[79nic]

Just wondering how many birthmothers here have helped out with a p-aparent's DBML?

And p-aparents... do many of you enlist the help of bmothers in writing your DBML?

I've helped many p-aparents with their letters in the past year. And I've actually written a brief article for website of the agency I placed Marie through, at the agency's request.... should be up soon.

I am wondering what you do when you get a DBML that you feel needs quite a bit of work? Do you mention EVERYTHING you think should be changed to the p-aparents, or do you pick and choose the most important points to address?

Aparents.... were you ever offended at how many things a birthmom thought you should change?

I am an English graduate who's been a professional editor in the past, and I make my living writing now (child profiles), so it's kinda easy for me to find a ton of things to re-word, ways to cut out wordiness, ways to rearrange the letter, etc. I also tend to find a lot of punctuation mistakes.

Do p-aparents want to hear about ALL those things? Just curious!

Nicole