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calimary

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99. Thanks, monmouth3!

Wed Oct 30, 2013, 10:36 PM

Oct 2013

Yeah, all I've done since I got back from there has been think about them or text with them or send a thank-you note or two. I still need to collect addresses and sort out whose phone number on my text messages is whose. I DEFINITELY want to keep the dialogue going!

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I had a personally staggering, explosive weekend - in a good way. Wanted to share. Adoptees note. [View all] calimary Oct 2013 OP

This is just amazing Harmony Blue Oct 2013 #1

It's just turning my head inside out and upside down. In a good way, of course. calimary Oct 2013 #4

That's awesome! CoffeeCat Oct 2013 #2

If you ever want to look, pm me Marrah_G Oct 2013 #9

NO no no no no no no no you did NOT hijack anything here! Shit, CoffeeCat, that is PART of it!!!! calimary Oct 2013 #11

I am so happy for you... CoffeeCat Oct 2013 #37

I am not an adoptee, but I was separated from my mother at the age of 5 Alameda Oct 2013 #65

I am so happy for you, calimary! sheshe2 Oct 2013 #3

Nope! Not touching the floor yet. Don't know if they ever really will, completely, ever again. calimary Oct 2013 #38

A lovely story; I'm very happy for you. Jackpine Radical Oct 2013 #5

Shoot, that is SO true, Jackpine Radical! SO true. That sense of grounding. calimary Oct 2013 #13

How very cool for you calimary. panader0 Oct 2013 #6

I've been there Marrah_G Oct 2013 #7

That's gotta be the understatement of a lifetime, Marrah_G! calimary Oct 2013 #14

She is your little sister :) Marrah_G Oct 2013 #49

Fantastic! Very happy for you (and your siblings). LoisB Oct 2013 #8

Hah! Siblings! Hard to believe! I'm still wrapping my brain around that one. calimary Oct 2013 #17

Wonderful story. Best wishes to you. n/t MicaelS Oct 2013 #10

Thanks! YIKES I have so many notes to write, and addresses to collect. calimary Oct 2013 #33

Contgrats!!! Sounds like you need some family tree software Thor_MN Oct 2013 #85

I found my birth family 10 years ago B2G Oct 2013 #12

Wow! Wilms Oct 2013 #15

I'm not just in the mood to use bouncing frogs - I feel like I AM a bouncing frog today! calimary Oct 2013 #46

. Wilms Oct 2013 #75

I'm on the opposite end of that equation. Blue_In_AK Oct 2013 #16

I think it depends on which state you're talking about. calimary Oct 2013 #32

The state was Texas, Blue_In_AK Oct 2013 #59

For you calimary! shraby Oct 2013 #18

Kudos, and good for you nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #19

So, not sure what you're saying, but what I'm hearing is: toby jo Oct 2013 #20

Mainly I found out I have honest-to-God family, in the biological sense. calimary Oct 2013 #45

Wonderful!!! vanlassie Oct 2013 #21

We recently found a new cousin when she contacted my aunt, her birth mother. SharonAnn Oct 2013 #22

That is so wonderful! Still Blue in PDX Oct 2013 #23

((calimary)) Rex Oct 2013 #24

i know that feeling !!!! unionthug777 Oct 2013 #25

Shit, unionthug777 - I'm starting to be a mess all over again, just reading this. calimary Oct 2013 #35

Wonderful Story! redstatebluegirl Oct 2013 #26

How wonderful, the beauty in life :) arthritisR_US Oct 2013 #27

Oh calimary, what a wonderful story and you told it so beautifully. I agree with you, your life monmouth3 Oct 2013 #28

Thanks, monmouth3! calimary Oct 2013 #99

That is wonderful - LibertyLover Oct 2013 #29

Have you seen the ads for 23andMe? DNA testing? aquart Oct 2013 #84

I loved reading your story. How wonderful LibDemAlways Oct 2013 #30

Yeah, they just always were fully open about that. From the very earliest I can remember. calimary Oct 2013 #44

