time on the 4th of July. We would enjoy family dinners, bath time and bedtime stories and treasure just the routines of daily life with your child.

Both of our families are fun, wonderful, caring people and are 100% supportive of us building our family through adoption. We are both involved and interactive with the children in our family and want so much to be able to share these things with a child of our own.

We both agree to be honest about how your child came to be part of our family and answer their questions to the best of our ability. We would even appreciate some input from you about what you would like your child to know that we would otherwise not be able to provide. We will provide support and any resources to help him/her through any difficult issues they may encounter. He/she will know that you made a great selfless sacrifice because you love them beyond measure, and for that, they will know how grateful we are to you.

We promise that you will never be forgotten. You will always be in our heart because of the blessing we received from your thoughtful and unselfish decision-this is a debt that can never be repaid. We will be honest about how your child became the answered prayer that closed our chapter as a couple and began a new one as a family. We will send you pictures and letters, which we hope will ease your heart and confirm your decision for choosing adoption and us as adoptive parents for your child.

With truest sincerity,

Jason & Teresa