A single mom having difficulty caring for her twin daughters chooses to adopt a baby left abandoned near a dumpster. One day, he comes across the boy’s hobby by accident and helps him lay the groundwork for what will one day be a multimillion-dollar business.
“Is your ‘other man’ their father? How could you do this to me, Sarah? Tell me the truth….”
Bob and Sarah disagreed, and Sarah’s reply completely broke him down.
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She fessed up and admitted that Kara and Christie were not Sarah’s children with her affair partner. Two years after her marriage to Bob, she had an affair with another man, and they were born to that other man.
When Bob asked her why she cheated on him, she explained her actions: “Because you scavenge the dumpsters for a living, and I’m ashamed to say you’re my husband. I want a rich life which you cannot afford.”
On his seventh birthday, Bob gifted Sam a book. “What is this, daddy?” Sam asked. “It feels so strange to touch.”
Bob was shattered. He had been married to Sarah for nine hard years before he realized his wife, whom he loved and worshipped, was not pleased with him. He had mistakenly believed that they were living the ideal life together. Bob felt that he could not go on living without his kids, but at the same time, he could not look at his daughters in the same way again.
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“Are you taking the children with you?” he asked Sarah the day they divorced.
“Why would I take the kids with me when I marry someone else? You can raise them if you want because their biological father died years ago,” she said hesitantly. Then she left, and Bob never saw her again.
Bob could not accept the reality that his wife had died, but to be a good father to his children; he forced himself to pull himself together. He felt that this was what the world wanted him to do.
He persisted in the face of overwhelming challenges to bring joy to his daughters. He had the idea that they were his entire world, and he had no idea that there would be another person joining them soon.
One day, Bob was picking garbage out of dumpsters when he came upon an abandoned baby boy crying near one of the dumpsters. He screamed in surprise, “A baby!” as he approached the little one.
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He looked around and discovered that no one else was around. He went down and looked within the baby’s carrier, where he found a note that read, “To whoever finds this blind baby, please take care of him.”
Bob jumped in surprise and asked, “How could someone do this to an infant?”
He picked the baby up and held him in his hands. The baby continued to cry and wriggled his delicate hands to get a good feel of the person holding him. He fought hard and screamed in pain.
He picked the baby up and held him in his hands. The baby did not stop crying and wriggled his delicate hands to get a better feel for the person holding him. He struggled hard and screamed in pain.
Bob calmed the child down and took him home to feed him warm milk before calling child services. “I found him by the dumpster,” he told the authorities.
When some time passed, the baby boy was taken to the hospital, where it was discovered that he was blind. Bob’s empathy inspired him to give his house and heart to the helpless little boy. “If I can raise two daughters by myself, I can certainly raise him too,” he thought.
Six months later, Bob legally adopted the baby and took him home. “He’s your new baby brother, Sam…”What do you think?!” He introduced the baby to his daughters.
When Bob initially heard about the obstacles he would face, he responded with doubt. Because of Sam’s blindness, he was aware that he would need more care and attention, so he did all he could to make Sam feel loved.
When Bob eventually discovered that the boy had a secret love after seven years, the boy was already a grownup.
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“….And then the princess escaped from the tower….” Whenever Bob would read bedtime stories to a giggling Sam, Sam would use his imagination to picture a beautiful princess being held captive in a tower and a handsome prince sneaking into the tower each night to see her. Bob would then read the stories. Sam never went to sleep without first listening to one of these stories and going in for the evening.
Bob gives Sam a book as a gift on his seventh birthday. “What is this, daddy?” Sam asked. “It feels so strange to touch.”
“It’s a Braille book. It would help if you felt the raised dots and slowly followed them with your fingers. They will help you read and learn,” replied Bob.
Bob would buy a few books in Braille for Sam once every two months. Given how pricey they were, Bob would have to make some sacrifices to get them for his son.
Sam had become an excellent writer and reader by the time twenty years had passed. He decided to help the blind community by establishing a small publishing house. With the money he had set aside for his daughters’ weddings, Bob could lend a hand to his friend by buying the essential equipment needed to get things started.
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Sam’s company finally became more profitable as time went on. Because of his unexpected success, he was able to raise the quality of life for his family while continuing to be of service to society.
After three years, Sam had built himself a large publishing house that specialized in the requirements of blind individuals, teaching them how to read and write. His business brought him a turnover of millions of dollars. He used his first million to buy a huge mansion, and he and his adopted father and sisters moved in together.
Even though he was not Bob’s biological son, Sam did all in his power to make his father proud. He was conscious that he had been adopted and often acknowledged it in interviews:
“Parents are not those who give birth to us but those who raise us. My parents didn’t want me. They saw me as a burden. I thank destiny for helping me find a loving father who helped me see the world through his eyes. Bob is my father and will always be. I’m proud to be his son!”
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What insights can we take away from this story?
- When given kindness, a person’s life may be changed into something more meaningful and fulfilling. Despite his challenges as a single parent, Bob accepted the blind baby he found abandoned beside the dumpster into his home and gave him a new family. Because of Bob’s kindness, the little boy has the chance to have a happy and productive future.
- People are considered parents not necessarily because they are the ones who give birth to children but rather because they go above and beyond to raise them. Sam knew he was Bob’s adopted son, but he never felt bad about it. He was grateful to fate for helping him find a loving family after being abandoned by his birth family. He was proud of his father.
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