the b-mother saga continues....
as if getting an email out of the blue that says "hi, my name is lynnei think i might be your birth mother..." is not bizarre enough, my life continues to get even stranger!
the news i got yesterday, you can call it serendipity, call it fate, call it karma, call it life's strange little ironies, call it god...whatever, its just weird, wonderful, and an example of just how damn small this whole world really is.
so, i got more info on the birth fam and my roots...interesting news that in some strange way interconnects to my present life...
you see, i always new that my birth family was from new york, i never actually new where, but i felt a....connection if you will, to some where in or around NYC...i know it sounds ridiculous, but my whole life i felt this...even last march, when i went there with D's (
artzyelf) to meet her uncle who lives there and her parents, i felt so..."at home"...i mentioned this in my last email to lynne, as silly as it is.
she told me that indeed she did spend a lot of time in the city, but she and my b-father both grew up on long island, in a town called west islip. so, wow, i was not that far off base in my gut feelings....but, here is where it gets really weird!
D's mom and uncle grew up in west islip too!! her uncle and my b-father are the same age!!! could they know each other!?!
D's called her uncle immediately and told him the whole dramatic story, finally getting to...."and they grew up in WEST ISLIP!" to which steve said, "no shit!" and her b-father is YOUR age and her b-mother is just a year younger!!!" "no shit, what are their names!?!" dani told him lynne's name...."that sounds familar..." then my b-father's name...."HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!" was his response.
turns out my b-father and my now gf's uncle were VERY good friends 30+ years ago as teens growing up in west islip, new york...my b-father's house was the place to hang out...the hours that steve spent there, he has no idea, it was just the place to be, that was his crew! jumping up and down like a little kid, he exclaimed, "OH MY GOD! i remember when they got pregnant! i remember when she went away for a while...HOLY SHIT!" and now....here i am back in his life, 30 years later, i walk into his apartment, dating his niece!
WTF!?! this is such a small world!
i met D somewhat randomly, kinda online, kinda via mutual friends...she grew up in VT, not NY, her family moved when she was 9 from central islip...we met while she was in chicago and i was here in madison after i grew up in PA and moved here 7 years ago, and my b-mother is now out of the city, further north...steve is in the city, D's parents are now in VA....some how, we were all connected in some weird way 30 years ago and had no idea until a week ago when this woman out of the clear blue told me she was my birth mother!
damn! i feel like the planets have aligned or something! (including that this week, my mom found a new job after getting laid off a few weeks ago AND she's falling in love and is rediscovering life again after the heart ache of losing my dad) hmmmm....maybe i should buy a lottery ticket!
D's uncle pointed out that the miracle of all of this is NOT that we are so closely interconnected, he firmly believes this kind of thing happens all the time, but that we never notice them...the miracle is that we KNOW that we got to find out about this, that it was revealed to us and because that is so rare, it seems so crazy and unbelievable.
perhaps. i do not know, all i do know is that i am so grateful that i am finding this all out!
its bizarre, this story, it does not seem real...like a tv movie or an episode from oprah...i keep waiting (along with so many other people) for the next episode!
and i have to say, the out pouring of love, wonderment, support, excitement, and tears of joy and happiness....wow! i am so touched. you have no idea...
the news i got yesterday, you can call it serendipity, call it fate, call it karma, call it life's strange little ironies, call it god...whatever, its just weird, wonderful, and an example of just how damn small this whole world really is.
so, i got more info on the birth fam and my roots...interesting news that in some strange way interconnects to my present life...
you see, i always new that my birth family was from new york, i never actually new where, but i felt a....connection if you will, to some where in or around NYC...i know it sounds ridiculous, but my whole life i felt this...even last march, when i went there with D's (
artzyelf) to meet her uncle who lives there and her parents, i felt so..."at home"...i mentioned this in my last email to lynne, as silly as it is.
she told me that indeed she did spend a lot of time in the city, but she and my b-father both grew up on long island, in a town called west islip. so, wow, i was not that far off base in my gut feelings....but, here is where it gets really weird!
D's mom and uncle grew up in west islip too!! her uncle and my b-father are the same age!!! could they know each other!?!
D's called her uncle immediately and told him the whole dramatic story, finally getting to...."and they grew up in WEST ISLIP!" to which steve said, "no shit!" and her b-father is YOUR age and her b-mother is just a year younger!!!" "no shit, what are their names!?!" dani told him lynne's name...."that sounds familar..." then my b-father's name...."HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!" was his response.
turns out my b-father and my now gf's uncle were VERY good friends 30+ years ago as teens growing up in west islip, new york...my b-father's house was the place to hang out...the hours that steve spent there, he has no idea, it was just the place to be, that was his crew! jumping up and down like a little kid, he exclaimed, "OH MY GOD! i remember when they got pregnant! i remember when she went away for a while...HOLY SHIT!" and now....here i am back in his life, 30 years later, i walk into his apartment, dating his niece!
WTF!?! this is such a small world!
i met D somewhat randomly, kinda online, kinda via mutual friends...she grew up in VT, not NY, her family moved when she was 9 from central islip...we met while she was in chicago and i was here in madison after i grew up in PA and moved here 7 years ago, and my b-mother is now out of the city, further north...steve is in the city, D's parents are now in VA....some how, we were all connected in some weird way 30 years ago and had no idea until a week ago when this woman out of the clear blue told me she was my birth mother!
damn! i feel like the planets have aligned or something! (including that this week, my mom found a new job after getting laid off a few weeks ago AND she's falling in love and is rediscovering life again after the heart ache of losing my dad) hmmmm....maybe i should buy a lottery ticket!
D's uncle pointed out that the miracle of all of this is NOT that we are so closely interconnected, he firmly believes this kind of thing happens all the time, but that we never notice them...the miracle is that we KNOW that we got to find out about this, that it was revealed to us and because that is so rare, it seems so crazy and unbelievable.
perhaps. i do not know, all i do know is that i am so grateful that i am finding this all out!
its bizarre, this story, it does not seem real...like a tv movie or an episode from oprah...i keep waiting (along with so many other people) for the next episode!
and i have to say, the out pouring of love, wonderment, support, excitement, and tears of joy and happiness....wow! i am so touched. you have no idea...