Matt and I have been working diligently on our profile. Our profile is what will "introduce" us to any potential birth mothers. It has proved to be a more difficult job than you would think...I mean how hard is it to tell the world how wonderful you are?!! ;-) I spent a lot of time researching profiles online just to even get started. After we had a VERY rough draft, we sent it out to family and some close friends to see what they could come up with. We are so blessed to have family and friends who are willing to spend so much time to help us. We owe my brother an extra huge Thank You! He used his expertise in communication and totally revamped our profile. He did such a great job, I was actually in tears with what he wrote about us. So now we are almost done with it. We are trying to figure out some technical, contact info and how to do it legally~kind of important.
Once we have it completely finished, our plan is to send it out to family and friends who are willing to take it to high school counselors, pastors, pregnancy crisis centers, etc in their area. This way we are not just sending out our profile blindly, and our friends and family can pass it to people they already know who may come into contact with a birth mother who may be considering adoption. And we have family members all over the country. We can't lose, right?? :) Everyone keeps telling us that finding a birth mother often happens through word of mouth, so that is what we are praying for.
I cannot wait for the profile to be completely finished! What a huge step forward that will be. And our meeting with Nebraska Children's Home is getting so close!
Have a blessed day, megan
I'm sure that it has been so difficult to put together your profile, but how great that you are almost done with it!
ReplyDeleteI love reading your blog, by the way. Thanks for sharing the process with us.