Meeting My Sister

Kathy and I (above and below)

Jessica, Crystal, Keegan and Taylor

(below)

Crystal and her boyfriend Jake
(below)

Great 2 days spent with my sister , my nephew, and niece. I have to say now that I've met all of the known siblings that I am not disappointed. My kids and I drove to Mobile on Sunday....not a bad drive at all. My sister had to work and she stopped by the hotel when she got off. WOW! Totally good moment! It's a moment that I will remember the rest of my life. I remember meeting my father when I was 12. It plays like a video in my head.......the meetings of my brothers and sister are etched into my memory like that as well.

We went to her home that night after she got off and talked...We got to meet her son who was building a tool shop......Hey, she can build buildings, remodel, paint, lay wood flooring, cook, she's a great mom....Bottom line here: She's amazing! She's also very level headed and smart.

Monday was the best day.....we went to her house for the day. The weather didn't cooperate very well for us....... so after ditching our beach trip, we went bowling, ate lunch and got to meet Crystal.

We then took a tour of Mobile.....she showed me beautiful old homes, and the hospital where I was born. She told me a few stories of my early childhood. I feel like I finally know that I didn't develop from a cabbage and get dropped off by a stork. I know where I am from, who I am, and finally my siblings. These 3 things have been missing my whole life.

Monday night was great....her 2 kids are great kids (Crystals Boyfriend was very impressive too) hoping he'll remain in the family. They took my kids in like they've known them their whole lives. It was a happy moment to see everyone happy. No sisterly squabbles although we did joke about that earlier in the day......we were wondering who would win......My bet is that she would! She's a bit older, 19 yrs and 9 months to the day to be exact.......getting older means you're wiser. So I say she would win....I don't see that being an issue, thank goodness!

We left Mobile around 9:30 and headed back home.....we made it home around 12:15.....we made great time and there was NOOOO traffic......I left feeling complete, happy, and excited all at the same time. I am glad the meeting phase is finished.....now for keeping in contact and spending some time together.

I know that there are a couple of more brothers and sisters out there. I don't think that they will be found or will appear anytime soon. I welcome meeting them one day when it's time. I believe God's timing is the perfect timing for this to happen. I look back and think how my story played out. If it hadn't worked out like it did then I don't think we would have ever met. I don't believe that our father would have shared this information for us to find each other. Heck, I didn't know that anyone existed other than my sister.

Sooo, here's the last chapter that I can write about in *my* book. It's up to God when the story will be finished and I am not going to rush him.

Now for memories, meetings, family get togethers and good times. We all missed weddings and births......With this new chapter, I hope we can all be apart of each others lives through our children and what's left of our lives as brothers and sisters.