Dear Birthmother,
We appreciate you reading our letter and considering us as adoptive parents for your child. We are Jane and Sherrie and we are very much looking forward to becoming a family through adoption.
About us
We have been in a committed relationship for more than 12 years and friends for 16. Our love, friendship and respect for each other grows stronger with each passing year. We both tried to conceive unsuccessfully for 3 years before we decided to adopt.
Jane enjoys photography and documenting memories through pictures. She is very creative and thoroughly enjoys researching new concepts or ideas, reading/watching world events and politics. She has written and published a book on managing allergies in the home. Jane keeps her eye on the future, sets and keeps track of our bigger picture goals. Sherrie is also creative and imaginative. She enjoys doing a lot of different things and is rarely bored. She likes to sing, draw cartoons, play racquetball, listen to music and play board games. Sherrie keeps us in the here and now and organizes our everyday activities and projects.
We both work in health/medical related careers. Jane works in Continuing Medical Education of health care professionals. She is the President and CEO of a company that ensures that doctors, nurses and other providers are ultimately getting the appropriate education and information to provide medical care for their patients. Sherrie works in the health insurance field helping to link children and families without health insurance to affordable quality programs. She works very closely with the community and most recently received an award for her advocacy and leadership work for ensuring access to quality health care for the uninsured. We both have college degrees and Sherrie has a Masters Degree in Social Work.
We both are fortunate to work from home and have the flexibility in our jobs to take care of and raise a child. Grandma is also anxiously waiting to step in and help. We are blessed to be financially secure, and able to provide well for a child, but we believe in being careful with our money and saving for our family’s future and for a rainy day. We spend most of our free time together, with friends, and with family. We enjoy weekend trips and also really like being at home, working on projects or just relaxing and enjoying the day. We love spending time near the water as much as we love the mountains, and the city. Our vacations are typically near an ocean – California, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, St. Thomas or one of the many beaches on the east coast. Of course, we are also looking forward to going to Sesame Place, Lego land, Hershey Park, and Disneyland!
Our Home
We live on the east coast in the suburbs of Washington D.C. With all its history, arts, theatre, current events, and thriving new technology we never want for things to do or explore. We have a 4 bedroom colonial style home where we have lived for over 7 years. Our home is surrounded by trees, sidewalks, bike paths, and many children. We live near the community pool and only blocks from the elementary school. We have at least 1 large gathering at our home each year. We have an annual holiday open house that brings together lots of family, friends, and work colleagues. Of course, we expect the baby to be the center of attention at the next one!
We also have a lakefront weekend home about an hour away and only 45 minutes from Grandma! It is in a beautiful mountain setting near a town that’s rich in history and has lots of character. We wanted a place for a child to learn to fish, play at the beach, go canoeing, take a nap in the hammock, really be able to see the stars at night, play with cousins, and have sleepovers with friends. We like to hang out with family and friends at cookouts and celebrations. Last Spring was the first season at the lake, we celebrated Memorial Day, 4th of July, our birthdays, and Labor Day with both of our families, friends and co-workers. We have included some of the photos for you to see - we had family as young as 6 months and as old as 97!
Our families
Family is very important to us. We are both very fortunate to have very loving and caring families. Our families and friends are very supportive and delighted about our adoption. Jane’s sister just had a baby girl last winter. We are excited that our children will be close in age and have the opportunity to grow up together. We have several cousins hoping to have children in the next couple of years, and there are already lots of little cousins to play with.
We have a fairly large close family all of whom are anxious to welcome our new addition. We celebrate the holidays and special events together and see them often. We enjoy renting a big house on the beach and inviting our family and friends. We take sight-seeing trips to various places like New York City and Washington DC. We simply like spending time together. We can’t wait when we have a child to join in on all the family fun. In fact we look forward to his/her arrival into the family being one of our biggest celebrations yet!
We are very excited to share our home and our lives with a child. We have thought a lot about how we will raise our child. We watched how our family and friends with children interact and thought about what was important to us as we were growing up. We believe the foundation for success in life is a happy childhood. To us that means providing unconditional LOVE from family and friends, lots of LAUGHTER, a healthy and safe environment, and LEARNING - access to learning through day-to-day experiences such as reading, music, art, travel, sports, and school. It also means encouraging our son or daughter to pursue their interests and supporting them in doing so. We will be their biggest cheerleaders! We feel that values are the fabric of who we become in life and that, as parents, it will be our responsibility to instill faith, respect, honesty and compassion.
We promise to provide all of this and more. We believe there can never be too many loving people in our child’s life. So, to us it is very important that our child know that they will always have a special place in their birthmother’s heart.
We can only imagine the tremendous strength and courage it takes to make this difficult and unselfish decision. We sincerely hope that you will find peace and comfort in your decision for a family and a home for your baby. If given the opportunity, you have our commitment to raise the child in a loving home surrounded by lots of family and friends, provide the best education possible and give him or her every opportunity in life. We would be honored to raise your child.
We hope to talk with you soon. Please let one of the advisors at AdoptHelp know if you would like to speak to us about adopting your child or if you have any questions for us. AdoptHelp can be reached at (800) 637-7999.
Thank you for your consideration. Please take care!
Most Sincerely,
Jane and Sherrie
