 Reme
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Dear Birth Mother,
Mahatma Gandhi once said, where there is love there is life. Thank you for having the courage and loving your unborn child enough to consider adoption. I am very grateful for the opportunity to introduce myself and be considered as an adoptive parent for your child.
My name is Reme . If you decide to choose me to parent your child, I will love and cherish him or her deeply every day of my life. Your baby will also know how you love them and how you blessed me with the gift of motherhood. If you like, we can keep in touch by sharing pictures and phone calls.
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FAMILY
Having a close-knit family is very important to me. My father comes from a large family of eight children so I was fortunate to grow up around lots of cousins, aunts, uncles and other extended family. My dad is your typical Spanish patriarch – seemingly strict and principled, but really a softie, looking out for everybody’s best interests and always inventing the next family gathering.
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I have very fond memories of my childhood. I lived in Spain until I was ten. We lived very close to my father’s family in a small city in Galicia – the Northern green coast on the Atlantic and I would often walk after school to my grand-mother’s house where all the grandchildren gathered.
My mother was an at-home mom and often took us to the park to ride bikes and play with all of our cousins. On weekends, our parents would pack up the car and drive us to the country where my mother’s family lived. My grandparents have a large garden and lots of farm animal such as chicken and pigs. We loved to help pick vegetables and collect eggs for dinner. |
When our family moved to the United States my mother began working. Generosa, our kind and gentle nanny, took care of us after school. Generosa became like a grandmother to us. She helped us with our homework, bathed us and prepared dinner for us and our friends. Although my parents moved to Atlanta permanently, they made sure that we continued our close relationship with our extended family in Spain by sending us to spend summers there.
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I am the oldest of five and have ten nieces and nephews – my two brothers together have six children and my two sisters together have four children. I love being an aunt and I have a great relationship with all the children in my family. I am particularly close to my goddaughter, Maria. We have been inseparable since she was a small baby. We often speak on the phone and discuss school, friends and boys.
I am eager to include my baby in all our family activities; she or he will be showered with great love and attention.
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My Education and Job
Education and hard work are important values in my family. My father is generous to a fault, but we had to do well in school to earn privileges. My father always showed his appreciation for our hard work by letting everyone know how proud he is of me. He still does today. |
Education has played a very important role in my life. I am fortunate to have supportive parents that encouraged me to go to graduate school and get a Masters degree in Psychology and later my law degree. I will teach my child the importance of a good education and give them the opportunity to get college and graduate degrees in the field they are most passionate about.
I work full time as an Attorney for a healthcare company and although I have a very demanding job, I am fortunate to work for a company that is very family-friendly. My position provides me with a good income and allows me to work from home when necessary. Like many working households today, my plan is to hire a nanny to assist me with child care; however, my child will always be my first priority.
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My Home
I live in a beautiful old Spanish home close to schools, parks and lots of pedestrian restaurant areas where I often go with my friends and their children to stroll and have brunch. My house has three bed-rooms, an eat-in kitchen – for lots of family meals - and a large fenced back-yard for my child to play.
Although my family lives in Atlanta, I have lots of support from my chosen family in Miami. My best friend lives just 20 blocks from me and her two children are like my own.
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My neighbors to the South have a seven-year old. They have been telling me about all the benefits of our local schools. I also have friends that adopted a beautiful baby girl from China.We recently took her to Wa-nnado City at Sawgrass Mall and just marveled at her eagerness to learn how to make cookies, put on a play and ride on the merry-go-round. My child will be blessed with a community of good friends to help him or her grow-up healthy and thrive. My family will also be very involved in my child’s life. We will travel to Atlanta often and meet them in Spain during the summers. My family will also come to Miami to be with us. Both my mother and father are retired now and they want to help with child care. |
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Interests
I love to travel and have been fortunate to have traveled a large part of the world. I have been to Asia and learned to carve masks in Bali; I have gone on safari in Africa and climbed its highest mountain, Mt. Kenya. I want for my child to be able to travel to all these places and learn how to appreciate the wonders of nature and other cultures. |
One of the gifts of traveling is being exposed to the beauty of people of different races and economic levels. In India, I met mothers breast feeding their small children out on the street -despite their circumstances, they welcomed us and were willing to share themselves. In China, I was taken in by a young girl that lived with her sister in a one-room apartment.
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She refused to let me pay for any of our meals. In Kenya, I met the sons of the Minister of Finance. They graciously offered to become my tour guides. I want my child to have the same gift to connect with other people of varying creeds, races, religions and nationalities and learn to respect people from all cultures and economic backgrounds as I believe that true wealth is not measured in money, but rather in friendships and life experiences. |
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I love to read and can hardly wait to read bedtime stories to my child in both English and Spanish. I think learning more than one language is very important. I love the arts…I am a season subscriber to the theater and love to go to museums. I look forward to taking my child to the Children’s Museum and the Parrot Jungle to learn about sounds, animals, boats, and teddy bears. I also love to run, walk, ski and generally be active outdoors…going for walks, to the park and on active vacations will be an important part our lives.
I am aware that raising a child is an awesome responsibility and one I have not taken lightly. When I was not able to get pregnant through fertility treatments, I prayed and spent lots of time getting the advice of my family and friends. I always wanted to adopt whether or not I had a biological child. Even as a young adult, I was a big sister for a foster child. So here I am, asking you that you bless me with the opportunity to be your child’s adoptive mother. I know I was meant to be a mother and I very much want to share all the blessings in my life with our child.
Thank you for taking the time to read this letter and learn more about me. I would very much like to meet with you in person, if you choose. I am also happy to provide you with as much information as you want.
You are doing the right thing by choosing adoption. I wish you and your child the best.
Reme |
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