Feel like I was spared my last ctb attempt because God wants me to finish a task.
Found out in January I have a half brother. My dad had a girlfriend overseas when he was in the US Navy, before he met my mom. Said her family were strict catholics and wouldn't allow her to marry him because he was Lutheran, even though he got her pregnant. Dad died young so we didn't know much about this other sibling
I later found letters and pictures of this young woman in my grandparent's attic. It was clear he was in love with her. I took the momentos to my brother's house for safe keeping. My brother died a few years ago.
Ancestry contacted me about a sibling match. I was pretty shocked as I thought this half-brother lived on the other side of the planet. No, he was raised in the U.S. after his mother married an American sailor (this one was Catholic) and moved here. He had no idea the person he thought was his father was actually not. We talked a lot and exchanged pics. He looks like my dad. So he asks his mom who his dad is. She freaks out and says Ancestry makes stuff up. She refuses to acknowledge his parentage. It's caused a deep rift in their relationship.
So now I want to drive to my brother's old house, that now belongs to my nephew and dig up those photos and letters. My nephew is lazy and doesn't care. But I do. I feel pressured by my father's spirit to send that stuff to my half brother. I sense he was truly in love with her and would be proud to know his son, grandsons, and great grandson (Dad wanted all boys!)
So I will make the trip this month and honor this last request. After that, all bets are off.
Found out in January I have a half brother. My dad had a girlfriend overseas when he was in the US Navy, before he met my mom. Said her family were strict catholics and wouldn't allow her to marry him because he was Lutheran, even though he got her pregnant. Dad died young so we didn't know much about this other sibling
I later found letters and pictures of this young woman in my grandparent's attic. It was clear he was in love with her. I took the momentos to my brother's house for safe keeping. My brother died a few years ago.
Ancestry contacted me about a sibling match. I was pretty shocked as I thought this half-brother lived on the other side of the planet. No, he was raised in the U.S. after his mother married an American sailor (this one was Catholic) and moved here. He had no idea the person he thought was his father was actually not. We talked a lot and exchanged pics. He looks like my dad. So he asks his mom who his dad is. She freaks out and says Ancestry makes stuff up. She refuses to acknowledge his parentage. It's caused a deep rift in their relationship.
So now I want to drive to my brother's old house, that now belongs to my nephew and dig up those photos and letters. My nephew is lazy and doesn't care. But I do. I feel pressured by my father's spirit to send that stuff to my half brother. I sense he was truly in love with her and would be proud to know his son, grandsons, and great grandson (Dad wanted all boys!)
So I will make the trip this month and honor this last request. After that, all bets are off.
