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6,401 | daddit | we are adopting our daughter this month, she is only two and a half and I hope we make half the success of it that you have. dammit it's dusty in here all of a sudden. |
6,402 | daddit | I was also adopted out of foster care by my amazing parents. People like you, your wife and my parents really make me want to be a better person. Thanks for this. |
6,403 | daddit | you should have him keep the fro. i was jealous this entire album. also, that 'favorite picture' one, you should edit some LotR stuff into it. |
6,404 | daddit | Will you please do an AMA on adopting an child older than 2? |
6,405 | daddit | I got to the second to last photo and all I could think was "nooooooooo his hair!" |
6,406 | daddit | Beautiful family! As a Canadian, when I see the pics of your son running, especially with that head full of curls, I see Terry Fox. They're both fine role models for young people. I work at Child and Family Services. Thank you for reminding me foster parents like you exist. I don't get to see enough happy families come together through our system. Your family has achieved so much just by existing. |
6,407 | daddit | It's tough to know who's luckier, you for having an awesome kid, or him for having an awesome dad. |
6,408 | daddit | Wonderful story. He seems like an extremely smart kid with an extremely bright future. That's awesome that he has several passions. Learning guitar on your own is no joke, as I'm sure you know. A friend, who I met in college, had an adopted older sister. Since I met him, his sister had always had something negative going on. She unfortunately was not able to take care of herself, and she was in her 30s, so the mother & father put her on some sort of home for aid. I always remember hearing from my friend that she was extremely disrespectful and just never wanted to grow up. I believe she was in her 30s. My friend and I ended up living together a couple of years after college was over. I remember one night when he got a phone call from his parents. His sister was in the hospice and she found some insulin. I believe she injected it and it ended up putting her a coma. Eventually, time passed and she ended up passing away. It really turned my friend and his family's life upside down. He was in a very bad place, but he was able to turn things around and he is doing very well now. It was a very unfortunate story, but I really appreciate what his mother & father did. There are so many kids out there without a home, and his parents gave one of them a home. |
6,409 | daddit | ...but is he single |
6,410 | daddit | Duct tape is amazing for sticking siblings to walls! Can confirm! :D |
6,411 | daddit | Your son has hair that would make any guy in /r/curlyhair jealous! |
6,412 | daddit | Well I'm a huge Michael Oher fan now. What an awesome gesture! |
6,413 | daddit | Beautiful pictures. You see him grow throughout the album and think, "What a cute boy." And then you hit the prom picture and realize he's a young man. Really tugs on your heartstrings. |
6,414 | daddit | You all deserve a royal salute. This post made my day. |
6,415 | daddit | WTG, we adopted 5, 2 years ago. 4 brothers and a lil girl from a separate family through foster care. |
6,416 | daddit | Looks like you've done well OP. Hope I'm able to raise my kids as well. |
6,417 | daddit | This is absolutely amazing. Coolest post I have seen on Reddit in ages. Thanks. |
6,418 | daddit | By far the best post i've seen in this subreddit. I might even say on all of reddit. I can tell you love him to death.. |
6,419 | daddit | I really loved this. Thank you for sharing it. I kind of got choked up reading your captions. |
6,420 | daddit | I'm glad to see you have such a happy story. My family adopted my brother 12 years ago and it has gone the completely opposite direction. I wish we could have made an album like this |
6,421 | daddit | Those pics were very inspirational to see what loving parents can provide for a child. |
6,422 | daddit | Enjoyed the pictures! You are a lucky guy to have such an awesome son! |
6,423 | daddit | Your photos are awesome! I can feel the love pouring out of them. :-) |
6,424 | daddit | Broke 5 mins in the 1600.. IN MIDDLE SCHOOL?!?!? You adopted a prodigy. |
6,425 | daddit | I don't know if you're kid is going to turn into Carrot top, if he's Edmund from Narnia. |
6,426 | daddit | Fuck man, job well done. As a young parent of a 6 year old stuff like is really inspiring and is a good reminder of what's at stake when you hold someones life in your hands. I wish you and your family all the best. |
6,427 | daddit | Hey OP, you're awesome. |
