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Sometimes in a life that often had harsh and cruel times something wonderful happens, something so special and precious that you savour it and thank God for it and will never let it go.
That is what happened for Alpha Son and me after we met the man who became my Alpha Hubby. We never could have known how this man would impact our lives in such wonderful and amazing ways. We were and are truly blessed to have him in our lives.
This month is the month Alpha Hubby became Alpha Son’s legal dad twenty years ago. The judge was a friend of ours so he helped make it a special day. The judge allowed Alpha Son to sit in the chair next to his bench as he explained to Alpha Son what it meant if Alpha Hubby adopted him. He asked if Alpha Son was in agreement to take Alpha Hubby as his legal father, to which Alpha Son obviously said a resounding yes.
Even before Alpha Hubby and I married, there was a small first ceremony wherein Alpha Hubby and Alpha Son stood before the preacher and took one another as dad and son. They even had their own vows. Alpha Son had waited 11 years to have a real dad and I wanted to make this day as special for him as possible.
I still tear up at the memory of the ceremony and the serious look on both their faces as they were saying their “vows” to be dad and son. Man talk about a choke up moment.
About ten years later, after Alpha Son had been out of the house awhile, he called to talk to his dad. He told him that he’d emailed a link to him to a video he wanted Alpha Hubby to watch with me. He’d just heard the song and said, “Dad, this is what you are to me.”
Since Alpha Son was always sending funny song links, we figured it was just another funny song. The jesting and joking between the two is always going on.
But no.
Needless to say, Alpha Hubby and I both cried. A lot.
Ya gotta love a God-plan full of love.
This is the video Alpha Son sent to his dad (you may have to pause the player on sidebar):
If you have trouble accessing the video, it is on YouTube here: http://youtu.be/BjO1F6oCab8
Brad Paisley, He Didn’t Have To Be
Lookin’ back all I can say
About all the things he did for me
Is I hope I’m at least half the dad
That he didn’t have to be
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I’m STILL working on rescuing my sidebar and lost files. It is very disheartening.
I can barely type this through the tears… I’ve never heard this song before and certainly hadn’t seen the video, but it struck such a chord (no pun intended) with me that I can barely stop crying long enough to think straight. I’ll tell you the whole story through email, later. For now, all I can say is that this was an absolutely beautiful post, Nan. They always are. I’m ashamed to say that I’m just now beginning to catch up on all of my blog reading. As you know, it’s been a crazy year for me. Big ol’ hugs to you, my friend. XOXO
We cried watching the video when he sent it to us. It is an amazing video and I look forward to your story!