A Profile of Us

We've been putting it off for a while... the very thought of having to write a small "profile" of ourselves (sometimes known as a "Dear Birthmother" letter) that will be shown to expectant parents who may consider us to be the parents of their baby is a BIT overwhelming. It's a balance between wanting to present yourself like the wonderful parent you know you're going to be, but also keeping in mind that you don't want to come across too "perfect" because after all, nobody's perfect, and you want to come across as "real" and down-to-earth as well. It's also difficult to know what aspects of your life the reader will be interested in - family, work, home, beliefs, parenting style (complicated, since we're not yet parents), and of course, in our situation there's always the need to explain our international lifestyle, and what this will mean for our children. Whew...

But we did it, and our rough draft has been sent off to Pact. Now we just wait for feedback, throw in some pictures, and that should be it (actually a bit more complicated since I know it will take us forever to decide which pictures we want to show).

So far, the process has seemed quick at times and slow at other times. I guess it kind of depends on our "mood" and attitude on that particular day. One day it's like "wow, I can't believe how fast this is going" and other days we just want our baby to be in our arms - especially since it's the holidays I think.

Overall though it does feel like the process is going relatively quickly. We've been pretty impressed with Pact and ADOPT. Just one home visit to go (and this one will have the official "inspection"), and a finalized profile and wa-lah we will start being presented to potential birth parents.

We're hoping this "wa-lah" moment will happen in early January... we'll see. :)

Thanks for reading and praying.