6,428 | daddit | I'm so happy to here a story like this. My wife and I are in the process of adopting an older child from foster care. It seems every thing I read and everyone I talk about it to tries to talk us out of it. Great job and thanks for renewing my optimism! |
6,429 | daddit | I normally hate facebook posts like this, but damn this was really moving, well done OP |
6,430 | daddit | Your son is a awesome kid. I was also a product of the Delaware foster care system. I can't tell you how much it means to me to see another successful person. My parents adopter me when I was sixteen. And this really hits home for me. Thanks for sharing. I know I'm late but had to comment. |
6,431 | daddit | This is great! Tell him some random dude on the internet said happy birthday! |
6,432 | daddit | Delaware represent! Also, he seems like a good kid. I especially love the adoration between him and his sister. I'm protective of my little sister too =). |
6,433 | daddit | The feels :') |
6,434 | daddit | I looked at every damned picture. Really touching. You have a beautiful family. |
6,435 | daddit | I forgot how young 18 looks. Still looks like a little kid. I felt so old when I was 18. |
6,436 | daddit | Heh! I saw this the [first time you posted it](https://pay.reddit.com/r/redditgetsdrawn/comments/16mbgb/the_anniversary_of_our_sons_adoption_is_coming_up/). Did he like the pictures? |
6,437 | daddit | I don't have children, and never cared to have any..this was nice though, that k you for sharing. |
6,438 | daddit | i have seen this before, did you ahve an earlier album? |
6,439 | daddit | Headbands!!!! Perfect game for any occasion. Any |
6,440 | daddit | Just curious, but is your son getting recruited to run cross country for any colleges? I would imagine he could get a partial scholarship at the least, but I don't know much about track scholarships. Great job! |
6,441 | daddit | My parents must feel like real assholes for adopting me, now. |
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6,443 | daddit | Distance running: breeding generations of terrible hair |
6,444 | daddit | sweet |
6,445 | daddit | Great son, keep it up! |
6,446 | daddit | Right in the feels |
6,447 | daddit | Honestly one of the best posts I have seen in a long time. Glad to see that there is still good people out there. I wish you and your family all the luck in world. |
6,448 | daddit | i had to tell my girlfriend the glint in my eye was from the dust in the house and not manly tears. What a lucky family to have found that boy and what a lucky boy to have found that family. |
6,449 | daddit | Omg, this is too sweet. /tears |
6,450 | daddit | My son was born two weeks ago. While I'm trying to not wish any time away, I really look forward to the day when we can go for a run together. |
6,451 | daddit | He's probably not a redditor |
6,452 | daddit | My son is 2 1/2 and I'm in the "Oh, he's changing so fast, I'll miss all this toddler stuff when he's older" mode. Looking through your album of your son growing up made me flip that around. Sure, he'll never again be the age he is now, but seeing all that really makes me look forward to being with him as he grows up. |
6,453 | daddit | My wife and I talk about fostering for a while now. A soon as she finishes school and moved out of our 1 bedroom apartment we are going to start the program. |
6,454 | daddit | so umm.. any tips on raising an awesome kid? odd question, so when your son becomes an international triple threat between being a rock star, an Olympian and model.. will his birth parents come try to steal him from you? how do you deal with them/do you deal with them? |
6,455 | daddit | So what you're saying is if I see this young man I should ask him all about what it's like to be adopted? |
6,456 | daddit | Your kid is awesome. |
6,457 | daddit | Much love and respect to you and your family OP. Robbie looks like he turned out to be an awesome kid. |
6,458 | daddit | This is incredibly heartwarming. You did a damn good thing. |
6,459 | daddit | "It shows that I'm really cut" You raised him well. |
6,460 | daddit | I can't get over his glorious hair. He looks like an outstanding kid, you and your wife did amazingly well raising him. |
6,461 | daddit | I'm not gonna lie, this made me cry a little. |
6,462 | daddit | Tell your son that the whole internet is very proud of him. |
6,463 | daddit | Well done. A mighty fine young man! |
6,464 | daddit | This is honestly one of the best posts I've ever seen here on Reddit. The pride you have in him is undeniable. And as other have said, the fact that he's seems like such a great kid and brother is because of his parents. Keep up the good work. You set a great example for other dads everywhere. |
