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Oct 05, 2010, 11:45 AM
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Just wanted to share a triumph with you all. After not connecting with family members on my father's side for at least 30 years, I am now pleased to say that I have e-mailed them and I am being welcomed with open arms. I have no immediate family where I live . I am hoping to be able to understand the circumstances of my dad's life now, and not judge him so negatively. I am also writing and illustrating a booklet about my early years. I am writing this not to go on the open market, but for my own enjoyment, and for friends.
I am a 'family person', but wish I knew how to make friends. I have difficulty opening up to people. Is it because I dont know whether to trust people with my story? I think I have difficulty with boundaries: you know , knowing where I end and they begin. I am more sociable now than i've ever been (The ad's have helped me) Perhaps I am not meant to be a social butterfly, and destined to have a few good friends. My mom (who was very outgoing) would say to me 'no man is an island'. She also said that I was the 'most selfish person she has ever met!' Perhaps that is why I became a 'people pleaser. dawnhopeful |
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Oct 05, 2010, 11:51 AM
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dear Dawnhhopeful~ what a lovely post~! Congratulations on "finding" a family,, for your daring and risktaking, that paid off. i hope you are pleased to find them healthy mentally and emotionally and very accepting of you. and thanks for sharing some good news~! Gus
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Oct 05, 2010, 12:27 PM
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I'm very happy for you. Best of luck in getting to know your fathers family - I agree you shouldn't deprive yourself of seeing them or them seeing you. Is your father still alive?
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Oct 05, 2010, 12:48 PM
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Wonderful! Congrats!
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Oct 05, 2010, 01:28 PM
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That's wonderful news! I'm very happy for you!!
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Oct 05, 2010, 02:06 PM
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That's wonderful. Congratulations,
peace Fuzzy 
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Oct 05, 2010, 03:18 PM
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Oct 05, 2010, 05:53 PM
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Dear dawnhopeful
I do hope that you get to make good friends with your new family, your mom was right, no man is an island. This doesn't mean to say that you should have tons of friends, but you do need someone to turn to when the going gets tough, otherwise life can get very lonely. I do hope that you are able to be more trusting towards other people, letting people in your life does open you up for a lot of heartache, but someone also said that it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all! Pix
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