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Family find
It was just confirmed last night that I have a Son and 2 Grandsons I never knew about.
First of all I am adopted and have since found both my birth Mother's side of the family as well as my birth Father's side.
It started when my half Brother Keith (Father's side) called me and told me according to Ancestry.com I have a very close relative who thinks he is my Grandson. I looked at my DNA relatives and saw where in DNA strength the Grandson's strength falls between 4 of my half siblings and 2 of my half Nieces and 1 half Nephew.
I called the Grandson last evening and asked him to look at his DNA relatives and see if he not only sees Keith, but also sees Bruce, Lisa, and Karen, all on my birth Mother's side. He said yes. They all are 2 generations away from him. His Father was also adopted and I spoke to him (my Son) Sunday.
I have never been married and until now have never had any known children.
Ain't life grand ?!?!
First of all I am adopted and have since found both my birth Mother's side of the family as well as my birth Father's side.
It started when my half Brother Keith (Father's side) called me and told me according to Ancestry.com I have a very close relative who thinks he is my Grandson. I looked at my DNA relatives and saw where in DNA strength the Grandson's strength falls between 4 of my half siblings and 2 of my half Nieces and 1 half Nephew.
I called the Grandson last evening and asked him to look at his DNA relatives and see if he not only sees Keith, but also sees Bruce, Lisa, and Karen, all on my birth Mother's side. He said yes. They all are 2 generations away from him. His Father was also adopted and I spoke to him (my Son) Sunday.
I have never been married and until now have never had any known children.
Ain't life grand ?!?!
5 WAYS TO OVERCOME THE HURT THAT COMES WITH DIVORCE.
The Bitterness of Divorce
The 2019 movie — Holiday in the Wild further highlighted some of the emotions experienced when a marriage is coming to an end. These different emotions usually highlights what the marriage meant to the individuals that are involved. In the movie, Kate Conrad[Kristin Davis] was devastated when her husband — Drew Conrad told her that he was moving out and that their marriage was over, it was a huge blow for her even though things were not particularly great in their marriage.
People experience different and difficult emotions when an intimate marital relationship breaks down. Emotions ranging from disappointment in themselves because they didn’t put enough effort to make it work[the blame game starts here and it is not good for your mental well-being], hurt, break down of trust, shame, guilt, bitterness, sadness; because these emotions are not visible the individual might look okay even when they come to work but deep down they are suffering and require help before things go out of hand.
Some people feel really embarrassed when their marriage fails and it makes them feel that they have failed, these feelings become severe depending on their commitment to the marriage, their kind of person, social circle, family, religious and cultural influence, and more.
My awareness of my emotions was not this developed when I experienced divorce years ago but, it was tough for me to come face-to-face with the relationships in my life and my circle of friends, the church community and more. I avoided them like a plague because apart from the torrents of emotions and personal disappointment in myself for even going into the marriage in the first instance and also my lack of wisdom or strength of character to keep the marriage together, they were far from being supportive but judging and you could read from their body language and facial expression,
Therefore to help you navigate the hurt and pain that result from a broken marriage, whether you are at the verge of it or you have been divorced, here are 5 Mindsets to have in order to move past it
DON’T GET IN THE BLAME GAME
There would be a thousand reason to want to blame yourself for the demise of your marriage which is what most people would do, and I am not asking you not to take responsibility for what has happened however, remember it takes the two people involved to make it work or not, however, the challenge with just blaming yourself is that it would make you feel worse with an already difficult situation and you cannot afford the baggage of such emotion. Get past that simplistic and easy way out thinking and get help with gaining better perspective why the marriage didn’t work from your own end, become aware of the learning points so that you can do things differently when next you have the opportunity.
2. YOU OWE IT TO YOURSELF TO BE HAPPY
Marriage is an important decision we enter into, just like every major decision of our lives however in spite of our effort to succeed, somethings just don’t work no matter how hard we try. Therefore, we must admit if it isn’t working and not use our psyche, loss of self esteem or self confidence or becoming a shadow of your old self as a statement to make anyone know it wasn’t worth continuing.