6,465 | daddit | This is a very sweet post and I wish your wonderful family the best. Thats what family is all about. |
6,466 | daddit | Brings a tear to my eye OP |
6,467 | daddit | A raelly good collection of photos, you've raised a great young person there. |
6,468 | daddit | A fine young man. You are rightly proud, well done. |
6,469 | daddit | Teared up cause I never had a dad. Off to do manly stuff and pretend that didn't happen. |
6,470 | daddit | Really great story. Thanks for posting! |
6,471 | daddit | Those pics were very inspirational to see what loving parents can provide for a child. |
6,472 | daddit | Beautiful pics man. Being a parent has very little to do with biology. Adoption is a very wonderful thing. But, 18 huh? ready to let him go? My son just turned 1, and we already have this special little bond that is unique to him, and very different from the ones I share with his sisters. |
6,473 | daddit | You and your wife are amazing, and your son is an inspiration. Yours is a story that inspires me to become a foster parent some day. As a side note, my boyfriends family does an Easter egg hunt every year. My boyfriend and I are in our upper twenties and his little brother and his girlfriend are both in their late teens. We go to their house every year on Easter and totally get into the hunt. They put $1 and $5 bills in some of the well hidden eggs now to up the stakes :) I think we will always have our own Easter egg hunt, it's a tradition we don't want to let go of. I bet your son will feel the same. |
6,474 | daddit | I feel like I've seen this a few times before |
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6,476 | daddit | This was better than Boyhood. |
6,477 | daddit | This affected me far more than anticipated. |
6,478 | daddit | I like how many times you said "my son". (no sarcasm) |
6,479 | daddit | This is absolutely amazing and now I'm crying. |
6,480 | daddit | The record for the High School 800m run is 1:47. So unless Robbie here broke that by 2 seconds (Wottle was a 1:45), he didn't beat Dave Wottle. Don't know if I'm misinterpreting this as literal or if you have the times mistaken. |
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6,482 | daddit | Hey you posted this album like a few weeks ago asking for advice on what to do for his birthday Well on what did you do for his birthday??? |
6,483 | daddit | This was amazing I found myself smiling back you have such a happy child and I'm happy for you. |
6,484 | daddit | Your son seems like a wonderful young man; dedicated, motivated and caring. I hope that he will have a wonderful and successful future and positively affect the world. |
6,485 | daddit | That was beautiful. You are all so lucky to have each other! Thank you for sharing. |
6,486 | daddit | Thank you for sharing this. Brought a smile to my face :) |
6,487 | daddit | Jesus fucking christ, sub-5 minute mile in middle school? |
6,488 | daddit | I was a pretty good distance runner myself back in the day..still passionate for the sport. Running alone on the track in the rain brings back a lot of memories of what it really takes to be a distance runner. What sort of 5k and 800m times is he putting down? Sounds like you have an awesome family. Looks like he has a lot of character. |
6,489 | daddit | Thank you for adopting. I was given up at birth and I thank God everyday for my adopted family. You have given the greatest gift anyone could give |
6,490 | daddit | Under five minutes for a mile in middle school? That's hella fast |
6,491 | daddit | I kept bracing for a picture and text that told of something horrible happening to the kid. It was quite the relief to get to the end and realize it was all positive. Sounds like an amazing son you have there. |
6,492 | daddit | The pride and love you have for your son is so evident in how you speak of him. I wish there were more people in our world like you. |
6,493 | daddit | this made me tear up a little bit. thank you for sharing and connecting. |
6,494 | daddit | Picture #3 reminds me of a young Wolverine. |
6,495 | daddit | That's absolutely wonderful! |
6,496 | daddit | That ovation is worth a lot. Especially to qotsa fans. Looks like a great kid! |
6,497 | daddit | That album was beautiful. Damn onions. |
6,498 | daddit | I just hope he doesn't go into business. -Jack Donaghy |
6,499 | daddit | Congratulations on your wonderful family. Loved the album! |
6,500 | daddit | Wottle and Andrews in one race!? Not even the Kenyans can beat Wottle! |
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