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Dear Birth Parent(s): Hello! We are Doug and Alethea, and we are so excited that you are reading this letter! We acknowledge what a difficult, yet very courageous decision you are making. The love you are expressing for your child is so brave and wonderful; we are amazed by it and by you for making it. Please know, we are and have been praying for you as you move forward in this process of adoption. We don’t know your name but God knows and He is with you as you make decisions for you and your baby. He has also been preparing us to play a special role in a baby’s life, maybe in the life of your baby! We have been married for 10 years; we were married in the summer of 1999. We adopted our daughter, Taliah in July of 2008. We can’t even begin to tell you how much joy and love she has brought to us! Our hearts are overflowing with love and excitement at the prospect of adding to our family through adoption once again. Adoption, for us is how God has directed us to have the children we have always hoped and dreamed of. Both of us always knew we wanted to be “Dad” and “Mom;” to have children that we could love and cherish, but we are unable to have children biologically. Although we grieved this fact we see it as an incredible blessing because God used this to show us what an amazing and beautiful family can be created through the gift of a baby from someone like you. Doug is an electrician. He loves working with his hands and is pretty much single-handedly remodeling our entire house. He is not your typical red head because he is extremely even-tempered and patient. He is a hard working, but also loves to get out and have fun. Doug is a wonderful daddy and makes Taliah laugh every day. He loves to play with Taliah, to take her for walks, and simply to be with her. He can’t wait to do the same with a second baby! He looks forward to teaching and playing with them both. He already wants to build them a play house or fort. We bet whatever he builds it will have real working lights! Since receiving Taliah, Alethea has become a full-time mom. She feels so blessed to be able to stay home with Taliah and the future baby. She has been thrilled to watch and learn alongside Taliah! She is thankful that she gets to be there for the firsts, like the first word, the first laugh, but also all the day to day stuff. She loves rocking Taliah to sleep when it is nap time, or experimenting with finger food. Alethea also loves to read and hopes to pass this love of reading on to her children. Alethea is outgoing and loves hanging out with family and friends; she currently enjoys hanging out with other moms and kids. They help answer questions and give her and Taliah an excuse to get out of the house and have some fun. Alethea can hardly wait for another little one to join the family! We live in the Denver Metro area. We have lots of fun places to explore around our neighborhood and often our dog Bogie accompanies us. Taliah loves to have Bogie along, he is great with kids and Taliah often talks to and hugs Bogie. Doug’s family lives in Nebraska (don’t hold that against him), and Alethea’s lives in Colorado about 3 hours away. We see our families regularly and in the meantime have made some incredible friends, who feel like family. It has been amazing to watch how our friends have fallen in love with Taliah. The actually fight over who gets to hold her and play with her. We know this will happen with the new baby as well! We are both involved in our local church and have been attending the same Bible study for over 10 years. We are passionate about our relationship with God and desire the opportunity to share this passion and teach our children about the overwhelming love of God. Since we have also been blown away by God’s graciousness to us through adoption and birth parents like you, we can’t wait to tell our children all about their uniqueness; how very special, very beautiful, and very precious gifts they are to us from God! We would very much like to meet you and look forward to having you as part of our lives and family. We desire to stay in touch with you through email, letters, and pictures. We again want to acknowledge that the decision you have before you is a very difficult one and that we are praying for your wisdom and peace as you make it. We also want you to know how very strong, loving and brave you are. We could never express in words what you mean to us, and how grateful we are for how courageous you are in making this decision of deep love. We know you are facing a big decision, and one that will change all of our lives. We are praying for you and the child who will be added to our family. Please feel free to contact us for free at 1-866-300-5534 or email us at doug-alethea@hotmail.com. You can also contact our case worker Christine Crabb at 1-800-988-0600. God bless you! We know He will guide you and is holding you extra close during this time. Much love and many thanks, |
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