{"id":1958,"date":"2024-12-06T15:37:05","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T15:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/?p=1958"},"modified":"2024-12-06T15:37:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T15:37:08","slug":"i-cant-believe-my-dil-bought-my-6-year-old-granddaughter-glasses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/archives\/1958","title":{"rendered":"I can\u2019t believe my DIL bought my 6-year-old granddaughter glasses!"},"content":{"rendered":"
Henry moved from Texas to Los Angeles when his daughter, Sophie, turned seven years old, and she was about to start second grade. \u201cOk, here we are. Your new school, Sophie. Are you excited?\u201d he asked his daughter at the drop-off.\n
\u201cI think so\u2026,\u201d Sophie responded, twirling her fingers around her skirt in nervousness. \u201cWhat if no one likes me?\u201d\n\n
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\u201cThey will. You just have to be nice to everyone, and if someone is mean to you, you go the other way. No starting fights, ok?\u201d Henry added and kissed her forehead.\n\n
Sophie waved goodbye and entered school. She located her classroom immediately, and everyone else was already inside. But all the kids\u2019 eyes widened, and a few even gasped when they saw her. She stopped right at the door and looked around in confusion.\n\n
Her new classmates started turning their heads back and forth between her and another girl sitting at the back. She tried to get a peak and spotted a blonde head. Suddenly, one boy yelled, \u201cIt\u2019s Sandra\u2019s clone!\u201d\n\n
That\u2019s when Sophie saw the girl at the back of the classroom, and she gasped at the sight. The girl looked just like her! Sandra stood up and stared at the new girl with her mouth gaping open. \u201cWow! We look like twins!\u201d she exclaimed and smiled widely.\n\n
Sophie immediately felt at ease and grinned at the girl too. \u201cYeah. But why? I don\u2019t have any sisters,\u201d she responded.\n\n
\u201cMe neither! It\u2019s only my mom and me,\u201d Sandra said and jumped towards Sophie, holding her hand. \u201cCome sit with me.\u201d\n\n
They spent a few minutes talking, and other kids approached them too. Then the teacher, Miss Carr, came in. \u201cI believe we have a new student today, Sophie Douglas. Come say hello,\u201d their teacher said and suddenly gasped a small, \u201cOh.\u201d\n\n
\u201cMiss Carr, she\u2019s just like Sandra!\u201d one kid said as Sophie made her way to the front of the classroom.\n\n
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\u201cHello, my name is Sophie. I love books and going to the beach with my dad. We moved here from Texas, and I\u2019m so excited to make new friends,\u201d the girl said and smiled at everyone. Miss Carr clapped as the rest of the class followed.\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s great, Sophie. And it looks like you have a twin in our class. That\u2019s so cool! You can go sit down now. Ok, today we\u2019re going to learn about frogs\u2026\u201d Miss Carr started her lesson immediately.\n\n
Sophie and Sandra played throughout the day with all of Sandra’s friends. They bonded faster than anyone could\u2019ve imagined. When school ended, Sophie told her dad everything about Sandra and how they looked the same.\n\n
After hearing all about her new friend all week, Henry was curious to see her and decided to call Sandra\u2019s mom to talk about things. They arranged a playdate and decided to meet up at McDonald\u2019s a few days after Sophie\u2019s first day at her new school. When Sandra and her mother, Wendy, walked in, Henry\u2019s jaw went slack. He couldn\u2019t believe her daughter had not been exaggerating.\n\n
The woman also gasped after seeing Sophie. \u201cOh my God. Hi! You must be Sophie. Sandra has been talking to me about you all this week. You really do look like twins!\u201d Wendy exclaimed with a big smile. The girls went to the playground, and the adults could finally speak.\n\n
\u201cHello, I\u2019m Henry. It\u2019s nice to meet you,\u201d Henry said, shaking Wendy\u2019s hand. They sat down at one of the booths and talked some more.\n\n
She repeated the sentiment. \u201cWow, I just can\u2019t believe it. I\u2019ve read of counterparts, but this has to be something else,\u201d Wendy commented as they watched the girls playing.\n\n
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\u201cWhat do you mean?\u201d\n\n
\u201cWell, Sandra doesn\u2019t know this yet, but I adopted her. Is Sophie yours biologically?\u201d\n\n
\u201cYes. I mean, my ex-wife, Irene, discovered she was pregnant after we separated and had her. We co-parented, but she died a year ago, and so now, I have full custody. I was worried for Sophie, you know,\u201d Henry blabbered. \u201cShe just lost her mother, and I had to move here for work. It\u2019s too much change. But Sandra has been a godsend. Sophie has been smiling all week and talking about everything they have in common. I can\u2019t thank your daughter enough.\u201d\n\n
\u201cWhere did you move from?\u201d\n\n
\u201cTexas. We lived in Dallas,\u201d Henry replied.\n\n
