No 1 Son AND Son No2
Steve is Son no 1 and here is how Steve became to be .
After several years trying to have a child we where advised that due to problems with me we could never conceive. So we started thinking about adopting a child .As anyone knows this is a very long process of being considered suitable and continual veting and visits from the powers that govern adoption.  But in a very short time of being accepted we where advised that there was a boy child six months old that had not been placed with any family and we where asked if we would like to see him.Before the visit we had been told that family`s had seen the baby but not taken the situation any futher.
On the day in Question we where taken to the council offices and shown into a room ,in the middle there was a large Victorian table and on it was the most beautiful baby boy you could have wished for .He had blue eyes and blond hair wearing a yellow suit and holding a small rubber duck.We where told that he had a large birth mark on his shoulder and we where asked if we would like to see it . There was no question that any problem large or small was going to change our mind, from first sight we where in love with this child and as far as we where concerned had made our choice.
Several days later we collected him and he was still wearing the same suit and carrying the duck , this was all the possessions he had. That same day all our friends met the new baby that we now called Steven and it was agreed that he was a stunner .
Within the fist few weeks of Steve being ours My wife fell pregnant with Son no 2 ( I will tell you later on this ) our big problem then was to conceal this fact as we had not been to the family court to get and be approved for the final adoption . So normaly this would have been a big celebration that now had to be put on ice.
Steve grew up keeping all his good looks and began school at Wymering in Portsmouth .I wasn`t until he graduated to senior school that the rebellion set in. Steve tried everything from a puck rocker to a bover boy he was extremely clever but wanted to be one of the boys . Steve left school with basic qualifications when he could have gone on to university but he was happy .I found him a job in the same company that I worked for but he made sure he didn`t fit in but managed to scrape along .He went through a succession of old cars all wrecks and at this time we did not see eye to eye with each other in fact we hardly spoke .At one time he even landed up in Holland and again at a different time  with his brother they got stuck in Spain on that occasion I had to meet people at Heathrow to pay their fare and get them home.There where many other occasions similar to this but I can say neither of our Sons got into serious problems or with the police
It was just after this time that my wife and I decided to part both our Sons took it well as by this time where both teenagers .I moved out to live with an old Friend Florry Pucket until I found a permement home.
Steve then found a job that he enjoyed and excelled at working for BT as a trainee engineer and after that did not look back working up the ladder of success . During these years He had a live in girl friend Lisa but in the end ended up more like Brother and Sister after that He met an Australian girl in London and he lived with Michelle for several years after two visits to Mich`s home in Melbourne they decided to emigrate this was six years ago. But as soon as this happened they decided to split at this time it caused him big problems strange county no job and no support .To see Steve so unhappy caused great pain back here because there was not a lot we could do to help sort the situation .
But here today six years later things look good new relationships are developing new horizons are being presented. I have spent some time last year in Melbourne and will also be seeing Steve in a few weeks time.
I will close this part of the story to say he is still loved as much as that first day we saw him on that old table. Also before I end I must mention Flory and Ted Puckett They lived two doors away from our first house as they didnt have grandchildren of their own they adopted both boys as their own and although our Sons had natual grandparents took on the roll and I can say without question both contributed to their upbringing .Ted`s great love was Portsmouth football team and used to talk to them for hours on this subject.
Son No 2 Simon
Simon was born on Easter Monday Just after we had the final papers of Steve`s adoption . Simon did not come into world easily he was born by ceserean  birth and his Mother was taken very ill by blood poisoning and did not see her Son for two days. Simon had good looks and a full head of black hair .Both boys where christiened together Steve by this time was walking they both where bought white fur coats to wear for the day and looked adorable .Â
Simon followed Steve to the same junior school and also onto the same senior school . It was while Simon was at this school he nearly met his death he was riding a bike with his mate on the back but could not stop at a major road junction Smon hit a mini car and wrote it off with his body, Florry who I told you about earlier saw this happen and went to hospital with him ,it was there she called me to come asap. But he escaped with minor injuries .We found out later the poor guy who`s car he hit was a vicar following a funeral procession !!!Simon also went through the same stages as Steve but not the puck rocker stage .He also bought several old cars and also left school with basic qualifications .But this proves nothing as he is now very successful and runs an important section of a factory.
Simon also worked in the same factory where I worked ,but he soon branched out moving to other manufacturing companies, years later he returned as a section leader(see above) and today is still with the orrigial company that I worked for .He married Angela a very pretty girl of Italian origins ,and on their wedding day to save embarrassment I drove them to and from the church and reception at this time I did not want to meet my ex or inlaws.They now have two children Danial and Carla and it looks if Daniel is going to follow in my footsteps as at 14 is already six foot tall .
Just a funny story when Daniel was born I was in Bali after working in Singapore .I received the news on the beach watching a glorious sunset .I took a stick and wrote his name over and over again from the water line to the top of th beach and then sat and watch the sea gradually wash each name away .It was a very emotional day.being so far away .
Both Steve and Simon although nor blood brothers have got on very well with each other and as far as Steve was concerned he is always thought as our Son
I will continue to add to these story`s as time permitsÂ
