Dear Birth Mother,
    Thank you for taking a few minutes to read our letter! We can only imagine what a difficult decision you are facing and we admire your courage. We hope through the content of this letter that we can make your decision a bit easier and convey how excited we are to become parents.

    We would like to introduce ourselves. Our names are Dave and Lisa. Dave and I met fourteen years ago while working for the same company. As each year passed, our friendship, trust and then love for each other grew. We married on Valentines Day giving the commitment that we would spend the rest our lives together. We are inseparable. We love each others companionship. We enjoy doing everything as a couple.

WHY WE WANT TO ADOPT:
     In the beginning of our relationship we spoke about how important it was for us to be a family. We love children and without them in our lives something very important would be

WHO WE ARE:
     Lisa was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. I am the youngest of three siblings and the only girl. Needless to say, I enjoyed being the treasure of both my parents and my two older brothers. I was actively involved in everything that my family did. My family moved to Santa Rosa in Northern California when I was in my early teens.

     After a couple of years in California, we moved back to Salt Lake City where I graduated from high school. I loved school and was a straight “A” student. I graduated as a Sterling Scholar in Business. I began working when I was only fifteen years old. I worked full time in

the banking industry when I was a senior in high school. Since this time, I have been both a conscientious employee and employer co-owning and operating a successful company. I am currently a Medical Assistant in a doctors office. When our child arrives home, I will be able to fulfill my dream of being a stay-at- home mom.

    I enjoy being outdoors as much as possible. I love being behind Dave on the motorcycle. Going for beautiful rides up the canyons. During the summer I love spending a beautiful day with Dave playing a game of golf, then refreshing ourselves by going for a swim. Going for a early morning walk on a crisp spring morning makes the rest of my day feel great. I love visiting the zoo and going to the park for a picnic. It is fun to be adventuresome. Any chance I can, I love to read. One of my interests, as silly as it may sound, is being organized; even when it comes to the house; doing the wash, or just paying the bills. Our child will be exposed to all kinds of hobbies, interests and responsibilities. As our child grows we will support him or her in any endeavor they may choose.

     I devote a great deal of my time to my nieces, nephews and friends children. The children say, “Aunt Lisa is cool and fun to be with.” I will always be the first to offer to babysit or watch the neighbors children while their parents run to the grocery store. This is my time to shine in motherhood. I can be myself; nurturing, attentive and compassionate.

    I enjoy spending my free time on craft projects. For each holiday and birthday, I hand design cards for my family and friends. They say, “they look forward to receiving a card made with so much love.”

    Dave is always saying, “Lisa will be a fantastic Mom and I can hardly wait to see her in this role.” She has a huge heart. Lisa loves to have barbeques for neighbors, family and friends. She always tries to make sure that everyone has all they need before she sits down. When we are at other peoples’ homes, we are the last ones to leave, for Lisa will make sure that everything is cleaned-up, not leaving the mess to the host. The endeavor of making another person happy is what Lisa lives for. Her warm and caring spirit, patience and eagerness to teach, along with a magnetic personality, will give her the ability to develop our child’s mind and talents.

    This makes me realize why I fell in love with her. I asked her to marry me, for I wanted to spend the rest of my life enjoying her caring attitude towards life.

    Dave was born in Omaha, Nebraska. When he was just six months old, his family moved to Salt Lake City, Utah. Dave is also the youngest of three siblings having an older sister, and an older brother. During Dave’s childhood his family went on extensive vacations each

summer. They would travel with their camp trailer behind and stay in unique and beautiful places.

    To this day Dave still enjoys the friends he grew up with. He has a lot of fond memories and looks forward to his child playing with his friends children. Friends and family are very important in Dave’s life.

    Dave is a very down to earth person and appreciates the very simple things in life. Anytime Dave sees a child, whether it is his nieces, nephews, friends children or a complete strangers child, he begins to play with them. He has a loving knack for children, and children are attracted to his easy going manner.

    I believe he still is a kid at heart, and I can only imagine how he will enjoy the countless hours being able to play, love, teach and watch our child grow.

    After completing numerous courses in college. Dave became a successful technician. Dave finds his work challenging, but fun. Dave currently works at a well established automotive shop just down the street from our home. He is able to walk to work each day. On occasion, I will walk down to pick him up , and we will enjoy the walk home telling each other about our day. I can just imagine how fun it will be for the baby and I to stroll down at lunch time and have a picnic.

    Dave has all kinds of hobbies and interests that he enjoys. Listed below are just a few. Dave loves riding his motorcycle, boating and fishing on a nice summer day, working outside in the yard, and planting his garden each spring. Dave is a fabulous cook. His talents range from preparing a wonderful four course meal to baking the most incredible chocolate chip cookies.

OUR HOME & FAMILY:

     Dave and I live in a beautiful house in Salt Lake City, Utah. Our house is an older home and we are just finishing a complete remodel. While Dave has been working on building new kitchen cabinets, I have been concentrating on getting the babies room started with all new decor. I have so many ideas, but one that stands out the most in my mind is having fun decorating the room with Winnie the Pooh and all his friends. We have a huge yard to play in and safe streets to ride bikes on.

    We are spoiled to have four beautiful seasons where there is so much to do: snow skiing in the winter; hiking in the beautiful mountains in the spring, fishing and water skiing in the summer, and taking a camping trip in the fall. We as a family will have so much fun.

    Our families are very important to both of us. Both of us grew up with most of our extended family living very close. While we were both growing up we spent very special times with our aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents. We would love nothing more than to raise our child with this same type of family involvement.

    Each family member looks forward to spending time with the new baby. David’s sister, Kaye and her husband, Jerry, have adopted two infant girls, Emily and Holly. As a matter of fact, Emily who is now four years old asked Uncle Dave, “when can Holly and I have a cousin to play with?” We hope to be able to tell her, “soon, very soon.”

     We look forward to seeing the world through a child’s eyes encouraging our child’s own talents and interests. We have a strong desire to provide a nurturing and a loving home for our child. We want to raise our child to be honest, happy, courteous, self confident and accepting. We will encourage our child to further their education, for it will play a very important role in their life. We are already planning financially to allow our child any opportunity.

    Dave and I will do our very best to see that our child’s journey through life will be positive and that there will be continuous love, support and protection from harm or sadness.

    Thank you for taking the time to read our letter. We hope that you will consider us parents for your child. From the bottom of our hearts, we wish you the best of luck in whatever decision you make. Our child will know of their birth mother, and what huge decisions and choices she made for their well being. We will honor your decision on how open you want this adoption to be.

    If you would like more information on the two of us or to arrange for an initial phone call, please call Cindy Simonson (anytime) at A Act of Caring at 1-800-556-5635.

Sincerely,