![]() One of the most rewarding and bonding things is putting a child to bed and reading stories. We decided that adoption was the right thing for us and our lives totally changed for the better. “Early on, we decided we wanted to start our own family. Gareth says that while the process was stressful, it was incredibly rewarding and their lives changed for the better. They began the process which took about 18 months to do. Gareth and Mark looked at lots of different options but ultimately decided that adoption was the best fit for them. Quite early in our conversation, we realised we wanted to start our own family.” I met my partner and we have been together for 18 years. I suddenly realised, that this is my life, we can do this and we can make a family. “When I went to university, I started to form relationships with others then Section 28 was dropped in 2004. I wanted to start a family and have that perfect relationship but I was made to feel that wasn’t right,” he said. I didn’t like myself and part of that was that I thought I would never get to be a parent. “When section 28 was introduced, you couldn’t talk about same-sex relationships or gay people so I grew up very unaware of gay people. ![]() Gareth Peters wrote ‘My Daddies’ which is available at Five Leaves
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