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I just wanted to say up front a giant T H A N K Y O U for reading my letter. In my heart of hearts, I cannot imagine how you must be feeling right now. This must be an incredibly difficult decision to make and I want you to know, I am completely overwhelmed by your decision to consider giving the gift of life. I have always dreamed of being a mom. I am an Aunt, a Godmother, a godfather (long story!), and have been a mother of many sweet doggies. I have not had luck having a pregnancy stick. It is my dream to be a mother to many children, and I hope you will take a minute to get to know me. If you decide to chose me to raise your child, I promise you I will love he or she with all my heart. I will fiercely fight for his or her happiness and growth. I will foster their individuality and creativity. I will respect their individual spirit and I will do my best to show your child the world. I will love him or her unconditionally and help them find their place in this world and always be a rock and a support for them. I will make sure he or she never forgets you and the sacrifice you made and the love you had to bring them into the world. E, in Big Bear H i k i n g w i t h m y d o g, E L L I
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ONE I give money to Doctors without Borders and pretty much every animal organization that asks me.
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TWO I did a spartan race last year and had to inch myself through the mud under barbed wire all the while getting pelted with water from a high pressure hose!
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THREE I used to be a volunteer sex ed teacher to high school students in LA.
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FOUR I love jigsaw puzzles! I am OBSESSED! I just did 4 1000 piece jigsaw puzzles recently over the holiday break.
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FIVE I am a volunteer counselor for a suicide hotline for lgbt youth.
SIX I was a waitress for 10 years and I LOVED it!
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SEVEN My friends kids love it when I throw them on the bed and they make me do it over and over again. Even the 15 year old!
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EIGHT I sometimes like to eat Kozy Shack chocolate pudding in the middle of the night.
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NINE I got to be in a movie that won best picture at the oscars and got a kiss from tom cruise onstage! (I had to bend down, he’s short!)
TEN I also give money to homeless people. Always (if I have it). My step dad who will always be one of my heroes, always did it no matter how poor he was. And so I do it. I fully believe that when you give. It comes back to you!
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At the Oscars! OMG!
I like to ROCK IT OUT in the kitchen
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G R O W I N G U P. I grew up in a tiny town called Katy, Texas as the youngest of 5 children. It was hot and we had a pool so I started swimming at about 2 years old. There were a bunch of kids on my street and all summer we’d swim in my pool and then go play either hide and seek or we’d play with star wars action figures or we’d go bike riding all over. I don’t think I put shoes on all summer! There was always a fun rodeo or carnival or church picnic. I played t-ball and softball and I’m super tall so of course,
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I played basketball. It was so fun!
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to Germantown, Tennessee. I was scared! I was sure Germantown was full of people in
Lederhosen (a German costume) and horse drawn buggies. But Germantown was not even kind of like that. It was a suburb of Memphis and it was actually nice and modern and normal. when I got into high school, it had the best drama department in the whole world (at least I thought so!). I had always been shy but when I did my first play, I found my true calling. I was able to open up on stage in a way I was too shy to in my real life. And so, my love affair with acting began.
I ended up doing several plays and musicals in high school, even playing the witch in Into the Woods! Then I went on to go to a very good drama school for college called North Carolina School of the Arts. Afterwards, I went to New 4 HOUR makeup session for work
I got to meet JOAN RIVERS before she passed
York City where I got an agent, and the rest, as they say, is history! I have been lucky enough to have acted in several plays, over 35 movies and about 40 TV shows—including Friends, Two and a Half Men, Two Broke Girls and Inside Amy Schumer. I have gotten to travel all over the world for work and meet some very interesting people! I H AV E T I M E N O W T O S P E N D W I T H A B A B Y A N D C A N TA K E T I M E O F F and pick and choose the projects I do instead of having to take every job that comes along! All in all, being an actress is fun and very rewarding, but it isn’t all that I do.
STUDIO time with my sister
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I’ve been able to visit cool places for work, but I’ve also traveled all over the world. I’ve been to South Africa where I got to pet a white lion! All over England, Paris, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Canada, Hawaii, all over Mexico, Costa Rica, and Alaska, and I’ve driven across the good ole US of A at least 4 times! I love exploring the world. I feel so lucky to have had the means and the opportunity to do so, and I cannot wait to show your child some of the cool places I’ve been and to Pine Creek GORGEOUS! At the top of mile hike! 5 p u t h g Mountain, a strai
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also can’t wait to introduce your child to my family! I am the youngest of 5 kids. And I am lucky enough to have 2 super cool half siblings and 2 step siblings. I am super fortunate to have 11 I N C R E D I B L E nieces and nephews!
