Letter to Birth Mother

Hello,

We would like to thank you for taking the time to read our letter and possibly selecting us to be adoptive parents of your child.

Our names are Robert and Amy Smith.  We met each other in college through a classmate.  Once we started dating, it was two and one half years to three years later that I worked up the nerve to ask Amy to marry me.  We have been together for eight years now and married for three.

The first year of marriage we continued to try and have children of our own.  Both of us went to doctors to have tests done only to find out one year later that Amy was diagnosed with infertility. This news was hard to take in at the time because we were both excited about having our own family.  At the time, it seemed like everyone around us, whether it was friends or family, started having children; even though she may have denied it at the time I knew it was making Amy upset that we couldn’t be the ones sharing that news with our friends and family.  It took some time, but we realized that the miracle of raising a child could be ours through adoption.

I come from a family who are spread out across the United States.  Most of them, however, are in Arizona and Florida.   I also have family three hours away in Missouri.  My parents live about ten minutes away.  Amy’s family live in Fenton, MO; which is about 20 to 30 minutes away from us.  Both sides of our family are excited and understanding with the choice we have made about adoption.

Thank you for taking the time to get to know a little about us.  Best wishes with the choice you are about to make.

Sincerely,

Robert and Amy Smith