In other news:
I was adopted at 11 days old.
Bio mom and dad were young and not married, bio mom wanted me to have all the things they couldnt give me, gave me up.
Really a great story.
It was an open adoption so I've grown up with birthday cards and letters, and once I was 16 I was allowed to talk to her on the phone. Never met in person yet.
Bio dad didn't write anything on the papers, signed very illegibly, and was gone as far as I was ever able to tell.
15 years ago I asked her about him, she had never given me his last name, and she told me that she heard he'd died in an accident. Still no last name.
My 1/2 sister from my bio mom is getting married in 2 weeks. I was emailing bio mom about this and mentioned that I'd still like his last name if she was willing. She reminded me that he was dead but this time gave me his last name. (this happened 3-25-11)
I started googling, geni.com, facebook, etc. Kept finding a guy with the same name, but he was alive so I didn't think it was him. I was looking for obits, graves, etc.
Sent an email to a lady on Geni.com with a person of the same name in her family tree. She emailed back that she thought I should talk to her neice in WY. I didn't right away, I figured I had lots of time.
I got an email on 4-4-11 from the niece in WY, saying that she thought her BIL was my bio dad, that she had known about me since 1989 and that he wanted me to call him right away. She told me the name of the girl he was with, which was my bio mom's name.
HOLY CATS.
I facebooked her a few times, just in shock and disbelief. I wasnt ready to talk to him, I had thought he was dead for 15 years, it was a lot to take in. I spent 2 weeks shaking, crying, laughing, and couldnt eat (oh if only that were a lasting affliction....). Finally I emailed him and we talked for a few days on facebook. He REALLY wanted to talk on the phone. I finally called him, cried like a baby, talked for over an hour.
There are two sides to every story, but these two sides are SO different I go back and forth between being angry and being happy.
Apparently he didn't even know I existed till I was already born and he got papers. He felt forced to sign, he didnt want to, (I'm glad he did because I had an amazing childhood and I have the best parents ever) but he told his family about he and has always wanted to know what happened to me.
What happened is that I spent half my life living 4 hours from him, which angers me some, but I think that the timing was right with this, because as a rebelious teen I know I would have told my parents to bite me and run away to live with him. This is the season of my life that is right for this.
So, anyways, we had this road trip planned for my sister's wedding already and were staying in Cody Wy on part of the trip. He lives in Cody, so now we're cancelling Rapid City and staying in Cody for 3 days to get to know him and my other family!
Its been jut nuts and amazing the past 2 months!
So, thats the back story in a nutshell for the epic roadtrip in 2 weeks!
