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Originally Posted by JustJess
3. You will never know if you're ready. You just keep doing it and suddenly things tend to be okay.
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Man, Jess always knows what she's talkin' about (and many other people on TFP)! No one is ever really ready for anything... but the beauty of your character is that you are just grabbing the bull by the horns and holding on for dear life, and that's one hell of a risk. Absolutely amazing to read your story.
You are truly superhuman for making this decision, for having this kind of integrity. Don't EVER forget that. And these girls owe you their lives, even if you only have them for a short time.
You remind me a lot of my stepdad, who raised me with no legal obligation to me or my mother. We are still close; he came into my life when I was 2 or so and my father had died before I was born, and he was 24-25 then. Now I'm the one in the mid-20s, marveling at how much maturity/bravery/insanity he had to step up to the fatherhood plate with no blood or legal ties whatsoever.
Even after he split with my mom, he has always been my dad. He has made lots of mistakes, believe me, but not one of them would cause me to feel that he is anything less than incredible. You will be the same way in those girls' eyes, I know it.