Dear Birth Mother,

You are incredibly brave to make this decision to find the best life you can for your child, and we respect you deeply. With us, you will never have to worry or wonder if your child has a safe and wonderful home, happy times, family & friends, resources, education, comfort, laughter, guidance and opportunity. Your child will know what a great gift you gave him/her, and will know all you want him/her to know about you and the rest of your family. We would be happy to share pictures and letters and discuss visits with you, if you like.

We would be grateful forever for the honor of raising your child. There are many other couples out there… We hope you pick us!

We are Deb and Ron. We’ve been married for six years, and both work from home in a beautiful neighborhood full of big trees, quiet streets, lots of happy families and great schools. Ron is a sales representative for a software company, and Deb volunteers as the board president of a nearby community nature park. Working from home gives us plenty of flexible time to offer a little one. Ron is perfectly suited for his job because he has a very patient nature, which is important when selling to large, slow-moving companies. Deb enjoys her work with the nature park. She is very resourceful (can creatively stretch a dollar far, and inspires people to donate and do things for free), and passionate about helping the community, kids, and environment.

Our home is warm, comfortable, spacious and clean. Everything is child-proofed so a little one is free to explore all over without getting hurt. Deb hand-painted the baby bedroom with sky-blue walls and puffy white clouds, and his/her bathroom is a sunny yellow, white, and vibrant blue. We have big, comfy couches in the den and living room where our two sweet, adopted Shih Tzus -- Ginger and Pepper – love to nap. The clean, dry, well-lit basement is a perfect shelter from storms and/or a place to play ping-pong! The yard is big with tons of flowers, lots of space to play, a deck, and an awesome tree hammock.

The neighborhood is very safe and friendly and we know all our neighbors. Just a block and a half away, we have a large pool and baby pool (and a neighborhood swim team), fantastic new playgrounds, a beautiful clubhouse, tennis and basketball courts, walking/biking trails, soccer/baseball fields, a nature park, 24-hour grocery, shopping, and more. There are LOTS of kids! The school system is top notch, and there is a fire station and a major hospital within a half-mile.

Ron is from a big family, and Deb is from a smaller one, and we enjoy both. Family is very important to us, and don’t wait just for holidays to get together and share hugs, laughs, lots of food, gifts, and traditions. His family lives close by on a farm, where we hike, watch wildlife, camp, and more. There are always nieces and nephews running around, and everyone joins in if there are squirt guns! With only a high school diploma, Ron's father started his own business and now has about 60 employees, including one of Ron's brothers and his sister (who are each married with young kids). His mom helps out at the shop part time, works the farm gardens, and does lots of cooking for big family gatherings.

Most of Deb’s family lives out of state but we are very close, talk almost every day, and visit often. Having family all over the country gives us free vacation spots! We enjoy games, festivals, yard sales, movies, and just gabbing together. We would surely see more of them if they had a grandchild to spoil (which they would LOVE to do)! Deb's mom and dad grew up on small farms in rural New Jersey and were high school sweethearts.

Deb is an only child, but she never felt lonely because she has an awesome bunch of relatives including cousins who are creative, fun, intelligent, warm, and very supportive of each other. Deb was an honors student, a Girl Scout, and enjoyed performing arts camps in the summer. Deb won a national art award for ceramics, and graduated from college Summa Cum Laude in communications. During and after college, she made award-winning documentaries about families’ and workers’ rights, then was a news producer for a short time before following her passion to work for non-profits.

Ron was tall, skinny, and shy in high school, but a good student and very dedicated to his teams. He was an award-winning athlete on both the baseball and basketball teams. He graduated from college as a finance major, and went straight into software sales. Sales gives him the chance to travel, so we have had awesome paid trips to Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Seattle, San Francisco, Maine, Orlando, and more. But he's home most of the time, and he plays basketball at a gym several times a week.

We are a really good team, and enjoy working together on projects. Like the time we decided to refinish our wooden deck, where we like to grill out, relax and enjoy the outdoors. We could have hired someone to do it, but we were really proud that we did it ourselves. Deb is great at planning/organizing, arts/crafts and creative things, so she suggested the color and made a list of materials. Ron put his muscle and work ethic to use with the hard labor of power washing and sanding the deck. Together, we pulled out old nails, put in new screws, and applied the stain. As a reward, we mixed up a batch of fresh, homemade doughnuts, and curled up with the puppies on our big, soft couch to watch a movie -- yum!

DEB WRITING: I’ll tell you the moment I knew Ron was the one for me. After we had been dating just a few months, I came down with a nasty stomach flu and felt really weak. I gathered my strength and called Ron, and he came over right away. He carefully helped me into his truck to take me to the hospital. He drove gently as I tried soooo hard not to throw up in his clean truck. I leaned on his strong, tall frame to make it into the emergency room. Just as I opened my mouth to tell him I was doing better, a surge came out of nowhere, and I barfed all over the front of his coat. I was so sorry, and he just smiled and assured me it was okay (as he took off his jacket) and we both laughed and laughed, and he kissed my forehead. That’s when I knew he was the one...

Ron is just the kind of person my grandparents (on dad’s side) would have grabbed by the cheeks and embraced with their famous warm hugs. Sadly, they never had the chance to meet him, since they died in a car accident years before we met and married. But I know they’d approve. What would they love most about Ron? His down-to-earth nature, his honesty, his eagerness to learn and help? For sure, they would love the way he makes me laugh!

Ron is such a gentle soul with a big heart, an adorable smile, and a generous hug. He’s a strong man who knows how to cry, and how to feel, and how to show his love with all his heart. He tells me often how much he loves me, and cares about me, and he really listens to me. He writes the most beautiful, meaningful things in cards – and I save every one of them. He is so patient, understanding, smart but humble, stable but never boring, fun-loving, and more... He talks to kids with understanding and respect, not talking down to them. A child would feel very blessed to have him as a father.

RON WRITING: When I met Deb, I thought she was so beautiful, I couldn’t believe she talked to me. We met shopping in the kitchen wares section of a department store. There were no clerks around to help, so she asked me for help to identify a strange-looking item. I told her it was a bagel-slicer and we laughed, and sat down to talk for two hours at a dining room display. Back then, I could be a bit shy, but I could talk to her so easily, like no one else I had ever met before. I bought her that bagel-slicer, and asked for her phone number. We’ve been married for years now, and still have that bagel-slicer on our bedroom dresser.

One thing I’ve learned about Deb through the years is that she is very passionate and dedicated to helping improve the world. She could have any career and be incredible at it, but she doesn’t care about making money, just helping people, kids, animals, the environment and the community. Just a few examples… She led our neighborhoods to establish a non-profit park that the public now enjoys – including many kids and seniors. She got our church and other schools and churches free recycling bins, so they can help the environment and raise money. She served on the board of a non-profit that helps kids learn health and social skills.

She is my best friend and soul mate. She cares for me like no-one I have ever known. I admire her so much, and am so proud to be her husband. I still smile when I call her “my wifey.” (I also call her “Debrah” and she calls me her “Ronrah.”) She is so full of love to give, and I just know that a child in her arms would be the most loved child in the world.

We hope that getting to know us better helps you with your very difficult decision. We support you every step of the way, and want your child to know the great respect we have for you for giving him/her this gift of adoption. We are ready to share it all – good times, tough times, poopy diapers, boo-boos, kisses, tears, love, building snowmen, baking cookies, opening presents, finding seashells, riding bikes, acceptance, encouragement, laughter, understanding, safety, family, friends, joyous holidays, graduations, a great place to come home to... Give us the chance to give your child all of this and more. We will not let you down.

From the bottom of our hearts,

Deb and Ron