\u201cHmmm\u2026,\u201d Wendy hummed and placed her chin on her hand.\n\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d Henry wondered, frowning at the woman.\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m reluctant to say this. But I believe Sandra was born in Texas too,\u201d Wendy revealed, wetting her lips with her tongue in hesitancy. \u201cI\u2019ll have to recheck her birth certificate. But is there any chance your late ex-wife had twins?\u201d\n\n
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\u201cI don\u2019t\u2026 I wasn\u2019t there with her because of business. But no. It can\u2019t be. I returned a week after she gave birth. She had already left the hospital, and I met Sophie in her home. So, there\u2019s no way this could happen,\u201d Henry replied, his eyes blinking fast, trying to think.\n\n
\u201cWere you and her in a good place at the time?\u201d\n\n
\u201cWhat do you mean?\u201d\n\n
\u201cWell, if she felt like you wouldn\u2019t be around, maybe she thought having two kids was too much,\u201d Wendy suggested as carefully as she could.\n\n
\u201cSo, you\u2019re saying she might have given one kid up and kept the other?\u201d Henry asked, still not believing that Irene would\u2019ve given one of their children up for adoption. \u201cWe were not good together, and that\u2019s why we broke up. But this is just\u2026 ugh\u2026 I don\u2019t know what else to say.\u201d\n\n
\u201cIs there any way we could find out?\u201d Wendy wondered once again.\n\n
\u201cI guess I could call the hospital, and we could check things\u2026,\u201d Henry mumbled, still in shock and running his fingers through his hair. Just then, the girls came back and said they were hungry, so this conversation would have to continue another day.\n\n
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A few days later, he took Sophie to stay at Wendy\u2019s house and traveled back to Texas. He talked to hospital staff and asked around as much as possible. Finally, one kind nurse took pity on him and discovered Irene had given birth to two babies.\n\n
Unfortunately, Henry would never know why she made the tough decision to give one baby up, but he suspected it was his fault.\n\n
I left her alone to give birth, and I wasn\u2019t there for most of her pregnancy. This is my doing. She probably knew she was having twins and didn\u2019t tell me.\n\n But there was nothing he could do about the past now. He could only go forward and try to make amends. When he returned, he and Wendy got a DNA test for Sandra, confirming their suspicions. But Henry made it clear that Wendy was the girl\u2019s mother. He would never try to separate them.\n\n The adults sat down with the girls and told them everything as best they could, which meant explaining to Sandra that she was adopted. But the twins cheered in delight and hugged each other, chanting, \u201cWe\u2019re sisters! We\u2019re sisters!\u201d\n\n For illustration purposes only.\n\n\n Henry and Wendy could only laugh at them, glad that they were so happy. They had to navigate this tricky situation because Henry wanted to be a father to Sandra, but Wendy didn\u2019t know how she would fit into Sophie\u2019s life.\n\n In the end, they decided to co-parent as if they both were their legal parents, and it turned out amazingly. The girls transitioned into this new normal better than they did, and it was perfect.\n\n One night, Sophie said something that shocked Henry. \u201cDad, why don\u2019t you marry Wendy? Then she could be my mom too.\u201d\n\n \u201cOh honey, that\u2019s complicated. Wendy and I are just good friends,\u201d he responded.\n\n \u201cI\u2019ll never forget my mom. But I like her. I think she could be good for you too,\u201d Sophie insisted.\n\n Henry smiled. \u201cWe\u2019ll see.\u201d\n\n But it was like his daughter predicted the future. Eventually, he and Wendy started dating. They got married when the girls turned 12, and they were both bridesmaids.\n\n What can we learn from this story?\n\n Share this story with your friends. It might brighten their day and inspire them.\n\n If you enjoyed this story, you might like\u00a0this one\u00a0about a bus driver who found a little girl on the side of the road.\n\n This account is inspired by our reader\u2019s story and written by a professional writer. Any resemblance to actual names or locations is purely coincidental. All images are for illustration purposes only. Share your story with us; maybe it will change someone\u2019s life.\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Henry moved from Texas to Los Angeles when his daughter, Sophie, turned seven years old, and she was about to start second grade. \u201cOk, here we are. Your new school, Sophie. Are you excited?\u201d he asked his daughter at the drop-off. \u201cI think so\u2026,\u201d Sophie responded, twirling her fingers around her skirt in nervousness. \u201cWhat […]\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1958"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1960,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958\/revisions\/1960"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n\n
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