Marriage does not make anyone happy. If you are not a happy person before going into marriage, it won’t make you happy. Happiness is a function of service, what cause are you giving yourself to? After all said and done, it is still your life therefore be happy and live to your fullest potential. Choose to be happy, when you are living a life of purpose and significance you will be happy.
3. CHANGE YOUR CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE & LOCATION.
In the movie — Holiday in the Wild, Kate went on a vacation to Zambia in Africa from her regular New York life. That change helped her to focus less on herself particularly when she saw the Elephant calf whose mother had been killed by poachers. She regained one of the emotions.
The 2019 movie — Holiday in the Wild further highlighted some of the emotions experienced when a marriage is coming to an end. These different emotions usually highlights what the marriage meant to the individuals that are involved. In the movie, Kate Conrad[Kristin Davis] was devastated when her husband — Drew Conrad told her that he was moving out and that their marriage was over, it was a huge blow for her even though things were not particularly great in their marriage.
People experience different and difficult emotions when an intimate marital relationship breaks down. Emotions ranging from disappointment in themselves because they didn’t put enough effort to make it work[the blame game starts here and it is not good for your mental well-being], hurt, break down of trust, shame, guilt, bitterness, sadness; because these emotions are not visible the individual might look okay even when they come to work but deep down they are suffering and require help before things go out of hand.
Some people feel really embarrassed when their marriage fails and it makes them feel that they have failed, these feelings become severe depending on their commitment to the marriage, their kind of person, social circle, family, religious and cultural influence, and more.
My awareness of my emotions was not this developed when I experienced divorce years ago but, it was tough for me to come face-to-face with the relationships in my life and my circle of friends, the church community and more. I avoided them like a plague because apart from the torrents of emotions and personal disappointment in myself for even going into the marriage in the first instance and also my lack of wisdom or strength of character to keep the marriage together, they were far from being supportive but judging and you could read from their body language and facial expression,
Therefore to help you navigate the hurt and pain that result from a broken marriage, whether you are at the verge of it or you have been divorced, here are 5 Mindsets to have in order to move past it
DON’T GET IN THE BLAME GAME
There would be a thousand reason to want to blame yourself for the demise of your marriage which is what most people would do, and I am not asking you not to take responsibility for what has happened however, remember it takes the two people involved to make it work or not, however, the challenge with just blaming yourself is that it would make you feel worse with an already difficult situation and you cannot afford the baggage of such emotion. Get past that simplistic and easy way out thinking and get help with gaining better perspective why the marriage didn’t work from your own end, become aware of the learning points so that you can do things differently when next you have the opportunity.
2. YOU OWE IT TO YOURSELF TO BE HAPPY
Marriage is an important decision we enter into, just like every major decision of our lives however in spite of our effort to succeed, somethings just don’t work no matter how hard we try. Therefore, we must admit if it isn’t working and not use our psyche, loss of self esteem or self confidence or becoming a shadow of your old self as a statement to make anyone know it wasn’t worth continuing.
Marriage does not make anyone happy. If you are not a happy person before going into marriage, it won’t make you happy. Happiness is a function of service, what cause are you giving yourself to? After all said and done, it is still your life therefore be happy and live to your fullest potential. Choose to be happy, when you are living a life of purpose and significance you will be happy.
3. CHANGE YOUR CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE & LOCATION.
In the movie — Holiday in the Wild, Kate went on a vacation to Zambia in Africa from her regular New York life. That change helped her to focus less on herself particularly when she saw the Elephant calf whose mother had been killed by poachers. She regained one of the emotions.
Woman Expecting 7 Babies Gives Birth To 9, Setting A New World Record
There have been famous multiple births in recorded history: quintuplets, sextuplets, septuplets and even octuplets. But a Malian woman recently gave birth to the first surviving set of nonuplets.
