I knew this time would come: a dilemma, a broken heart, and my love for my nephe

As many of you know i am taking care of and raising my nephew since he was 4 months old, he is a son to me and i love him like one but i knew the time would come and he would find out i am not his father. And that time came last week, he found out that i was not his so called real father ( I think maybe just maybe my kids told him or he just realized the situation and put 2 and 2 together). He cried for almost 2 days when he found out i was not his real father.

Anyway, it broke my heart and i was totally devastated when he told me i was not his real father, but finally he asked me if he could still call me Daddy since i am the only man he has ever known and loved him like a son. After talking to him and explaining to him the situation and that he would never leave my house and i would take care of him forever and that even though he is not my son i still think he is and yes he can still call me Daddy i decided to do something fun with him for his birthday last week. Just me and him and nobody else.

As many of you know i travel to Chicago and Boston a lot for business and this past week i had to go and i surprised him by dropping by school and picking him up and taking him with me on the plane, something he has never done and always wanted to do, i have never seen him happier.

I also arranged for Animal Quest up in Chicago to come by my partners house with some animals for a little birthday party for him/us to celebrate as father and son. Its Kind of like bringing the zoo to the house.

It was an emotional week but it ended well and we had a blast together and in the end there was no doubt who is daddy is.

I knew this time/discussion would come i was just hoping it would not happen while he was in kindergarten.

------Animal Quest took some pics for us and just emailed them to me, I will email them to Fair so she can post them of little guy with a few of his favorite animals.

Fair if you could please post them here.

 

Thanks Fair as always.

 

Thank you beautiful!!! Much appreciated.

Here is my little guy/nephew with a few of his favorite animals after his first plane ride and our emotional week. I am so proud of him and love him so much.

Thanks everybody for the kind words.

 

I hope not, I would not know what to tell him. His mom/my SIL made a bad decision one night and it was basically a one night stand. It was not like a boyfriend/relationship thing. I don't think she even knows where to find the guy, more like a one night stand.

I guess it is only natural for him one day to ask those questions when he gets older and I will tell him the truth.

When we found out, my SIL called my wife in tears and went into a deep depression. My wife and I flew out to Seattle and told her do not do anything to harm that child/abort the pregnancy that we would take care of anything and everything He needs. Don't punish/harm that child for your mistake--- she listened, we kept our promise and I have 3 little gifts for life.

I am very proud of her for having the strength and trust to make the right decision. My wife and her sister are very close and have a special bond.

The funny thin is, my 2 kids don't know I am not their biological father--- they are/were adopted (at birth). I hope I don't have to have that conversation either.

As my wife told me the other night--- as long as kids feel loved, safe and protected they don't care who you are.