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Nailed it. Hope they appreciate the gift you gave them.
I would imagine, that as a non-biological parent, itās even tougher, because someone else may have already had a more positive/more negative influence, and there might even be more questions as to your motives at times.
Most of the time, and others in hind sight, I am appreciated. You take the good with the bad. It was very rare I heard āyouāre not my fatherā and common to hear that āyouāre one of my parentsā so I think I have ended up ahead.
Just as everything in life, it is about playing the long game, and keeping the end state in mind.
And I think you are going to do great with your own new life project.