Yes, that’s nine babies at once, and the kicker is she thought she was having seven babies. Halima Cissé, 25, gave birth to five girls and four boys on May 4 in a Moroccan hospital where she’d been sent to receive special care for her high-risk pregnancy.
Two of the children had gone undetected during ultrasounds. Cissé reportedly laughed when she heard she had delivered two extra children.
Video footage from the hospital in Casablanca where the nonuplets were born showed the tiny infants moving little limbs while being cared for in incubators after their birth at 30 weeks. The footage comes from news channel France 24.
Yes, that’s nine babies at once, and the kicker is she thought she was having seven babies. Halima Cissé, 25, gave birth to five girls and four boys on May 4 in a Moroccan hospital where she’d been sent to receive special care for her high-risk pregnancy.
Two of the children had gone undetected during ultrasounds. Cissé reportedly laughed when she heard she had delivered two extra children.
Video footage from the hospital in Casablanca where the nonuplets were born showed the tiny infants moving little limbs while being cared for in incubators after their birth at 30 weeks. The footage comes from news channel France 24.
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Coming to you LIVE from Dayton, Ohio...
Greeted by freezing temperatures and 1/2 inch of snow, it was good to see my brother, nieces, nephews and their kids. Flurries, not enough to stick today, the sun came out for an hour this afternoon. Food, shopping, more food and more shopping. Two concerts lined up and indoor soccer with the kids tomorrow.
I bought a 5G laptop so I can keep up with work correspondence and personal email. Hopefully, I'll finish drawings and making a parts list for the next project going into production. Yes, I'm on vacation...
I bought a 5G laptop so I can keep up with work correspondence and personal email. Hopefully, I'll finish drawings and making a parts list for the next project going into production. Yes, I'm on vacation...
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The things we question...
As in... me, myself and I 
but it came up in our discussion/questioning over the weekend,
how would you feel towards you grandchild if the babies life lost you your daughters?
Honest replies only... if any
but it came up in our discussion/questioning over the weekend,
how would you feel towards you grandchild if the babies life lost you your daughters?
Honest replies only... if any
Meet the Basics
Hey!!! Guess what??? This is a dating site, so dont be surprised if a man opens up his heart directly to you! Writting about what ever he wants, trully and respectfully to you, is the only way for him to show you how much he likes you! THIS IS A NORMAL THING FOR GOD SHAKE!!! We are not here to talk about the moon and the Stars ( although they do play their part in the "movie")...
If he is not responding to your email, at the first 3, then you should understand that he is not interested to you. So stop sending and sending weird text's
If you are here to make money, i suggest you to move into the porn field and learn more about the basics...Be a star, dont waiste your life like this!
You should have the decency to say it in your profile. We dont hate womans who do this for living, we hate the hidden ones who trying to screw up our lifes!!!
If on the other hand, you are not feel interested as he does for you, then you should take some time to answer him back at least and say what ever you want to say. It's not so honest act to speak about true values in life in your profile and not take some time to behave as a normal and kind human being to those who sent you a polite text. You are ruin the whole thing, this, here, what we are trying to do, to find our match. This is happening for real in life, because many guys change their behavior into not so good behavior after they tried their best into introducing them selve's to you and they didn't get any response back at all...So, Honesty and Decency here is a MUST! If we are here to find what we are looking for...
If he is not responding to your email, at the first 3, then you should understand that he is not interested to you. So stop sending and sending weird text's
If you are here to make money, i suggest you to move into the porn field and learn more about the basics...Be a star, dont waiste your life like this!
You should have the decency to say it in your profile. We dont hate womans who do this for living, we hate the hidden ones who trying to screw up our lifes!!!
If on the other hand, you are not feel interested as he does for you, then you should take some time to answer him back at least and say what ever you want to say. It's not so honest act to speak about true values in life in your profile and not take some time to behave as a normal and kind human being to those who sent you a polite text. You are ruin the whole thing, this, here, what we are trying to do, to find our match. This is happening for real in life, because many guys change their behavior into not so good behavior after they tried their best into introducing them selve's to you and they didn't get any response back at all...So, Honesty and Decency here is a MUST! If we are here to find what we are looking for...
