First contact letter to birthmother - Help

So I've had the contact information I've needed for a while, but have really struggled with what to say and how to say it. It is was an open adoption so I know I have the right women and she has been in touch with my family over the years (did not learn until recently), but we have neer made contact. Because I am positive it is her my letter doesn't seem to take the traditional form, but i'm still eager for suggestions! Please read! Dear -----, I have wanted to write to you for a very long time, but, due to a loss for words, it has taken me until now to finally do so. I have spent countless night lying in bed asking myself how I was supposed to write a letter to a women whom I have never met before, but who is, at the same time, far from a stranger. My main purpose for writing this is to thank you. Nineteen years ago you did perhaps the most selfless and beautiful thing I could ever imagine, You gave both me and the _______s a second chance to be part of a family. The more I think about it the more I am in awe of what you have done for me. Simply writing thank youӔ could never convey the immense gratitude and respect I have for you. You are my angel. You should rest assure that there is no better family with whom you could have placed me. The______s have loved, protected, nurtured, guided me, and have done everything imaginable to assure my wellbeing and happiness. Theyve taught me to be a responsible student, a determined athlete, an outdoors enthusiast, and a lover of music. They have always encouraged me to be the best that I can be in all that I do, and have supported me all the way to a national championship title in sailing. TheyҒve always believed in me even when I doubted myself. For them, no sacrifice was too large when it cam to my education, allowing me to attend __________, which apart from my family and friends has proved to be the best thing that has ever happened to me. I graduated this May and will be attending _______shortly. My parents are very proud of me and I like to thin you would be too. I have always known I was adopted, and for as long as Ive known IҒve wondered about youwho you are where you live, what youŒre like, if I look like you, and all the other questions which inevitably pass through an adoptees mind. As I grew I not only came to better understand the meaning of adoption, but to be able to appreciate the absolute beauty of it. My adoption, has played a very large roll in my life and has come to mold me into who I am today. It has shaped me in more ways than anyone can imagine. I believe that in some ways my being adopted has made me a better person. I appreciate life and everything in it, I accept the good with the bad, and want nothing more than to give something back for all the chances IҒve been given. I have been truly blessed because of your decision. I apologize as deeply as it is possible, if this letter has come as a shock, or if it has caused you or your family pain in anyway. That was not my intent. I wanted only to thank you for everything and to let you know that I am thinking of you as I have often over these past nineteen years. Most importantly you need to know how very much I admire you for all that you have done. Strong enough words do not exist to properly describe my gratitude. You gave me a second chance at life, and for that I respect you more deeply than you will ever know. I hope someday to be able to thank you in person, and be able to meet your husband and beautiful children, but until that day the best that I can do is to write it. Thank you for everything! I understand that you may not be in a place were you are ready to correspond and that such a time may in fact never come, but you should know that if that is the case that the doors will always remain open if you ever change your mind. Love _____