The gift of a sister!

I met my sister, for the first time, yesterday. It is still early, but I think there is a good possibility that we could become very good friends, at the very least. She is a really nice person and I enjoyed talking to her a lot. We share a dad and it is strange to look at our pasts and kind of compare them. She did know he was her dad, but has memories of him that are kind of awkward. I  didn't know he was my dad, but have some really good memories of him. It sounds like both our mom's played him, in some way, as well. It is kind of a shame that none of us girls got to know one another while we were growing up, but that is history and nothing can be done about that. Two of us have met now and that is a gift in itself. I don't know what the future holds. I hope it holds the potential for moments great memories are made of. However, I am not going to worry about that for now, either.I plan on taking this whole thing in a fashion that follows this quote:

Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present. ~ Bil Keane

Week of 12/20/10-12/23/10

This has been an interesting week, to say the least. Monday thru Wednesday was spent delivering gifts for Be A Santa To A Senior. On Monday, I found myself at an apartment complex that my dad's long time girlfriend lives. I took some time to visit her. I knew I had a half sister but found out that I have 2 half sisters. It is a long story that might make a great blog subject at a later time. For now, the point is that I went home and found my 2nd half sister on Facebook. I was planning on writing to her after I worked out exactly what I wanted to say. I was a bit fearful of being rejected due to what my dads girlfriend said. Anyways, my husband went ahead and wrote to her and next thing I know, I have a friend request from her. Of course, I accepted her request and we are planning on having dinner on either Monday or Tuesday.

Then on Thursday of this week, while I was on my way to pick up my check, there was a dog running up the Express way. I pulled over and with the help of a volunteer fire fighter who also pulled over, I was able to get the dog. He is gorgeous. We are looking for his owner but at the same time kind of hoping not to find them. If we can't find the owner, we will be keeping him. There will be more in my next blog post about the dog and my ponderings about it.

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