Heartwarming moment girl surprises stepdad with papers allowing him to legally adopt her
Gabriella Guardado, 22, placed adoption papers inside a gift bag and presented them to her stepdad, David Lynde, for his birthday
THIS is the heartwarming moment a young woman left her stepfather in tears after asking him to legally adopt her as part of a birthday surprise.
Gabriella Guardado, 22, placed adoption papers and a pen inside a gift bag and presented them to her stepdad, David Lynde, earlier this month for his birthday.
In the video, David opens the bag and pulls out the papers while surrounded by family in their Florida home.
He skims through the papers and Gabriella asks him: "Do you know what that is?"
He responds: "Am I adopting you?" and starts to cry with happiness.
Gabriella wanted David to adopt her when she was younger but her biological father would not sign it off.
Once she turned 18, she thought she no longer could be adopted so she stopped trying.
But after learning from her boyfriend that she could do an adult adoption, the registered nurse started looking into it.
"So I did research and found out that I could do that without the consent of my biological dad", she said.
She said David's reaction reduced everyone in the room to tears.
Gabriella praised her stepdad for his parenting and taking on the role of father.