She told me it was up to me to decide if I wanted to raise or leave you in the shelter.”
It turned out that Pete and his wife Emma had divorced when Sabrina was little.
Before moving on, Emma told Pete their daughter was not his. Pete was heartbroken and decided to raise the girl as his own.
“I could not see you as someone else’s child. You were my world, and you are my everything today,” Pete cried.
Hearing this, Sabrina threw herself in Pete’s arms and cried on his shoulder.
“You’re not my real father??”
Pete hugged her back.
“Darling, I may not be your birth father, but I don’t love you any less. Forget what I just told you.
You are always MY DAUGHTER regardless of anything and everything.”
“I’m sorry, dad. I feel ashamed of myself for hurting you.
I called you ‘dirty’ and ‘smelly’ without knowing about your sacrifices for me.
What would have happened to me if you didn’t step up for me and raised me? Please forgive me.”
Pete wiped away Sabrina’s tears, and they rode home, where he invited all his friends and neighbors to celebrate his daughter’s graduation.
Pete and Sabrina never talked about their past again. Surprisingly enough, Sabrina was not ashamed of her dad anymore.
She was proud of him and realized he was not a shame but a great man who raised her with love and care when her mother abandoned her.
What can we learn from this story?
Source: amomama
