The Wonder of Boys # 2: Robin Earns His Wings

 

A Batty Family

Dick Grayson's love for Wonder Girlfriend played a big part in my asking her to marry me.The way he acted around her and the way they loved one another was a sign for me that everything would be OK. I wish he could have been there for the proposal. But, he was with us every step of the way to the wedding.

Wonder Fiance's sister had been engaged for a while and so we were scheduling around her wedding as well. It gave us some time to get everyone used to being a mixed/blended/whatever family. Our Robin had 2 more birthdays and we watched him grow into  a somewhat introverted little boy. He wasn't as social as I would have liked. But he loved those he was social with very much.

As part of his "training" I had him speak to the people at the cash register when we would go places or say hi to people as long as I was around. He begrudgingly did this. We also got him into Cub Scouts around this time. My hope was this would make him more social with kids his age.

Unfortunately the parent politics of cub scouting interfered with the kids having as much fun as they should. I don't think the kids noticed. But, there was a lot of exclusion and  "team switching" to and from other dens happening. I got kinda sour on the whole experience. Robin got his Bobcat, Tiger and Bear patches. But we didn't continue into Webelos because of the bad experiences and almost impossible work schedules I had at the time.

During the wedding planning Wonder Fiance and I both did our best to make sure that our Robin had some input. He was a part of the Ceremony. Wonder Wife read vows to him . He poured his own color sand in the sand ceremony where we combined our lives. Having him in pictures that would normally be my new bride and myself alone made my heart melt. Seeing how happy she was to have him there made me cry. We made time for ourselves of course. But, we truly made a new family that day. I know that Robin felt like he had a whole new family too. He gained a stepmother, aunts, an uncle, a new set of grandparents, and most important of all new cousins.

It was the happiest I had been since he was born. I felt like I finally had some stability for him and us.