[Enclosed: Legal adoption documents, already signed by Jason and the other appropriate parties, and a short note.]
Maia,
I realize that in a month, you'll be eighteen, and this will hardly matter anymore. Still, this is something I've wanted to do for a long time. Now that I don't have Agency policy working against me, I can. I know I probably should have talked to you about it before, but at least this way, if you decide this isn't something you want, we won't have to be awkward about it.
I may not be able to give you a traditional family, but I can give you a happy one.