Most of you know that my family disowned me in 1972 when I was baptized into the WTS. I have only one sibling, a kid sister who is eight years younger. She decided right after our parents died, to try and reconcile the many years we had lost. She emailed me and asked if she could visit a couple of weeks ago.
I was thrilled, but nervous, not having a clue how things would go and trying to keep in mind all the things I should NOT say as well as things I was eager to find out about, concerning the rest of the family I have had no contact with.
The moment we laid eyes on each other (and recovered frm the gigundo HUG), it all went JUST GREAT!!! We curled up on the couch and fell into very comfortable conversation....dragging out pictures of our kids, etc from infancy to THEIR weddings and children!
We did have some "sticky areas" to cover, but we managed to get our questions answered without a shred of animosity or hard feelings. It could not have gone better if we had followed a script!
We have the same taste in clothes, books, movies, tv shows and hobbies (all except quilt-making, which I never mastered, but SHE brought me an exquisite quilt she made)....and even wear our hair exactly the same way! You know how you hear yourself on a tape recorder....and sound different, but you know its "you....well SHE sounds just like ME in that way! It was uncanny! I recognize speech patterns that are so much like mine, and SHE lives in CT and I live in upstate NY, so it isn't living in any "area" that develops these. I dunno...it was just funny to pick up on this.
Needless to say, I loved and enjoyed EVERY MOMENT of her visit! We had six very lovely days together, and did some tear-shedding when we had to say good-bye. She lives over 400 miles away.
So.....we have buried the past, and hopefully all the bad memories for us both....and have a great future to look forward to.
hugs,
Annie