Our names are Jennifer and Doris and we want to thank you for reading our letter. We hope we can make a difficult time for you a little less so by telling you a bit about ourselves and our commitment to raising a child.

Where we live
We feel lucky for the opportunity to live in a bright, airy home, on a hill near the Mission district in San Francisco. Our yard has a sandbox, a patio, and a vegetable garden. Our lemon tree produces more lemons then we can use which makes us popular with our neighbors. Our neighborhood is full of families who really use the park and recreation center.

Who we are: First Doris
Doris is a teacher. She has taught Special Education, and now wrestles daily with the quirkiness of 7th and 8th graders while she tries to teach them how to write a paragraph. She also gets a kick out of being the golf coach. Doris is kind, generous, steady and a bit shy. She is easy going and quick with a smile making her popular with kids of all ages; even our pets seek her out.

And then Jen
Jennifer uses her creative energies to paint, garden, dance, make Halloween costumes and take photos. She is the first to volunteer to babysit for our friends, and is always available as a good listener or a playground partner. She enjoys her work booking the San Francisco Opera House and Symphony Hall. Jennifer likes the challenges of organizing large parties and working with VIP's such as the Dalai Lama and Secretary of State Colin Powell during their official visits to the City.

Who we are together
We are great friends to each other. We balance each other well. We have always been able to make each other laugh (although Jen thinks she is funnier than Doris thinks she is). On one of our first dates, we discovered that we shared a strong desire to create a family.

Both of us are enthusiastic and inquisitive about a wide variety of things. We travel often, usually to national parks to get away from the city chaos. We greatly value education and the process of learning, and are looking forward to seeing the world through our child's eyes.

We are avid readers. Jen's mother took her to her first library at six weeks old and her first museum before she was a year old. Her father taught her the wonders of the theater. Jen credits her choice to pursue a degree in drama to this early exposure to the arts. Her job allows us to see lots of plays, and go to concerts, the opera, and the symphony.

Family
Family is important to us. We maintain close relationships with both our mothers. Doris's mother, Jean, whom we see often, lives nearby. We go to movies, garden, shop, swim and play bridge together. Jen's mother, Margery, is everyone's best friend. She can't wait for a grandchild, and will visit often. Jen's brother, Adam, a geologist and a surfer, is anxious to teach a niece or nephew how to scramble and climb like he did as a child.

And Friends
There is some debate as to who is the best cook in the house, but there is no debate as to where our friends would most like to spend an evening. (There is also no argument about who is the messier cook, but we will save that conversation for after you've come to know and love us, as we want to know and love you.) We are comfortable hosts where all feel at home. Many of our friends are parents already, and are delighted we will be joining them, and our friends without children are eager to welcome our new family member.

Our promise to you
We will teach our child good values: compassion, honesty, the importance of hard work and an ever-present sense of humor. We will expose our child to a variety of activities to see what he or she may have a talent or passion for. We will make sure our child goes to a school where he or she feels confident, challenged, and develops a strong sense of self. You can count on us to give our very best.

We promise to be sensitive to the special needs of an adopted child. If we get the opportunity to make a family with a child of a different ethnic background than our own, we will make sure that our community and family includes the unique things his or her culture has to offer.

We know it must be difficult to choose an adoptive family that you feel will be just right for your baby. We feel strongly that open adoption is the way to go for us. We want your child to know who you are and how much you love them.

If you feel we might be a good match for you, please call us TOLL FREE at 1-866-278-3602 .

If we do not talk or meet each other, know that we wish the very best for you and your baby.

Jennifer and Doris


Doris with her students


Jennifer at play in the forest


Relaxing in Yosemite


Our cats Francis & Samantha

 
Jennifer, her mother & brother

Hiking in Costa Rica

Jen making a mess of making cookies

Doris just loves this picture of herself