I am close to all of my family even though we are spread out across the country. We get together several times a year, to visit, play games, and go exploring. I have a very musical family. You can usually find someone performing at family get togethers. Someone is also usually playing a sport (we are very tall!). We love to support each other by going to performances, games, and other events! M Y M O M A N D T W O O L D E R S I S T E R S A N D I S TA R T E D A G R O U P C A L L E D T H E B L U E H AT G I R L S . They had visited me when I was shooting a movie in Vancouver and I bought us all these big fluffy blue hats. So we became the Blue Hat Girls. Now we take trips together as the Blue Hat Girls. Our next trip is this summer to the big Island of Hawaii! MY ADORABLE friends Archer and Mackenzie
With my SISTER AND NIECES
BAKING PIES with my sister
KISSES for Carson, our niece
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My friend Emma and I SPLIT UP!
Hanging with my nieces IN M O N TA N A
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D I G G I N G FO R G O L D w i t h my niece Peytyn
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T H I S I S M Y G O R G E O U S N E W H O M E that I share with Ellie and my sweet little sister Meredith. Meredith is about 12 years younger than me and she moved in with me a couple years ago, when she graduated with her Master's in Music. She is one of my best friends. We love to take care of each other. We go on hikes and love to cook dinner and bake and be each others “wing woman” when we have to go to events and we just need someone to have our backs. Meredith has my back, always, and I have hers!
The neighborhood is very quiet and full of families. There is a nice view of the city and the mountains and the sunset from my front porch. And the best thing is, I’m about 15 minutes from the beach, 30 minutes from the mountains and only an hour from Disneyland, where I LOVE to go! g up THE SUN Ellie loves soakin
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I L O V E D O G S ! I H AV E M Y S W E E T B E A U T I F U L D O G E L L I E . She sleeps nicely on the foot of the bed and has a spot on the couch she likes to sleep on in the sunshine. We go on long hikes in the gorgeous 80 acre park that is right around the corner from my new house! She loves cuddling and playing with all the kids in my life. I know she'll love and protect the new baby as well. I’m an animal lover! I would love to retire and have tons of animals! Pancho My o l d ho r s e Pa nc ho, I LOV E H O R S ES!
was my horse for 5 years. He passed away last year but he was such a good boy. I love all animals, big and small!
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I have known them for over 15 years. We met in college. She was the
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your child will get to spend many summers at the beach with!
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THIS IS BROOKE. Another great friend. We have run 5 marathons together and taken vacations to Italy, and we even started our own band. Brooke can’t wait to babysit your baby too and introduce your child to her roost of pups! On the set of Brooke's show, KICKIN' IT!
F R O M B R O O K E r Missi is full of unconditional love and boundless energy-the two main ingredients for motherhood! But mostly, when one day her child asks if they can get a puppy, she’ll say yes, let’s go get a puppy!
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SINCE I’VE TOLD YOU ABOUT MY FRIENDS, I T H O U G H T M AY B E Y O U ’ D WA N N A H E A R F R O M T H E M W H AT T H E Y T H I N K A B O U T M E !
F R O M A U D R A r Missi is an exceptional woman.
She has a love of life that is infectious and a generosity that knows no bounds. Missi will be a wonderful, loving and committed parent.
MY GODSO N, LUCA , A udra's son
On a plane to FRANCE! Oh em gee! With Christine
THIS IS CHRISTINE. We met 20 years ago. She is my best friend who has helped me make some of the toughest decisions in my life and has truly been there for me at every turn and traveled all over the world with me! This is her husband John and daughter Emma. They all can’t WAIT to start having fun adventures with your children.
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F R O M C H R I S T I N E r Missi Pyle has been
my best friend for over 20 years. Missi has been
a wonderfully loving friend to me, always taking great care with my heart. She has mothered countless dogs, cats, friends, friend’s children. I believe that she is ready now more than ever to share her deep, unwavering love with a child. I am so excited for Missi to be a mother. She will be amazing, the child will be lucky and loved Missi and E mma, PA R T N E R S IN CRIME
beyond measure. (hands clapping......) Hooray!
F R O M M Y F R I E N D A D A M r I have known
Missi Pyle for 10 years. She is one of my closest friends. In that time I have come to know her many extraordinary qualities. She is profoundly compassionate, fiercely loyal, and deeply sensitive to the needs of others. I can say without reservation, that the child that is fortunate enough to end up with Missi Pyle as her or his mother, will without question have won life's lottery. With my great friends, JOHN AND ADAM
...and you can quote me on that.
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just want to say again that I think you are a brave and wildly generous human for choosing to bring a life
into this world. And I promise, you have all of me, and all of my heart if we choose to do this together. I will be the best mother I can to your child. I will give him or her all of me. Period. End of story. Thank you for considering me. Oh heck, M Y H E A R T I S A L R E A D Y W I T H YO U. I ’ M S O P R O U D O F YO U.
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