The best Christmas for me in years.
So far I am having one of the best Christmases that I have had in a long time, I got my broken tooth of 14 years fixed, I have received a ton of Christmas cards from friends and family, and today I got a box in the mail from Joanne, my bio-sister.
In the box were 3 huge thick and cuddly black hoodies from her and her fiance Jamie, for the teens and I.
She also sent me a photo album full of pictures of my bio-family.
I think that's the best Christmas present ever, not the pictures, but having found my bio-siblings.
I am in constant contact with Joanne, almost daily, it's been really awesome getting to know her again as sisters, not as classmates in school.
We get along so incredible, we never end an email or text, or call, without saying I love you, and we do.
Flipping through the album, I sat here crying looking at all of the pictures, these are the siblings I didn't know that I had, that I never thought I would ever have or find.
She included a picture of my bio-mom, and as I sat here looking at it, at her, some of those old feelings of anger came back up, of being abandoned at the hospital by her when I was born, but without her, I wouldn't have my bio-siblings.
All of us kids know that she wasn't well, that she had some major problems, but without her, we wouldn't be here, and we wouldn't have each other.
I am just so happy right now, to have my bio-sister in my life after all of these years, it's just such an incredible feeling.
Comments
And I am very happy for you! To think that it all started with a local news story about a couple of guys who worked together at a furniture store in Maine, and realized that they were brothers. I thought that was amazing enough, never dreamed that they were your brothers, too.
It's wonderful how it all played out.
Posted by: Christine | December 18, 2009 10:18 PM
I agree with Christine, it was just ironic how it all happened and every time I think about that tweet of yours...I get a good feeling about it every time. I am so glad you found them.
Posted by: Christie | December 19, 2009 12:30 AM
We are glad that you found them too. We thought that Joanne was your sister years ago but we never knew about any brothers. No one ever told us that you had siblings we were led to believe that you were the only one. Until we heard Joannes last name we never knew there was any one else. I think that I have told everyone in the world about what has happened and they look at me like I am a television star because I say the youngest girl is our daughter. Some of them even cry.
Posted by: Mom | December 19, 2009 7:39 AM