beautiful!! I also reconnected with my half sister just a month before my mom died. We did know each other growing up. She's 13 yrs younger and we have different moms. We lived in far apart states as we grew up but once i married, i lived in the same state since she was 12. I lost track of her for about 3 yrs due to some bad choices she made, and determined to find her, i had help thru a cousin on our dad's side who knew her phone adress, my mom's sister, who saw her at a store and got her cell #, and finally, success!! It hasn't been easy to maintain contact with her, but i try not to give up. It's frustrating because of her choices, but like i always tell her: You're my sister and I love u!!
This is a layout I made to commemorate my two "other" sisters.... girls I didn't know existed until I was in my teens...
Here is the journaling text:
"I grew up with my Mom, my Grandparents, and a brother and sister. I never remembered my Dad, who I had last seen when I was a toddler. I wasn't until I was a teenager that I found out that my Dad had remarried, and I had two more half-sisters. What a surprise! My Dad and and his family came into my life again during a very dark time of my life... I had lost both of my grandparents, who had been largely responsible for raising me and my siblings, and my husband was going through a crises in his life. I reflect back now and thank God that my "other" family showed up in my life at this time. I may have lost my beloved Nana and Pop, but I gained a Dad, another Mom, and my two sisters, Elizabeth and Shannon, their husbands, and a new niece and nephew. I have spent the years since then getting to know my new family... I may not have grown up with them, but my sisters and I are so much alike, it is kind of scary. We all have a similar sense of humor, are dedicated to our families, worry in the same way, and even look and sound alike. Genes do tell the story, after all! All four of my siblings are amazing people! I may not have grown up with Shannon and Elizabeth, so we don't have all those childhood memories together, but we are working on getting to know each other and building our relationships in adulthood. I feel so fortunate to have such a big, loving family, and I look forward to growing old with all my siblings and their families!"
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