Dear Birth Parent(s),

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for reading our letter to you. Our journey through life has brought us both to this point, you wanting to offer the best possible life for your child and us desiring to have a child of our own to love for a lifetime. We know this is a difficult decision and we think it is very admirable of you to consider adoption. You are very special to us and you are in our prayers. We know that a child is a precious gift.

Our names are Fred and Anne. We are childhood sweethearts and have been married for fifteen spectacular years. Our family and friends love us to tell them about the story of how we both found the "love of our life and best friend" on the kindergarten playground! We are truly blessed to have a strong marriage that has always been full of love, support, and daily hugs and kisses. Words can not express the deep and compassionate love and adoration we have for each other and we can not wait to extend that to your child.

We have been blessed with a great marriage and life but we have always wanted our life to include children. We had everything planned out as to when we wanted to start a family however as life does, we were thrown some curve balls: failed tries at naturally conceiving, a life threatening epitopic pregnancy, and a diagnosis of infertility. It has been a long journey for us but, we now know it was God's plan all along for us to adopt.

Our church recently started an amazing adoption ministry that offers endless support and encouragement for adoptive families. Many of our church friends have adopted children and we love seeing the joy and happiness in the eyes of all the adopted children in our church. We volunteer at our church's art gallery and once a year the gallery features professional photography of adopted children and their families. Our hearts and home are ready to welcome your child and we are looking forward to the day your child will be featured on the wall of the art gallery! We are just so overwhelmed with joy and excitement about the thought of being parents.

We are fun, energetic, good, stable, down to earth people who are passionate and enthusiastic about life. We laugh a lot, and consider time spent together to be a top priority. We are blessed to have the love and support of a close extended families. We grew up in the same small town and neighborhood and enjoyed all the benefits of a close community. We were both blessed with wonderful parents that instilled a strong work ethic and strong Christian values.

We have tons of unconditional love to bestow your child. We are so looking forward to experiencing life through the eyes of your child. We will make sure that your child has every opportunity to live life to it's fullest -- this will include ever opportunity to fulfill his/her dreams, goals and ambitions, while always knowing he/she will have a loving guiding hand to hold along the way. We cannot wait to go on vacations to the beach, hunt for Easter eggs, go to swimming/tennis lessons, decorate cookies for Christmas, and boat at the lake. We promise the best education, a nurturing home, and our undying devotion. We essentially want to give him/her the great life we both experienced as children.

Your baby is a wonderful gift from God. Know if you choose us to raise your child he or she will be a bundle of joy that we will shower with love and affection every day of our lives. Thank you for reading about us and our passion to receive a gift of a child. We are excited to meet you so you can see the excitement in our eyes about becoming parents. We will gladly share letters and pictures with you as your child grows and develops, so that you remain confident in your choice.

Again, we desire more then anything in the world to be parents. The two of us have an endless supply of love to give and we would be forever grateful if you chose us to give your gift to …….you will have answered all of our prayers.

In HOPE, FAITH, LOVE and all the blessing of God.

Fred & Anne