Starting Profile

We have started on our Profile. This is what is going to be shown to the birthmothers, for us to be chosen to get a child. It is much harder than we thought it would be. And much harder than the Dossier. The Dossier was mainly legal forms - things that had to be checked on, printed, fingerprinted and certified. These are the things that we were used to. And the Home Study that went into the Dossier was prepared by the social worker. So really other people did most of the work. The hard part was waiting for all of the approvals and certifications to come in the mail.

The Profile is completely different. We have to put in pictures, arrange everything and answer essay questions! I started with the cover page. We had been given several "sample" layouts from which to choose. I really didn't like any of them, especially the cover pages. So I made my own. Working with layout and design in my job, I am able to tweak the layout and fonts some, so that it looks a little better - at least to me. After the basic "stats" of who we are and some pictures, come some easy questions, like what is your favorite food. Then we get to the tough stuff. Some of the questions asked on the profile, I don't even know the answers myself. I would really LIKE to know the answer to some of these questions.

So we are now working on these questions. Some of the answers are almost impossible to put into words. And these words are going to be seen by birthmothers and basically determine if and when we get a child.