Dear Birthmother,

    Thank you for taking the time to learn about us. We admire your strength and courage in making this difficult decision. We feel that placing a child for adoption is the most unselfish act of love. We realize your decision is not an easy one. Whatever your decision, your baby will be loved very much and that is all that matters.

    We would love to share a little bit about us with you. We are a happily married couple hoping to become a family. We have been married for 12 years and do our best to succeed in all the important aspects of life. We both like our careers but also know that enjoying life is very important. For the past several years we have been trying to start a family but after many doctors, procedures, medications and failed pregnancies, the doctors tell us that is not likely. We now look forward to adoption and are both very excited.

    Paul and I met when he bought the house next door to my mom’s. I was 19. We became best friends and enjoyed being together. We were friends for several years before we dated. As friends, we loved sharing our hopes, dreams and confidences. We knew we were meant to be together. A few years later we married in my mom’s childhood church, St. Theresa‘s.

    Paul and I are a great balance for one another. We are very supportive and protective of each other. Looking back, neither of us would change a thing. We constantly encourage each other to try new things or go to new places. We spend a lot of time with family and friends but love to just be together.

    We love to spend quiet nights watching movies and enjoying take out dinners. We love bowling, playing cards and boating. We love seeing our large, extended families weekly. Holidays are always a blast. There is always tons of food, family, kids and laughter.

PAUL
    Paul is an amazing person. He grew up in our small town north of Boston. He has a huge respect for family and is a very loving son, wonderful husband and great friend. Paul has an even, calm personality. Situations don’t fluster him. He deals with problems head on and calmly. Paul is always there for me when I need him. He has the ability to make me feel better when I am upset. I can call him when I am upset about a problem and within minutes, he will help me see the situation clearly and ease my worries. He constantly encourages me to try new things. He gives me the reassurance I need that I can do anything. Paul encouraged me to go to graduate school at night while I was working. Through all of my studying, tests and assignments, he was helpful, and supportive.

    Paul is the hardest working person I have ever met. He has always worked hard to provide for us. Paul works in construction and absolutely loves it. He is great at what he does, and at the same time is like a big kid playing with his toys at work (excavators, front end loaders and driving huge trucks). He is brilliant and can fix almost anything. For a fun project, Paul has been working on rebuilding an old truck and restoring it to new. Paul felt strongly about investing in real estate. We have two 2 Family houses and a small vacation home in Vermont. Paul enjoys working on many projects around all of our houses. One of Paul’s favorite past times is being at our house in Vermont. He loves to have a camp fire and look at the stars, explore trails, and sit by the woodstove looking at the spectacular view out the double sliding glass doors.

    When Paul isn’t working he loves to play! Paul loves boating, playing golf, bowling, playing cards and riding his snowmobile. Paul is also a great friend. He is always willing to make time for a friend in need. He enjoys getting together with friends for cookouts or to play cards.

    Paul is down to earth, loyal and trust worthy. He is genuine and my best friend. He loves kids. I laugh when I see him and my nephew crawling on the floor, each with a truck or bulldozer in hand. He loves to play tag and rough house with his older nephews and spend quiet time reading to my niece. He is playful and energetic. Paul will be a terrific dad.

ROBIN
    Robin is the most fun person I have ever met. She is caring, patient, unselfish and very loving. She is not afraid to try new things. I remember teaching her how to drive the boat safely so a friend and I could water ski and knee board. She learned quickly and did a great job.

    She is compassionate and nurturing with her family, friends and students. Robin has been teaching for over 10 years. She is very patient with children and loves to help them learn. She comes home almost everyday with a funny story about what the kindergarteners in her class do or say. She always encourages her students to try their best and take risks. She helps them become more self-confident, respectful, kind and cooperative. They say that everything you need to learn you learn in kindergarten!

    Robin shows the same compassion and excitement when spending time with nieces and nephews. She loves to take them to the park, zoo, amusement parks, library or just in the backyard to play soccer. She is always buying them the latest, great children’s books. I often find her curled up on the couch reading her niece a favorite book.

    Robin feels with her heart. She is always reaching out to help family members and friends in needs. She helped her grandfather when he was moved to a nursing home. She would visit with him a few times a week and always made sure she was with him at the nursing home for holiday dinners. It would break Robin’s heart to see people spend holidays alone. When he became terminally ill, she was with him daily to reassure him and make him as comfortable as possible. She also spends a lot of time taking her grandmother to doctor’s appointments, run errands and helping her maintain and clean her swimming pool so everyone can enjoy it.

