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Element 99

Has this ever happened to any one you know? Whe I was 9 my mother was pregnant. She went to the hospital to have the baby,

but came home without one and said our sister was stillborn. We were too young to understand much and went about our lives. Three days ago my younger sister found out that mom had put the baby up for adoption, and found her. I have a new baby sister. I talked to her yesterday. It was incredible.

Posted - April 27, 2018
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  • 113301
    Oh my goodness! What a WONDERFULLY INCREDIBLE piece of news! Just think of all your future family gatherings! How much younger is she than you and what's her name please and thank you! ((hugs)) That's for sharing something so fine as that Ele! ((hugs)) That's for your baby sister from me. Boy that actually improves my day a lot! GOOD NEWS! Lately it is so rare! :) This post was edited by RosieG at May 26, 2018 6:13 AM MDT
      April 27, 2018 7:39 AM MDT
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  • 44373
    Her name is Jill. She is ten years younger than me (56) and lives in KC. We are all meeting in Brunswick, Maine this Summer. I am so excited. We are exchanging photos.
      April 27, 2018 7:45 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    Give Jill a special "hello" from your long-time internet pal Ele. Okey dokey? When I lived in Massachusetts in the late 60's my then MIL had a place on Birch Island in Casco Bay. Maine is a  BEAUTIFUL state. Every New England State is beautiful. But anyplace you can get family together is gonna be BEAUTIFUL. Summer is a good time for celebrations! Enjoy and thank you so much for sharing that incredible news. I have goose bumps. You see stuff like that happen in movies but in real life? It's so much better when it's real! Oh boy! Nifty. :):):):):):):)
      April 27, 2018 7:53 AM MDT
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  • 44373
    My mother was born and raised in Brunswick. We are renting 2 cottages along Cundie's Harbor right along the shore. I have been there twice before and we had a great time. This trip will be much more special. Cundie's Harbor is the oldest lobstering village in New England.
      April 27, 2018 8:02 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    Wow! Cool! Lobstermen are very jealous of anyone who traps and because my MIL's husband's family were long-time vacation Mainers she had permission to float a trap beside the dock! A rare distinction and privilege and honor. We went clamming on her property one day and had a feast that night! Fried clams, clam chowder and some kind of fancy dancy clams something or other. It was heavenly. Of course we had to put them in a large bucket with salt in it to leach out all the sand. It was a marvelous meal though and having dug the clams made it all the more special.  I just looked up Brunswick and it's just up the freeway a few miles from Portland. Oh what fun you will have! :). I'm gonna Google Cundie's Harbor! Thanks Ele! :)
      April 27, 2018 8:17 AM MDT
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  • 5354
    Congratulations :-D
      April 27, 2018 8:24 AM MDT
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  • 33040
    Cool....hope you have many long happy times getting to know one another.
      April 27, 2018 8:38 AM MDT
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  • 5354
    Happened to me? Well sort of. some 35 year ago my uncle cheated on his wife and made a baby boy, He supported them finacially, but no more. They surfaced some 10 years ago, and the son (now man) came to a cousins meet, Nice guy.
      April 27, 2018 9:01 AM MDT
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  • 44373
    One of my uncles did the same thing and it was his daughter who actually found her. Then she contacted my other sister. We had never met or even knew of another cousin.
      April 27, 2018 10:48 AM MDT
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  • 19942
    Element99 - What a wonderful surprise for you and your family.  Think of all the new memories to be made.  Congratulations.
      April 27, 2018 9:22 AM MDT
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  • 7280
    WOW, just WOW
      April 27, 2018 10:46 AM MDT
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  • 23177
    That's exactly what I was going to say so I'll refer my answer to yours.
    :)
      April 27, 2018 11:24 AM MDT
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  • 23177
    tom jackson already stated exactly what I was going to post.
    :)
      April 27, 2018 11:24 AM MDT
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  • 17490
    Well that just gave me a tear, Element.  What were the odds of ever finding out?  You sound so happy about it, that makes it very heart warming to me.
      April 28, 2018 6:17 AM MDT
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  • 44373
    Ironically, the day before, I was talking to my wife about mom being pregnant and told her "I wonder if I have a little sister out there somewhere." Premonition?
      April 28, 2018 6:45 AM MDT
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  • 17490
    Oh my!  It sure sounds like it.  Will you meet her?
      April 28, 2018 11:01 AM MDT
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  • 44373
    Yes, we are all going to Maine this Summer.
      April 28, 2018 1:25 PM MDT
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  • 17490
    We never know what each day holds for us.    
      April 29, 2018 2:13 AM MDT
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  • 1326
    Great story. Many women find themselves in difficult situations and have to make a heartbreaking decision at childbirth. So nice to know you found your sibling. What a blessing!
      May 21, 2018 10:39 PM MDT
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  • 13264
    *ANYONE you know.
      May 21, 2018 10:54 PM MDT
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  • 44373
    Thanks, Randy...he would have not missed the 'whe'
      May 26, 2018 2:31 PM MDT
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  • 1326
    Not really! Just from stories I've heard, and putting myself in others shoes.as a parent of two kids, having a third would have strained our budget even more. 
      May 22, 2018 9:01 AM MDT
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  • 13071
    OMG How cool is that? I bet you were elated to find out about your new baby sister. I just found out (six months ago) that I had a half/sister on facebook. I think its wonderful you and I have a bigger family now. ;)
      May 26, 2018 6:12 AM MDT
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  • 44373
    Awesome...Jill is also my half sister. Same mother, different father. But she is from the Davis né Blumenthal/Goldstein clan.
      May 26, 2018 2:36 PM MDT
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