You decide whether you would like to let them adopt your baby.

We are here for you to help make the decision that best suits your needs.

Dear Expectant Mother,

My name is Christine. I can only imagine that you are reading this letter at a challenging time in your life. I appreciate how difficult it must be for you to choose someone the right person - to adopt your child. 

I grew up on the German shore of the Baltic Sea, and have lived in the United States for more than twenty years now, the last seven of those years in Palo Alto, CA. I have been single for many years, and am content that way. But I have always wanted to be a mother, provide love and security to my children, and share the many activities that make family life enjoyable: stories, music, travel, and friends. Three years ago, after many years of trying, I was fortunate to give birth to my son, Jonas, who was conceived by donor insemination.

I am enjoying motherhood tremendously and would like the experience a second time of holding a baby in my arms, watching his or her first tentative steps, and soon after, seeing a toddler conquer the world. I didn’t know how much attention and love I had in me to give to a child until I became a mother. I now know that love is not a limited resource: I will have enough in my heart for two.

I am a linguist by training; someone who studies the structure of languages and observes how children and adults acquire the ability to speak new languages. For many years I worked as a publisher. I gave up my work in publishing, and joined a technology company, so that I could earn an income that would provide me with the secure finances to raise my family.

What would growing up be like for your child if you decided to make us the gift of entrusting him or her to me? Well, for one thing, it would be a life full of language not surprisingly. We don’t have a TV and the computer only comes out late at night, when I am the only one awake. Instead, we read books throughout the day and play theater with our puppets. At naptime and in the evening, we snuggle up in bed together and tell ever longer stories. The best stories are the ones where everyone takes a turn contributing!

We also make a lot of music together. My special love is renaissance music, and I can play wind instruments and string instruments that were common to that era. Friends come over to our house or we go over to their house to play; the children get drums and rattles to help us keep the rhythm until they are old enough to pick an instrument they would like to learn. At home we also have a piano, which, to Jonas’ mind, houses many musical animals elephants, ducks, ladybugs. He can bring them out with his little fingers, and he would love to show a little sibling how to do so.

My European heritage and scientific specialty ensure that we are a global family. We speak German in our home, English outside, and the teachers in the local nursery school that Jonas has just joined speak French with the children. That isn’t just good training for the mind, it actually very useful. We often visit my mother in Germany and other relatives in England and try to spend a good part of each summer in Europe. We have close and supportive friends in the Bay Area, but we also have many long-standing friends we visit who teach at universities in other countries. 

When we are not traveling, we spend a lot of time outdoors it would be a waste not to considering where we live! The baby will get carried in frontpack or backpack so that it can feel close to me at all times as we venture out on small hikes in the foothills, explore the trunks of redwood trees, observe frogs and pollywogs at the local pond, or build sand and driftwood castles at the beach. I think that next to a parent love and a stable home the key aspect of a happy and healthy childhood is unhurried time spent in a natural environment. 

We have a relationship with Jonas’ birthfather and his family through letters, phone calls, and occasional visits. This has been beneficial for everyone. I believe that it is essential for children to be familiar with their biological roots and I very willing to talk with you about the level of openness that you would like to maintain.

I hope this letter gives you a sense of who I am, and that you want to meet and talk. Please feel free to call me at 1-800- anytime, or call my friendly adoption attorney, Susan Romer, at 1-800-U-ADOPT-US.