    In her spare time, Robin loves to read, go boating, play pool, go bowling, play cards, go to the beach, travel and spend time with family and friends. We vacation each summer in North Conway with her family. We go to favorite restaurants, the lake, shops and StoryLand (nursery rhyme and story book characters, rides and shows). In the winter she loves to curl up in front of the wood stove with a good book and look outside at all of the deep Vermont snow. Occasionally she will come for a ride on the snow mobile around our place to check out the gorgeous mountain views. In the summer, she loves the campfires in the backyard of our Vermont house where the stars are spectacular.

    Robin enjoys doing a lot of activities. She is a people person. In the winter we play in a card league and all of our opposing teams love to play at her table. Wherever Robin is, the people around her enjoy her company.

    Robin is protective of her family. She is smart, kind, affectionate and did I forget to mention beautiful? The more time I spend with her, the happier I am. Robin makes every situation or event more enjoyable. If I had my choice, I would love to spend every minute of every day with her. Robin has so much to offer a child. She will be an amazing mother. We are planning on Robin staying home when we finally adopt. If that is not possible, then she will take an extended maternity leave (1 year) and then work part-time.

OUR FAMILIES
    Paul and I grew up in the same small wonderful town. It is an amazing community that has grown over the years from a small farm town to a suburban one. It is a very safe town where we feel comfortable leaving our doors unlocked when we run out. Most of Paul and my friends still live in town where they are now raising their own children. We live in a great location where we can walk to the grocery store, Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robins (ice cream), post office, library, pet store and video store. Paul and I are fortunate to have almost all of our immediate families within 10 miles!

    Paul’s mom’s home is only a mile down the road. They built their house on his mom’s family farm. Her house is where everyone gathers for celebrations or just drops by to chat. Paul is one of five children. The family usually gets together every Sunday where Paul’s mom cooks a feast big enough for an army. The grandchildren love to play sports, cards, on the swing set and swim.

My mom lives just next door to our home. I walk through the gate in the backyard to get to her house. My mom, sister and I are very close. I talk to them daily. We get together every Wednesday night for dinner. We take turns cooking (always trying to out do each other). My sister’s two children Kathryn- 4 and Patrick-2 keep us on our toes and entertained. I also go to my grandmother’s house every Tuesday night to play cards with my gram, mom, uncle and cousins.

    Paul and I love living in our town. We look forward to raising our child in a our tight knit community that is surrounded with our families and friends.

PARENTING
    Paul and I can’t wait to become parents. We will nurture and love our child unconditionally. We have so many things we want to teach and share with our child. We will be patient and consistent in our parenting. Giving our child the best education possible is very important to us. Our school system is excellent. Our child may even have some of the same teachers as Paul and I had. We plan on staring a college education fund immediately. We will read to our child everyday. We will support our child’s interests and curiosity. We look forward to taking our child to the park, library, museums or just playing with cousins and friend‘s children. I would love to join a mother/child play group or take our baby to a gym/music class.

    Our child will enjoy the luxury of living in the suburbs and spending weekends and vacations at our vacation home in Vermont. Our Vermont house is located on top of a beautiful mountain. In the summers we can swim and fish in the brook, take long walks and play in our fields. In the winter we can build a snowman, play in the snow or read books and play games by the wood stove. We often see deer and many animals around our home. Watching the stars at night is an amazing sight.

    We will be open and honest with our child about adoption. We would love to send our child’s birth mother/parents letters and pictures. We feel our child should know who he/she is. We want our child to know what a wonderful, caring person his/her birth mother is and what an incredible sacrifice she made to ensure her child’s well-being.

    Our most precious gift we can give our child is our time and love. We understand that having a child will be joyous and challenging. We look forward to our journey of watching our child grow to be who he or she dreams of being.

    Thank you for your interest in us. If you choose to meet us that would be wonderful. We are sure no matter what your difficult decision is, your baby will be very loved and happy. We look forward to meeting you if we get the opportunity to do so.

    If you would like to learn more about us or arrange to speak with us, please call Cindy Simonson (anytime) at A Act of Caring (800)556-5635.

Warm Wishes,