Boom !! Over 100 babies delivered in two stretches totaling 91 hours at Fort Worth hospital
FORT WORTH, Texas — Over a total of more than 90 hours combined, Andrews Women's Hospital in Fort Worth delivered 107 babies, officials say.
The baby boom took place over two two-day periods, one starting June 24 and another beginning June 28.
In the first 47-hour period, 25 girls and 27 boys were delivered, hospital officials said.
The second period, over the course of 44 hours, resulted in the birth of 55 babies, including a set of twins. It also broke the hospital's record number of deliveries in 2018, which began exactly three years prior.
Hospital officials said they average around 16 deliveries per day. In 2020, Andrews Women's Hospital delivered 6,000 babies, including 100 twins and two triplets.
Hospital officials said six baby girls were named Gianna. Other popular names include Reign for girls and Atlas and Daniel for boys.
The hospital is located at Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center – Fort Worth.
The baby boom took place over two two-day periods, one starting June 24 and another beginning June 28.
In the first 47-hour period, 25 girls and 27 boys were delivered, hospital officials said.
The second period, over the course of 44 hours, resulted in the birth of 55 babies, including a set of twins. It also broke the hospital's record number of deliveries in 2018, which began exactly three years prior.
Hospital officials said they average around 16 deliveries per day. In 2020, Andrews Women's Hospital delivered 6,000 babies, including 100 twins and two triplets.
Hospital officials said six baby girls were named Gianna. Other popular names include Reign for girls and Atlas and Daniel for boys.
The hospital is located at Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center – Fort Worth.
Being Prepared for It
Do you think being prepared for death of a dear one is easier than it happening unexpectedly? Maybe
In my experience life blindsided me in my youth 3 times from late teens to early twenties with the sudden death of my 3.5 month old son, a 29 yr. old husband and the murder of my biological mom when she was 39 yrs. (all within a 3 yr. period) Not getting into the details of the emotional. It’s as harsh as it gets but you eventually keep moving forward.
In my experience I’ve also learned that waiting on someone to die is the longest wait to endure. My Dad has had a very rewarding long life at 93 or 96, can’t remember now he is one of the living Dead. Will his eventual death hurt as the ones that blindsided me when I was younger? My guess is it won’t be as agonizing. This watching him die also lets me watch how much Mom and him still love each other. Yesterday was their 66th anniversary – WOW huh. It’s a long time to love.
I love “the Love” my folks have even though they are each other’s third marriage. I only get to experience that kind of love with a dog and it’s a wonderful love. My little dog Bella has been by my side 24/7 for 16 yrs. (she made it to 18 yrs. Old). I watched the end coming which is hard enough seeing them lose their abilities. I’ve wished many times at the end of my pets’ life they would go in their sleep but always dealt the card to make the decision when their life quality is gone.
It was a harsh goodbye. Every time I leave the house I try to grab her and in an instant the finality of the reality flashes. Heart hurts like hell but the rest of me is actually great. My mind is in constant thought of the gazillion wonderful memories to be thankful for. The pain of the loss is SO WORTH all the years of LOVE.
In my experience life blindsided me in my youth 3 times from late teens to early twenties with the sudden death of my 3.5 month old son, a 29 yr. old husband and the murder of my biological mom when she was 39 yrs. (all within a 3 yr. period) Not getting into the details of the emotional. It’s as harsh as it gets but you eventually keep moving forward.
In my experience I’ve also learned that waiting on someone to die is the longest wait to endure. My Dad has had a very rewarding long life at 93 or 96, can’t remember now he is one of the living Dead. Will his eventual death hurt as the ones that blindsided me when I was younger? My guess is it won’t be as agonizing. This watching him die also lets me watch how much Mom and him still love each other. Yesterday was their 66th anniversary – WOW huh. It’s a long time to love.
