Please excuse this gay Dad for bragging...
In 1991 my husband and I were foster parents and accepted the placement of a sibling group of four young boys into our home. The boys were then 6 yrs old; 4 yrs, 11 mos old; 3 yrs, 2 mos old and the baby was 4 months old. Their birth parents were physically abusive (used the boys as human ash trays and they were beaten daily); they were neglected and frequently were seen eating from the dumpster in their housing project. To protect themselves from the physical abuse, the then 4 and 3 year old developed their own language, their big brother, the six year old, served as their interpreter with the outside world (mostly my husband and I) until we learned their language. Needless to say, there have been many years of language and speech therapy as well as psychological counseling. We adopted the boys in 1994; they are now 29, 27, 25 and 22. Our 25 year old son is very much into singing and becoming a lyricist...right now he's into rap music. He wrote the following "draft" of his third song, it will be recorded next week but, he presented it to us this past Sunday:
"I had a modern family before 'Modern Family'"
By -----
Let me tell you a story:
I was so young my life filled with worry,
Parent ain't home got left at the crib,
Me and my brothers we were just kids.
Still trying to figure out how did this happen?
Talking to God questions I'm asking
Like, why did this happen to us?
Why couldn't my parents put down that stuff?
But you know what they say, blessings disguised,
August 94 changed the rest of our lives
That's the day my Dads adopted
All of a sudden i aint feel forgotten
They took us in treated us right
Gave us everything they had but they didn't even have rights
I owe everything all to my Dads
For the type of upbringing I had;
They taught me what's wrong taught me what's right
Taught me to have goals and never loose sight
Taught me alot lessons I've learned
Like trust ain't just given it's something you earn
That's something I'm take with me forever
They said do your best but you can always do better
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you must be so proud of him! He is just repaying you and your husband for being the best dads in the world. Congratulations and job well done from a starting point of incredible difficulty this is the outcome. Hugs to both of you for going way beyond what most or many of us ever have to deal with. May you both be forever rewarded with love, much much love. 
What a great tribute to you and your husband. I like your son's song -- hope I will hear it on the airways someday. 
Great job, dads! Congrats to you and your entire family! 
tears in eyes for how beautifully poignant this is! 
Thank you so much for sharing this, DonViejo. 
A rap song from your and your husband's life of nuturing those poor babies when you got them, until now.. where they are a product of years of love and care.
"I owe everything all to my Dads
For the type of upbringing I had;
They taught me what's wrong taught me what's right
Taught me to have goals and never loose sight
Taught me alot lessons I've learned
Like trust ain't just given it's something you earn
That's something I'm take with me forever
They said do your best but you can always do better"
So brilliant and sweet
