Sisters & Dads (cross posted)

So, yeah, I have a sister. And a dad. Well, I suppose the dad part was understood seeing as how I… exist… but these people have never really been part of my life. Hmm. I should back up and explain further.

Friday (last week) I was bored outta my mind and decided to be weird and do a myspace search for people with the name Laslie. That’s all I really knew about the sister from my dad’s first marriage, her name and her approximate year of birth. Well, I only found one who fit in the state of Alabama (which is where one would assume she lived based on my father’s side of the fam being there). So I sent a completely random myspace msg to this stranger. Basically "Hey, if your mom’s name is **** and your dad’s name is **** you might be my sibling" sort of thing. I got a response back later that day – "It’s your lucky day, i am that woman!" Well, fast forward to the next day. We (Laz & I) spent 1 1/2 hours on the phone, just talking about everything and trying to catch up a lifetime in one phone conversation. Over the next 3 days, we emailed pretty constantly. Then came the next shocker. She sent me our father’s email address.

Now, her mother and our father divorced when she was 2 (ish) and he wasn’t much of a parent (surprise!) afterwords. Then, 8 or so years later, he married my mom. 8 years after that, he divorced us and I didn’t see much of him after that… it was kind of his M.O. Evidently, back in September, Laz tracked him down, and they’ve been working on a relationship since then. She says he’s a changed man. I have to admit to being skeptical, but I hope that’s not held against me. Really, once you learn fire burns, you tend to stay away from it… even if someone tells you it’s not hot anymore. *shrug* So, she sent me his email address.

I emailed him yesterday. Just a brief "hello, how are you?" kind of email. I got back a pretty brief email in response. I emailed him again today, more of a "here’s a teensy glimpse at my life now" email, but not too in depth yet. (fire = hot, remember)

So, yeah, that’s how I have a sister and a, well, I can’t say "dad" at this point, but father. What a weird weekend.