Lizzie Timmons spent much of her life growing up without a father. While she loved her granddaddy, a father was something the others kids had that she envied. She would see friends at school hanging out with their fathers and covet the relationships they had. Then her mom got married. While some kids have contentious relationships with their stepparents, Lizzie welcomed her mother's husband, Bill, into her home and heart. The next 18 years were a dream come true.
"You were there for my first date and my first dance. You were there for my first broken bone," Lizzie wrote in a letter to him for Father's Day. "You took me to the doctor when I was sick, held me when I cried, and always made sure I was taken care of. You walked me down the aisle and were there when my children were born."
Bill had no idea that he was reading anything but a sweet letter from his stepdaughter for Father's Day, but you can tell something else was up. Lizzie sat apprehensively on the couch, biting her bottom lip, as she awaited his reaction. Then finally he pulled out a second letter: a formal request asking Bill to adopt her. He couldn't believe it.
"That is better than anything I could have ever gotten," Bill said.
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