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Could you all rattle some serious beads for my long lost grandfather?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mattsmom277" data-source="post: 313240" data-attributes="member: 4264"><p>Some of you may have read a few posts from me about my bio fathers family. never knew any of them and then suddenly in 2 days i was contacted by 3 aunts and my grandfather. That was within a week of my baby sister finding me on facebook. I have finally met the one aunt that I have grown very close to. She feels like family. She's a wonderful, kind, caring, accepting and welcoming woman. I feel blessed.</p><p>Despite my parents bitter ugly divorce, I heard nothing but lovely things about my grandfather. Even from my bitter, hardened, still angry, bipolar mother. She adored this man. As did the rest of my mothers family. My aunts talk glowingly of him. I notice his facebook wall always has grandchildren and great grandchildren leaving loving messages. He looks nothing like I expected, from viewing his facebook photos. I expected, since he is my fathers father, that he'd have horns, a tail, a pitchfork attached to his hand.</p><p>Instead there is this lovely aboriginal elder in the photo with a beautiful wise and kind looking wife (he wisely divorced my grandmother over 25 years ago). His eyes radiate love and warmth and laughter. His smile glows. I've enjoyed our random messages via facebook. I cried reading a lovely Easter message he sent to me earlier this year.</p><p>I've just learned he had emergency surgery last night. They found, very strangely, a small metal rod in his colon. They surgically removed it but it had already reached the stage of gangrene. All I know otherwise is "he is not doing well" and that his fever tonight is sky high. I have no clue the background, or what "not doing well" really entails. I'm sure I'll learn more tomorrow. However, from the facebook messages bouncing on my newfound families wall posts, it sounds pretty dire. He lives 4 hours away from me and I have no car to go there. For many reasons I would appreciate some prayers, I have a warm place in my heart for this man even before he found me earlier this year. I heard so many stories growing up of things he did for myself and my brother during my parents marriage. I've been so looking forward to a time when I could find a way to travel to meet him. I've waited 34 long years to find family that were sane, kind, loving and whose lives would be opened up to me. I have no living grandparents other than him. I never knew my moms father. I have lucifer for a father myself. This man, I so wanted my children to get to know a great grandpa. I pray that I still have the opportunity. I don't want to meet him at his funeral <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mattsmom277, post: 313240, member: 4264"] Some of you may have read a few posts from me about my bio fathers family. never knew any of them and then suddenly in 2 days i was contacted by 3 aunts and my grandfather. That was within a week of my baby sister finding me on facebook. I have finally met the one aunt that I have grown very close to. She feels like family. She's a wonderful, kind, caring, accepting and welcoming woman. I feel blessed. Despite my parents bitter ugly divorce, I heard nothing but lovely things about my grandfather. Even from my bitter, hardened, still angry, bipolar mother. She adored this man. As did the rest of my mothers family. My aunts talk glowingly of him. I notice his facebook wall always has grandchildren and great grandchildren leaving loving messages. He looks nothing like I expected, from viewing his facebook photos. I expected, since he is my fathers father, that he'd have horns, a tail, a pitchfork attached to his hand. Instead there is this lovely aboriginal elder in the photo with a beautiful wise and kind looking wife (he wisely divorced my grandmother over 25 years ago). His eyes radiate love and warmth and laughter. His smile glows. I've enjoyed our random messages via facebook. I cried reading a lovely Easter message he sent to me earlier this year. I've just learned he had emergency surgery last night. They found, very strangely, a small metal rod in his colon. They surgically removed it but it had already reached the stage of gangrene. All I know otherwise is "he is not doing well" and that his fever tonight is sky high. I have no clue the background, or what "not doing well" really entails. I'm sure I'll learn more tomorrow. However, from the facebook messages bouncing on my newfound families wall posts, it sounds pretty dire. He lives 4 hours away from me and I have no car to go there. For many reasons I would appreciate some prayers, I have a warm place in my heart for this man even before he found me earlier this year. I heard so many stories growing up of things he did for myself and my brother during my parents marriage. I've been so looking forward to a time when I could find a way to travel to meet him. I've waited 34 long years to find family that were sane, kind, loving and whose lives would be opened up to me. I have no living grandparents other than him. I never knew my moms father. I have lucifer for a father myself. This man, I so wanted my children to get to know a great grandpa. I pray that I still have the opportunity. I don't want to meet him at his funeral :( :( [/QUOTE]
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