Last week I learned I have a half-sister I never knew existed. How do I even begin to process this unexpected news? For now, all I can say is, thank God for writing.
I can only imagine the shock of shifting realities. I hope the first meeting is met with an ease for you and her. I'm not sure what I'd do if I found I had another sister. I'm the middle child and a shift in that role would be.... well I'm not really sure....
Thanks for reading, Renee. Had it not happened to me, I might have said the same thing as you. The shift is astounding...and it's quite a process to reckon with. I find solace in knowing there are so many others going through the very same thing.
I’ve never been interested in doing 23&me probably bc I like my story, my family story. I’m not interested in it being more complicated.
Maybe in some deep psychic way you waited 5 years to prepare yourself for this possibility.
Perhaps one of the biggest challenges in all this is the questions it brings up about your father, how is shifts and compounds - or affirms - your thoughts about him.
I hear you. Believe me, the *waiting period* was worth it. I don’t know that I was ready for news like this back in 2017. These days, I’m much more able to embrace and explore it. When I set out to get my results, I did it to learn my geographical origins. Since then, I’ve learned that, plus health information, and family of origin stories. It’s been fascinating.
I can only imagine the shock of shifting realities. I hope the first meeting is met with an ease for you and her. I'm not sure what I'd do if I found I had another sister. I'm the middle child and a shift in that role would be.... well I'm not really sure....
Thanks for reading, Renee. Had it not happened to me, I might have said the same thing as you. The shift is astounding...and it's quite a process to reckon with. I find solace in knowing there are so many others going through the very same thing.
Seismic indeed!!
I’ve never been interested in doing 23&me probably bc I like my story, my family story. I’m not interested in it being more complicated.
Maybe in some deep psychic way you waited 5 years to prepare yourself for this possibility.
Perhaps one of the biggest challenges in all this is the questions it brings up about your father, how is shifts and compounds - or affirms - your thoughts about him.
I hear you. Believe me, the *waiting period* was worth it. I don’t know that I was ready for news like this back in 2017. These days, I’m much more able to embrace and explore it. When I set out to get my results, I did it to learn my geographical origins. Since then, I’ve learned that, plus health information, and family of origin stories. It’s been fascinating.