I love “the Love” my folks have even though they are each other’s third marriage. I only get to experience that kind of love with a dog and it’s a wonderful love. My little dog Bella has been by my side 24/7 for 16 yrs. (she made it to 18 yrs. Old). I watched the end coming which is hard enough seeing them lose their abilities. I’ve wished many times at the end of my pets’ life they would go in their sleep but always dealt the card to make the decision when their life quality is gone.
It was a harsh goodbye. Every time I leave the house I try to grab her and in an instant the finality of the reality flashes. Heart hurts like hell but the rest of me is actually great. My mind is in constant thought of the gazillion wonderful memories to be thankful for. The pain of the loss is SO WORTH all the years of LOVE.
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The Irish---and the Choctaw.
Is it a product of the C-19 influences on us all? Or something greater? During the potato blight famine, around 1847, apparently the Choctaw tribe sent just under USD 200 to help the Starving Irish. Now, it's not as if this Tribe was without it's own racist challenges, as with all Native American groups in Canada and the USA. Following their good hearts, the Irish have been taking up collections to return the kindness. Can anyone say Hope for humanity ? Can't make this stuff up, folks.
RIP DAD & MOM - I LOVE AND MISS YOU - THIS IS FOR YOU XOXO
A teenage event that happened in my life 4 decades ago.
Went to a house party. Much later a fight broke out, so couldn't find the friend i came out, becasue the scene was just chaotic. Met a guy there who I had kissed in the past who offered me a walk home.I was so grateful because i had a strict parents (rightly so), and my curfew had long since past. This guy first stopped by his grans house to pick up his jacket. Offered for me to come in which i did,and I was extremely quiet cos his gran was sleeping.
After jacket sorted, he the started kissing me, no harm in that, but then he wanted to take it further. By then i was terrified, asked him to please take me home, crying, begging, pleading all in whispers cos his gran was there asleep somewhere in that house. Despite all of that he still flatly refused to take me home. His ultimatum to me was "either sleep with me and I will take you home", or walk home on your own and get raped". Bearing in mind this was 2.00 a.m on a Sunday morning and it was a 30 mins walk home, I was petrified.
Sanity prevailed in my befuddled mind, so I then walked outside and waited on the road, hoping he would come up and feel remorse and safely accompany me home. Nothing, nada, crickets!
Luckily (amdist all the trauma i was going through in the pitch black of the night), i remembered that I had a friend who lived a street away, and so I ran to her home with a pounding heart and banged on her door. Thank goodness she was home. I told her what had happened and told her that she had to wake me at 6.00 a.m sunday morning because I knew my parents would be frantic with worry and furious too! She did exactly that. Bless her.
I took the long early morning walk of shame home at 6.00 am in the morning, constantly aware aware of drivers going by staring at me, people on early morning walks staring me. I kept my head down shamefully and felt humiliated every long step it took me to reach home.
When I got home, my mom screamed at me, called me a b*tch and told me to go to my room. I was sobbing so much and so hurt by what she called me. She does not use vulgar language ever. So for her to use that word on me, I subconsciously knew it was just her franticness coming across and relief that her daughter was finally safely home.. But I'm also human, so i also recall thinking in my traumatised state "Mom if only you knew the truth. I'm 16 years old, not a b*tch and still a virgin".
My dad came to my room soon after, where i was sobbing uncontrollably, facedown on my bed. He then very calmly asked me if the story I had told my mom and him was true. I told him yes it was. He then told me that he believed me He did warn me though, in a calm but stern voice, that if he ever heard a contradictory story to the explanation i gave them for sleeping out, I was going to be in serious trouble and that there were going to be serious consequences.
The truth is most of the my story was true. The only part I didnt tell my parents was this guys ultimatum to me. And that has stayed with me my whole life. Buried deep, but wont ever be forgotten.AND thank goodness my parents did not ever hear the real story.
