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| A note from Amy to Birthmom... |
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| First of all I want to say thank you for choosing life for your baby. More than anything, that is the best gift you could ever have given them. From the time I was old enough to talk... I loved babies. My mom said when I was little I would get a certain face every time I would see a baby. As I grew up, I loved babysitting. If someone asked me what my hobbies were it always included babysitting. When Josh and I started looking at marriage, one of the first things we talked about was how much we both wanted kids. I of course wanted many more than he did since he was an only child... the thought of 3 or four kids to him seemed overwhelming at the time. I was from a family of four and had aunts and uncles that have eight and nine children. We were married on Feb 17th of 2001. By May we were trying to have children. Right before Christmas of 2001 we found out that through Josh's infertility our dream of having children naturally would not be coming true. It was devestating. But then we started looking more and more into adoption. We realized that we could have children through open adoption. Both of us were very excited yet scared about having an open relationship with a birthmother, birthfather and their families. As we proceeded with adoption we leaned more and more about how great it is to have the birthfamily involved. Before Cameron was born I was not sure how I would feel about sharing so much with his birth family. Once he was born it made me realize how much his birth mom gave to me. She suffered so much hurt and I received the joy. It is very much a bonding time when you come to grips with what an awesome gift you have been given. I could never repay her for all she gave me! Cameron has been the greatest joy in our lives. Coming from a family of four I want so many more children. We had such a great childhood growing up with so many people to love and play around with. I want to have a family full of love, support and even caous... which comes with having children. I want to have another little one to tuck in bed at night, play with out in the yard, take to the zoo, make crafts with and so much more! I know I will love the next child we have unconditionally! I will give them all I can for them to succeed in life. I am not talking material things... but instead the love, support and encouragement they need to grow up to become all they can be. I am so excited to meet you and find that special bond between us. Even if you don't want contact for a while, or never... I will always have a deep down desire the life you dream of. I promise to pray for your emotions during this time. Josh and I have already begun to pray for you. We don't know you by name but we are poraying for whoever that special person is out there... that they would have peace through the whole process, that they would find comfort in us, for their emotions as a whole, and for the bond between us!. After going through this once before we understand a little better what you are going through. Although we could never understand since we have never faced it ourselves... we understand better now than we did before. Lisa was able to be pretty open with us about how she felt with Cameron. We know it is hard on you and we thank you for being so brave! You are truly a hero to me! Cameron gets so excited to see his birthfamily and I believe it is because he knows how much respect and gratitude we have towards them! We promise to do the same for you! Thank you! Please call and feel free to share any feelings you might have, even if it is that you are uncertain what you want for your baby. I am excited to hear from you about all the dreams you have for you and your child! With so much gratitude, Amy |
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