Not exactly adopted LittleGirl Oct 2013 #31

YEAH! No kidding, LittleGirl! That was one of the first things we said to each other at the calimary Oct 2013 #93

That's exactly how I'd describe it LittleGirl Oct 2013 #98

Your joy and excitement is oozing from the page. UtahLib Oct 2013 #34

BIG hugs to you, UtahLib! Glad you're here! calimary Oct 2013 #94

Just wondering onlyadream Oct 2013 #36

Half. There was only information about the mother in the paperwork we received. calimary Oct 2013 #40

I have a friend onlyadream Oct 2013 #86

Dang....you have me in tears!!!! OneGrassRoot Oct 2013 #39

Hug you!!! calimary Oct 2013 #41

it's like you played "Let's Make a Deal" and you picked the right door rurallib Oct 2013 #42

Yeah! Seriously! calimary Oct 2013 #95

Wow!! BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2013 #43

Very happy for you! vankuria Oct 2013 #47

hugs to you calimary... handmade34 Oct 2013 #48

Amazing story! One question concerning medical histories . . . markpkessinger Oct 2013 #50

I doubt there are laws like that, having been on the other side pnwmom Oct 2013 #55

That is so cool. We are really happy for you. klyon Oct 2013 #51

Love you too, klyon! calimary Oct 2013 #96

Well you made me cry lunatica Oct 2013 #52

K&R. This is a very cool development.......nt Enthusiast Oct 2013 #53

Someday we're going to be on the other end of that kind of story. pnwmom Oct 2013 #54

happy for you calimary!!! Skittles Oct 2013 #56

"YOU are part of my family, too". Rebellious Republican Oct 2013 #57

congratulations!!!! my college roommate was adopted noiretextatique Oct 2013 #58

Thanks for sharing. Your joy is infectious. appacom Oct 2013 #60

Thank you for sharing... ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #61

Ahhhh, you made me tear up with happiness for you BanzaiBonnie Oct 2013 #62

Congratulations to you! DrewFlorida Oct 2013 #63

calimary, I'm so happy for you!! AmBlue Oct 2013 #64

calimary, soooo happy for you! SaveOurDemocracy Oct 2013 #66

amazing. Liberal_in_LA Oct 2013 #67

My DEAR Calimary! annabanana Oct 2013 #68

My first born was adopted out (I know just what you went through) Omaha Steve Oct 2013 #69

I sometimes take my big, raucous family for granted. Thank you for your insight. joanbarnes Oct 2013 #70

Hey, can I just say thank you to everybody here? calimary Oct 2013 #71

Thank you for sharing this wonderful, happy event in your life. LiberalAndProud Oct 2013 #72

(((HUG))) WilliamPitt Oct 2013 #73

What a great story greatlaurel Oct 2013 #74

Welcome to DU, greatlaurel! calimary Oct 2013 #92

Thanks and great to hear, calimary. elleng Oct 2013 #76

What a wonderful story! SheilaT Oct 2013 #77

AWESOME!!! IGoToDU Oct 2013 #78

Welcome to DU, IGoToDU! calimary Oct 2013 #97

what a wonderful story. i am so so happy for you. nt seabeyond Oct 2013 #79

Congratulations! me b zola Oct 2013 #80

Blessings. I'm so happy for you. Hekate Oct 2013 #81

Welcome to your new world... Ferretherder Oct 2013 #82

This was pure joy to read. aquart Oct 2013 #83

so very happy for you--thank you for sharing this beautiful news with your DU family niyad Oct 2013 #87

Congratulations to you! myrna minx Oct 2013 #88

Beautiful that it's worked out momrois Oct 2013 #89

So wonderful - I'm thrilled for you! Thanks for sharing it with us. polichick Oct 2013 #90

I am so truly happy for you! lucca18 Oct 2013 #91