So, Tell Us About You

     This is such a loaded question.  Where do you start?  I already find myself a little stressed about this part.  When we signed on with Angel Adoption, part of their job is to help us set up a profile for potential birthmothers to view.  Let me explain the profile a little bit more for those that haven't the slightest clue of what I'm talking about.  Our profile consists of multiple pictures of just Chase and me, our families, our home, Chief, and anything else that we want to include.  It also includes brief paragraphs about who we are, what led us to adopt, detailed information about our families, a letter to the birthmother, and really just anything that we would want a birthmother to know about us.  This was actually another reason that we wanted to use Angel because they handle piecing the profile together.  Upon meeting with a rep several weeks ago she showed us how they would set up our profile.  Each profile consists of the same amount of information, but each couple is able to take charge of what they want to share. 
     With our information now in the trusting hands of Angel's profile guru, we will wait to see how she arranges it.  I can't help but feel so excited because we could get a call in 2 months from a birthmother saying she wants to talk, meet, or has chosen us to be her child's parents.  Angel will only show our profile to birthmothers whose due dates are a little farther out because we don't have our home study completed yet, but once it is complete they will show it to anyone. 
     I have never had a problem writing or saying how I feel, obviously from all of my posts.  However, this is so different.  You want a birthmother to be drawn into your profile and I feel like our wording has to be spot-on.  After all this might be what convinces a birthmother to choose us.  When we were talking to the Angel Reps, we asked if there was any one thing that birthmothers were looking for when choosing adoptive parents.  Her response was that a mother could choose us based off of our pictures, where we live, if one of us likes a movie she does, or if we have a pet or not.  With so many different possibilities how do we know what is the right thing to write or say?  This again is where our faith has to take over.  I know that God already has a baby and birthmother in mind.  I just pray that He opens her heart and mind to us and that the words we chose speak to her.  Until next time, always Chasing Hope.