Girl Surprises Her Stepdad With Adoption Papers on His Birthday and I'm Not Crying, You're Crying

Gabriella Guardado is a 22-year-old nurse from Florida. When she was 10, her mother married David Lynde following an abusive relationship with her father.

For years, Gabriella and her three siblings wanted David to adopt them but her biological father refused to sign off on the papers. She had given up all hope until she realized that adult adoption was a possibility.