The Biggest Mistake Families Make When Writing Their Own Adoption Profile

Writing from inside the story. Families are too close to their own lives to see which details are remarkable, so the small true thing that matters most gets left out.

You're the subject and the storyteller

That's not a flaw in you. It's what happens when you try to be the subject and the storyteller at the same time. It can't be done alone.

You bury the important thing

You will not run out of things to say about yourselves. You will bury the one thing that actually matters under twelve things that don't.

Design software can't find the story

Canva can make anything look clean. It can't tell you what matters. Before you design, you need someone to ask the questions you'd never think to ask yourself.