So honoured

[Freelancer]

Marvelous story. You're a lucky man and Kris is a lucky lad!

[Stratherrick]

I am lucky indeed, to have such a fine 'son of Scotland'!

I've never thought of Kris as anything other than my son from the day I moved in with his mum. Bizarrely, although his mum would say she knew he was in her womb before she ran her pregnancy test, I was the first person to actually see him, well, sort of!

Here's how it went...Rexie and I were both nurses working on the same ward, we weren't together then, we were married to other partners. Rexie had done a pregnancy test on herself and left it for the requisite couple of minutes on some tissue in a room behind the nurses' station. I came across it and immediately wondered what was going on as we were working on an elderly care unit with an average age of about 70!

I carefully picked up the test strip and called out down the ward asking who's test it was! Rexie and some of the other female nurses, who were in the know, started to laugh and Rexie ran up to me asking for the result. I said it was positive and that I thought we had a problem or, perhaps, a miracle on our hands!

Rexie then informed me that it was her test and that, indeed, it was her that was with child! So, hugs all 'round and major embarrassment for me for breaking the news in such an ungentlemanly way!

I kid Kris on sometimes that I've known him since he was "a blue dot"!

Cheers

Bruce

[macwilkin]

A lovely story and perhaps it might illustate to some who don't understand why some of us, a wee bit nearer to the home of the kilt, or, with family connections, get a tad frustrated with those that regard a tartan as just a length of nice coloured cloth.Of course anybody can wear ,nearly any tartan they wish and there is no denying that fact,but to some, the connection to a particular tartan is very, very important, as in this case. I salute you sir.

Jock,

Believe me, there are some of us over here in the colonies who understand as well.

T.

[Jock Scot]

Jock,

Believe me, there are some of us over here in the colonies who understand as well.

T.

I do believe you, that is why I put in "or with family connections".I had hoped that I had covered the rest of the world with that phrase!

[macwilkin]

I do believe you, that is why I put in "or with family connections".I had hoped that I had covered the rest of the world with that phrase!

You did. :mrgreen:

T.

[Coinneach]

Kris is already quite the man...and that doesn't happen by accident. You and Rexie have done a fine job!

[Nick the DSM]

thats awesome, man! glad to hear that your stepson wants to wear your tartan. you should feel proud!

[Macman]

That is a wonderful story, it got me a wee bit choked up just reading it. It really says a lot about his feelings towards you that he would do this, and it says quite a bit about the young man as well.

My sentiments exactly.

[Marshal Moroni]

Tis a heart warming story. It brought tears to my eyes as well. I can only hope that someday the children in my blended family will learn to feel for me and my darling wife as your wee lad has grown to feel about you.

Well done DAD!!!

Cheers,

Marshal Moroni

[12stones]

Very touching. As my girlfriend and I get more serious, I hope someday to have her son look upon me as your stepson does you.