I enjoyed reading this, expecting it to be fraught with emotions, but you neatly tucked those aside, us the facts, then tidbits of your heart with each paragraph. They peeked out among the railways and along the similarities, I could feel the thankfulness and relief at finally meeting.
Thank you for putting words to my feelings as well as your own. I never met either of my parents, they died before I found my birth family. But I have met all my living siblings, and the nature part of 'nature vs. nurture' was such a pleasant surprise to me - I never had considered that possibility before. My sisters and brothers (and brother-in-law) all exclaim " you're just like her" and deep inside that little girl misses the mother I never knew fiercely.
My son has a father who has made little to no effort to be in his life, and I get glimpses of the unexplainable and unfillable hole in his life.
I enjoyed reading this, expecting it to be fraught with emotions, but you neatly tucked those aside, us the facts, then tidbits of your heart with each paragraph. They peeked out among the railways and along the similarities, I could feel the thankfulness and relief at finally meeting.
Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for putting words to my feelings as well as your own. I never met either of my parents, they died before I found my birth family. But I have met all my living siblings, and the nature part of 'nature vs. nurture' was such a pleasant surprise to me - I never had considered that possibility before. My sisters and brothers (and brother-in-law) all exclaim " you're just like her" and deep inside that little girl misses the mother I never knew fiercely.
You are exactly where God wants you - no, needs you to be. Keep doing it as well as you are.