My parents are now long since deceased. May their precious souls RIP. I loved them with all of my heart and still miss them terribly. SO Mom and Dad, wherever you may be, I am finally unburdening the "lie" i told you. Now you know the truth, and I deeply regret not trusting you enough to tell you the true events of that night.
I still ask myself as that young innocent 16 year old, as to why didnt i tell my parents the truth? Why did i take the shame upon myself and not out the guy that scarred me to some degree as a teenager?
It still hurts me that I didn't tell my parents what really happened that night.
SO, Mom and Dad,wherever you might be now in the afterlife, now you know the trauma your daughter went through that night. This is for you. Im finally releasing it and letting it go.xo
Went to a house party. Much later a fight broke out, so couldn't find the friend i came out, becasue the scene was just chaotic. Met a guy there who I had kissed in the past who offered me a walk home.I was so grateful because i had a strict parents (rightly so), and my curfew had long since past. This guy first stopped by his grans house to pick up his jacket. Offered for me to come in which i did,and I was extremely quiet cos his gran was sleeping.
After jacket sorted, he the started kissing me, no harm in that, but then he wanted to take it further. By then i was terrified, asked him to please take me home, crying, begging, pleading all in whispers cos his gran was there asleep somewhere in that house. Despite all of that he still flatly refused to take me home. His ultimatum to me was "either sleep with me and I will take you home", or walk home on your own and get raped". Bearing in mind this was 2.00 a.m on a Sunday morning and it was a 30 mins walk home, I was petrified.
Sanity prevailed in my befuddled mind, so I then walked outside and waited on the road, hoping he would come up and feel remorse and safely accompany me home. Nothing, nada, crickets!
Luckily (amdist all the trauma i was going through in the pitch black of the night), i remembered that I had a friend who lived a street away, and so I ran to her home with a pounding heart and banged on her door. Thank goodness she was home. I told her what had happened and told her that she had to wake me at 6.00 a.m sunday morning because I knew my parents would be frantic with worry and furious too! She did exactly that. Bless her.
I took the long early morning walk of shame home at 6.00 am in the morning, constantly aware aware of drivers going by staring at me, people on early morning walks staring me. I kept my head down shamefully and felt humiliated every long step it took me to reach home.
When I got home, my mom screamed at me, called me a b*tch and told me to go to my room. I was sobbing so much and so hurt by what she called me. She does not use vulgar language ever. So for her to use that word on me, I subconsciously knew it was just her franticness coming across and relief that her daughter was finally safely home.. But I'm also human, so i also recall thinking in my traumatised state "Mom if only you knew the truth. I'm 16 years old, not a b*tch and still a virgin".
My dad came to my room soon after, where i was sobbing uncontrollably, facedown on my bed. He then very calmly asked me if the story I had told my mom and him was true. I told him yes it was. He then told me that he believed me He did warn me though, in a calm but stern voice, that if he ever heard a contradictory story to the explanation i gave them for sleeping out, I was going to be in serious trouble and that there were going to be serious consequences.
The truth is most of the my story was true. The only part I didnt tell my parents was this guys ultimatum to me. And that has stayed with me my whole life. Buried deep, but wont ever be forgotten.AND thank goodness my parents did not ever hear the real story.
My parents are now long since deceased. May their precious souls RIP. I loved them with all of my heart and still miss them terribly. SO Mom and Dad, wherever you may be, I am finally unburdening the "lie" i told you. Now you know the truth, and I deeply regret not trusting you enough to tell you the true events of that night.
I still ask myself as that young innocent 16 year old, as to why didnt i tell my parents the truth? Why did i take the shame upon myself and not out the guy that scarred me to some degree as a teenager?
It still hurts me that I didn't tell my parents what really happened that night.
SO, Mom and Dad,wherever you might be now in the afterlife, now you know the trauma your daughter went through that night. This is for you. Im finally releasing it and letting it go.xo
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