Adoption Profile Creation - Optimism

The Seven Habits of Highly Successful People tells us to begin with the end in mind.  To me that is a visualization technique.  It’s also what every Hopeful Adoptive Parent should do as they start creating their adoption profile.  While these profiles speaks of love, warmth, compassion, and unity, they are born from optimism, hope and faith.  I thought this saying by Helen Keller summed it up perfectly.

Why Dear Birth Mom?

Why begin your Adoption Profile with a Dear Birth Mother letter?  Yours sounds like everyone else’s.  Birth Moms have told us this repeatedly. To me you run the risk of turning off the birth mom before she’s even had an opportunity to read about your qualities.  Your Adoption Profile speaks of love, commitment, and trust that are woven throughout your unique story.  If you have taken the time to paint a warm picture colored with endearing qualities it will resonate with the birth mom that is right for you.  Let the love shine through and leave the cookie cutter statements in the recycle bin.

Adoption Journal Tip

My love for the outdoors was shaped by the neighborhood where I lived as a child and the time I spent on my grandparent’s farm.  Sharing that love of nature with our children and future children comes naturally.  Sitting outside in our yard we hear the owls call.  We look up the owls in our bird book and talk about them.  We walk to the creek to see if we can find them.  What makes your neighborhood special?  Share it in your adoption journal.

Adoption Journal - Tip

Staying active in your Adoption Journal gives the reader endearing information about you that you couldn't add to your profile because of space.  Most On Line Adoption Profile Resources show the last time you visited.  So not only are you continuing to tell your story, you are also showing the reader you care by staying active.  The update doesn't always have to contain a short story about what is currently going on in your life.  It may be an anecdote based on the season.

When my wife and I started dating she introduced me to the idea that there is more to life than sports. We began going to plays and ballets.  At first it was so out of my comfort zone I wasn’t sure what to think.  So glad she took me!  Our kids have been raised more in the arts because that was their interest.  Piano lessons, clarinet, and ballet.  They’ve been great teachers.  Saturday I bought tickets to see The Joffrey Ballet perform Swan Lake.  Looking forward to this family date! – Do you have a family member who introduced you to something new that became a part of your life? – capture that brief story in an Adoption Journal Update.

 

 

Adoption Journal Update - tip

Autumn is here.  The leaves are changing colors. Soon we will be raking and playing in leaves. Our front yard is colored by maple, oak, dogwood, and redbud trees.  Red, yellow, orange, and brown leaves to pile up, jump in and throw in the air.  Sometimes Keely and I just sit in these chairs, have coffee, and make plans for the day.  Your Adoption Journal is a great place to capture the joy of your yard and home in ways you couldn't in your Adoption Profile

Your Adoption Journey

Facing adversity is part of the journey, remembering not to let that struggle impact our relationships is so important.  Calling back to that wisdom each day to feel love rather than angst is a gift.

Introducing Michigan Hopeful Adoptive Parents, John & Dominique

Introducing Michigan Hopeful Adoptive Parents, John & Dominique. Their agency is Adoption Associates, Inc. in Farmington Hills MI.  You can view their profile on parentfinder.com here http://www.parentfinder.com/extra_profile_view_17.php?id=6977

 

 

 

If you are an agency looking for trusted adoption professionals who help Adoptive Parents create a 20 page printed profile, eBook, video profile, personal adoption website, social media presence, adoption journal help and more contact me – greg.phelps@cairsolutions.com