Bob couldn’t be more proud of Sam’s accomplishments.
An abandoned blind child found near garbage is taken in by a garbage collector who is trying to raise his twins alone. One day, he inadvertently learns about the boy’s pastime and helps him lay the foundation for his eventual multimillion-dollar business.
Bob was about to praise fate for giving him such a wonderful wife and two adorable children when fate struck him hard. After nine years of marriage to wife Sarah, the 41-year-old was left to raise their identical twins Kara and Christie alone.
Bob was forced to take care of them alone after Sarah revealed her long association with another guy. However, the question “Is your ‘other man’ their father? How could you, Sarah, treat me like this? Tell me the truth.” Sarah’s response to Bob’s argument broke him.
She admitted that Sarah’s partner’s children were not Kara and Christie. Two years after she married Bob, she had an affair and gave birth to him with another guy.
When Bob asked her about it, she replied, “Because you work in a skip and I’m ashamed to admit that you’re my husband. You can’t afford the luxury lifestyle I want. Bob was heartbroken. It took him nine hard years to realize, that Sarah, the woman he adored and loved, didn’t approve of the life he thought he was living with her. Bob felt he couldn’t live without his daughters, even though he would never look at them the same.
On the day of their divorce, he asked Sarah, “Are you taking the kids with you?”
“Why should I bring children if I’m going to marry someone else? Since their biological father died many years ago, you’re free to raise them if you want. Bob never saw her again after she left.”
Bob managed to raise his girls despite his inability to accept that his wife had died. He believed he was doing exactly what fate intended.
Against all odds, he fought to please his daughters. He considered them his entire universe, not knowing that a new addition would soon be added. One day, Bob was picking up trash from a dumpster when he noticed an abandoned little boy screaming nearby. He approached the child and shouted, “Child?”
When he turned to look around, no one was present. The letter said, “Whoever finds this blind child, please take care of him.” He bent down and looked into the pram.
Bob became concerned. “How could someone hurt a child like that?” After picking him up, he cradled the infant. The baby continued to sob, moving his delicate hands to feel who was holding him. He screamed and kicked.
Before calling child services, Bob calmed the boy down and took him home to offer him some warm milk. He informed the police: “I found him by the dumpster.”
After being taken to the hospital, it was decided that the boy’s blindness existed. Bob decided to adopt the little boy after feeling compassion for him. He reasoned, “Surely I can raise him too if I can raise two daughters by myself.” Bob took the baby home and six months later legally adopted him. Sam, he’s your brand new baby brother. He asked his daughters, “What do you think?!” before introducing the child.
At first, Bob doubted the difficulties he would have to overcome. He tried his best to make Sam feel loved because he understood that due to his blindness, Sam would require special care and attention.
Seven years passed before Bob learned that the boy had a niche.
Bob read bedtime stories to a giggling Sam who imagined a lovely princess locked away in a huge tower and a dapper prince who discreetly met her every night. And finally, the princess ran away from the tower. Sam loved listening to these bedtime stories and never went to bed without them.
Sam got a book from Bob for his seventh birthday. “What is it, Dad?” Sam asked. “It’s so strange to touch.
It’s a Braille book. The raised dots must be felt, then slowly followed with the fingers. They’ll help you read and learn, said Bob, who gently taught Sam how to use the book over the next few weeks. Bob bought Sam a couple of Braille books every two months. Bob would make sacrifices in other areas of his life to pay for them for his son because they were expensive.
After twenty years, Sam was able to read and write with ease. He decided to help the blind and founded a modest publishing house. Bob used the money he had saved for his daughters’ weddings to give him the equipment he needed to make things work.
Sam’s company gradually began to expand. His newfound success allowed him to improve his family’s living situation while also being able to contribute to society.
After three years, Sam was the owner of a large publishing company catering to the reading and writing needs of blind people. His company made millions of dollars. With the first million dollars, he splurged on a large mansion and moved in with his adoptive father and sisters.
Although he wasn’t Bob’s real son, Sam did everything in his power to make him proud. In interviews, he often remarked: “Parents are not the ones who give birth to us, but the ones who raise us. My parents did not want me. They considered me a burden. I thank fate for bringing me to a caring father who taught me how to see the world from his perspective Bob will always be my father I feel honored to be his son.
he was the happiest man in the world. He had everything he needed right here in this simple house with his family. And that was all he ever wanted.