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meet up with Birth Sibs.

Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2015 11:53 pm
by a1mamacat
Was a very good meeting. Both Margaret and Steven are very regular normal people, and they said I appeared to be one too :lol: (little do they know bwaahaahaaa).

Margaret is 6 years younger than me, and Steven is 12 years younger. Their father is not my birth father. Margaret and I look a lot...A LOT alike, the same hair cut and eyes and nose. Steven, not so much, but James and he have the same eyes.

We had a wonderful brunch in Toronto, and being the good "big" sister that I am, I grabbed the bill :mrgreen:

They had brought a few treasures for me. My birth mom had loved Lilies, and collected lily items. Margaret found an picture of her at age 15/16, and a picture frame she had with lilies on in, and a scarf she had knit last year, and a lovely pair of pearl and gold earrings that my birth mom, Shirley, liked to wear. I was very choked up. We sat and talked for over 2 hours, and Margaret then came up to Toronto on the following Saturday, and we spent the day wandering through shops, had lunch, and basically shared stories and information.

Seems as if they had a rough childhood. Their dad and Shirley were not (according the Steven and Margaret) the warmest of parents. I appear to have gotten the best of the bargain. :)

Margaret and I both drink loads of coffee, and Steven and I both hate fish. Shirley loved to read and knit and crochet, and so do I. They have no information about my birth father, but I am okay with that. Just the fact that Shirley made sure to tell Margaret about me before she died, shows that I was always in her thoughts, even after 56 years.

Margaret said "she looked at me and said you have a sister, and she was born may 19, 1958. She was adopted by a couple with a young son (true, my brother is 3 years older), and her name was Wendy. I want you to find her if you can, and tell her I wanted her to have a happy life.:

I am a happy girl, even though I can't share with my parents (they are a lot freaked by the information that is out there).

Re: meet up with Birth Sibs.

Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 12:15 am
by silvercamaro
Saucy, I am so happy for you and your newly discovered, expanded family.

Re: meet up with Birth Sibs.

Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 12:51 am
by jaybee
I am very glad that this went well. Are the three of you close enough in distance that visits like this will become a regular thing?

Re: meet up with Birth Sibs.

Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 12:53 am
by TheConfessor
I'm glad it was a good experience. Congratulations!

Re: meet up with Birth Sibs.

Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 4:29 am
by ghostjmf
I'm so happy for you that it went this good way that it did.

Re: meet up with Birth Sibs.

Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 5:24 am
by Vandal
Great story. Thanks for sharing.

Re: meet up with Birth Sibs.

Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 6:00 am
by MarleysGh0st
I'm very happy for you!

I can't imagine what it was like for Margaret to be told that secret after so many years.

Re: meet up with Birth Sibs.

Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 6:12 am
by Beebs52
Great thing to read first thing today. So happy for you.

Re: meet up with Birth Sibs.

Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 10:44 am
by tlynn78
So happy it went well for you! Lots of good information, and it sounds like you got two really thoughtful new siblings.

Re: meet up with Birth Sibs.

Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 10:53 am
by silverscreenselect
Great news. A new family (of sorts) is a wonderful gift.

Re: meet up with Birth Sibs.

Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 5:15 pm
by T_Bone0806
Saucy, I am sincerely happy that this went so well. I am a sucker for happy endings and this warmed my heart.

Re: meet up with Birth Sibs.

Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 5:38 pm
by kusch
Cool, nice to know things went well.

Re: meet up with Birth Sibs.

Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2015 9:13 pm
by kayrharris
Wonderful that they honored Shirley's wishes and you got to meet them. You are, indeed, fortunate.

kay

Re: meet up with Birth Sibs.

Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2015 8:18 pm
by BackInTex
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Re: meet up with Birth Sibs.

Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 2:01 pm
by christie1111
This is a great story with a happy ending/beginning.

Re: meet up with Birth Sibs.

Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 6:11 pm
by mellytu74
This is SO cool, Saucy. I am so glad that things went well.

Re: meet up with Birth Sibs.

Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 11:54 pm
by SportsFan68
Yay, Saucy! Congratulations on this wonderful reunion from the frozen north!

OK, it's not frozen. I'm in Ted Stevens International Airport and will be flying over you soon. I hope.

Really glad you made the connection. One of my friends has a half sister 16 years younger than she is, the result of a failed affair, and she would love to meet her. It's great that it worked out for you.