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Post by vickilyn32 on Aug 4, 2005 12:18:24 GMT -5
OK here we go with my family. (I was an only child untill I was 25, so still consider myself an "only" for the most part) Mom and Dad divorced when I was 24, Mom remarried and he had one son and one daughter. Never met the daughter, but the son lived near them for about 2 years untill he and his dad had a falling out and he moved. (My step-father was a jerk so I understand that) I never saw him again and now mom is widowed so I doubt I will ever see him. Dad remarried a few years after mom, and she has 2 children John 24 and just getting out of the marines, and Luann who is 21. I am close to Luann, but she is much younger than me, only 6 years older than my son. So we dont "hang out" together. My step-mother also has a step-daughter from her first husbands first wife who she raised since Megan was 2 years old, and considers her a real daughter even now that megans dad and my step-mother have been divorced for years. Megan is the half-sister to John and Luann. Since I was so old when I first got siblings, I have a hard time remembering that I have sisters and a brother sometimes. I also have an almost sister who I still think about alot. Mom and Dad were going to adopt Kristy when we were in kindergarden and first grade. She was a foster child with my grandparents, and a year younger. Just before the final paperwork was signed, her mother changed her mind and took her back. They moved to California shortly after that, but I never forgot her. She lived at my grandparents house for 4 years.
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Post by AnneM on Aug 4, 2005 12:30:17 GMT -5
Wow Vickilyn ... this is quite a story with all sorts of avenues etc. !!  Are you thinking of trying to contact Kristy? How long is it since you saw her and what age were you when you last saw her? |
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Post by Kaiti on Aug 4, 2005 18:09:03 GMT -5
:-XBoy I thought I had a big family, with lots of twists and turns  Try to find Kristy  We have some taboo things in our family that we don't talk about either, so don't let it go if it is getting to you. We were reunited with my half brother from my dad's first marraige about 7 yrs ago, and my sister and mom-mom just got backfrom his house in Virginia on Monday. Good luck |
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Post by sportsmom on Aug 4, 2005 19:10:47 GMT -5
Oh boy do I have family as well.......All together 3 brothers and 3 sisters----here goes...
Older brother (6yrs). He is my full brother from when my mom and dad were married. We were close when we were younger but I hardly see him anymore. He won't accept that my dad has parkinsons so he doesn't come around much anymore.
Younger Half-brother (13yrs--opps baby). I have never thought of Mike as my half brother. We are close. His dad and my mom never got married and they are not together anymore. I was more of a parent to him then his own parents and now we get along very good.
Older stepbrother(2 yrs). Brother from dad and stepmom. We get along well. Used to pick on each fierce when we were younger. Riley reminds me so much or Mark and they are not even blood related hahaha. Mark is my brother in the service. Him and his family just relocated to Hawaii and in November he has orders to go to Iraq. Mark's son just graduated and he stay in South Carolina and he is also going into the army for army chaplin.
Older stepsister(4yrs). Sis from dad and stepmom. We were very close when we were younger but now that we are grown I see her (sometimes) for famliy functions--that is when she decides to show up. We have totally different life styles. I can't believe how much Kathy and I drifted apart. We get along just not close anymore.
Younger stepsister(2yrs). From dad and stepmom. I absolutely cannot stand her. I tried my best to get along with her when we were younger but never did. She didn't even get along with her real brother and sisters. When she got old enough she moved far away from us and we didn't hear from her until she showed up last summer and all she has done is cause touble. My stepmom used to get mad at me when we were younger (of course it was my fault as I was the visiting child on weekends). Now that we are older sm realized how bad ss was and we have overcome that area of childhood.
Younger stepsister (4yrs). From dad and stepmom. Tina and I are so close. Dad and sm got together when Tina was very young so she like my flesh and blood. We act so much alike and we think alike and we even look alike. Nobody believes that we are step and not real sisters. We talk on the phone weekly and used to email but she is without a computer right now. I don't know what I would do without her.
That is all of my family........Whew that was alot of typing ;D ;D ;D
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Post by vickilyn32 on Aug 4, 2005 20:27:06 GMT -5
Well lets see, I was in kinder thru 2nd grade, she came to live with my grandparents before she started kindergarden, so she was 4 and I was 5 when we first met. She was 8 and I was 9 when she left. Our house flooded and we lived with my grandparents for 2 years,(kindergarden and first grade) so we were just like sisters. My aunt heard that Kristy was a nurse now and engaged to be married, so I guess she is doing well. That was about 10 years ago, and we do not know where she is now.
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Post by sportsmom on Aug 4, 2005 20:47:05 GMT -5
Have you tried looking via internet~~~~somtimes if you go to google and put in a name you can find anybody. I think you should try to find her~~~I'll bet she would love to hear from you |
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Post by Linda on Aug 4, 2005 21:09:57 GMT -5
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Post by AnneM on Aug 5, 2005 15:49:39 GMT -5
This thread is sooo interesting and sure highlights the good and the bad points of siblings!!
Speaking for myself I have two sisters who are identical twins ... You have no doubt heard how "close" identical twins are (especially I understand as they were meant to be ONE person!) ... so I was always the "odd one" out being a "single" birth and on my own so to speak!! ..Whenever I had an argument as a kid with ONE of them it would invariably be with BOTH of them because trust me identical twins STICK TOGETHER!! ;D
These days we get on fine .. although I can never be as close to either of them as they are to each other ... and I also find that if I call one of them I also have to call the other ... and if I arrange to meet one of them the other must also be included ... There is simply NO Way and never has been that I could "single" either of them out .. they are a "complete UNIT" .. period!! ...
There IS something spooky about identical twins too .. I have read this but have also witnessed it at first-hand ... Things happen when they are apart ... one will feel the others pain ... one will "know" that something is wrong with the other ... they will constantly say the SAME thing at the same time ... they constantly turn up somewhere in virtually the same outfits ... same colours to any given place ... I have told them and they will admit it ... they are SPOOOOKY!! ;D
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Post by Linda on Aug 6, 2005 8:59:34 GMT -5
Anne...to me you are not the"odd one out"...you are very unique |
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Post by tridlette on Aug 6, 2005 10:10:21 GMT -5
There could only be one Anne... we couldn't take more than one of her!
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Post by Linda on Aug 6, 2005 11:41:24 GMT -5
There could only be one Anne... we couldn't take more than one of her! |
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