Dear Future Child,

I hope that your parents are treating you okay.

I want nothing more than for you to be happy. No matter where you are in life, I hope that the people you are with are treating you right, making sure you are fed, clothed, and loved, and letting you pursue the opportunities you desire the most.

I hope that you are happy.

As I said previously, I want nothing more than your happiness. I know that you are struggling, and although I can't know your exact pain, just know that when you come into my life, we can share it together.

I hope you realize how wanted you are by me.

You may not feel wanted, but know that you have a forever family in me, and that when we meet, you will always know how wanted you are.

I hope you know that your age does not matter to me.

Whether you are a baby, or a teenager, or any age in between, it doesn't matter what package I receive you in. You will be loved just the same.

I hope you can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Your journey isn't over. Your journey to having a family to call your own is nowhere near close to being over. It's just getting started.

I hope you know that I pray for you every chance I get.

Your worth is important to me, and it's important to the heavenly Father, and I pray every day that you are comforted in that.

I hope that you realize how much of a gift you will be to me and your future father.

God gives us gifts, and I've learned to accept every gift that I receive from God. You will be cherished as the greatest gift God could ever give me.

I hope that you do not lose hope in yourself.

Nothing would break my heart more than knowing that you don't have the hope and faith in yourself that you should. I want nothing more than to wrap you up and tell you how much I love you right now...but I can't. So I need you to not get lost in what you're going through.

I hope you know that I've waited a long time for you.

Yes, I'm only nineteen, going on twenty, but when you look at everyone around you and see that they all have their forever children, and when you see that you don't have that joy yet, it makes the waiting both unbearable and totally worth it at the same time. You have to be twenty-one to start fostering children in the state of Kentucky, and just know that my twenty-first birthday will be a day of celebration for both of us.

I hope that you know that even though you were not brought to us through traditional methods, you will always be loved and treated as though you were.

When I'm serious about something, I don't play games. When I say that you will be loved, I mean it. Even if our time together is short, we will all make what will can of it.

Dear future child,

I love you a lot. You don't even know the extent of it. Your future dad and I are working very hard to make ourselves ready for you.

Sincerely,

Your future mom.