Brothers & Sisters I'm Lucky To Have

Another Facebook Timeline Entry.

I put 1967 for the Timeline entry because I'm not allowed to pre-date my birthday here, but Todd & Toni were born first. Also because Facebook wants to put this before my parents, and well, that's silly.

This is a mess worthy of Geraldo or Springer so pay attention!

I have no half or step-siblings. I never have.
 
What I have is two brothers and four, count'em four sisters. None of us
share the same two parents, some of us don't even have one parent the same, and
one of us has dual relation.

In order as you see them: Todd, Toni, Randy, Angie, Crystal and Connie.

I shall explain. At least as far as the biology goes.

Todd, Toni and Angie all have the same Mom. Randy and I have the same Mom. 

Randy and Toni have the same Dad. Crystal and I have the same biological father. 

Connie does not share a biological parent with any of us (guess who has the dual
relationship?). You want me to explain that don't you? Ok I will cause Connie
& I have a little joke about it.

When I was young and Connie was a pip-squeak her Mom & Dad were
my great aunt and uncle. The way things go in the world, many years later after
her father and my mother had passed away, her Mom married my Dad, so then she
became my sister. Technically we're also still cousins. This makes her my
scousin. And I love her for seeing the humor in that!

Todd & Angie and Randy & I are all connected by Toni. When we were growing up we'd see eachother from time to time, but we all lived pretty far apart. For many years
we didn't see eachother until Toni's second wedding when we were all in the same
place at the same time again.

When we lost Toni, it had pretty much the same effect on all of us, and we have not
been seperated again since then and I doubt we ever will be. That girl, as sad as the whole thing was, has to smile knowing she brought all her brothers and sister together permanently.


Crystal is the Baby. And I mean BABY. My oldest child is the same age as her! And despite what SHE say's, I'm not that old!

Crystal and I so far have only met by webcam. And Crystal is technically responsible for me being on Facebook in the first place.

I had heard a rumor long ago that my biological father whom I've never known had
another child. Always wondered about that. Once in awhile I'd look and find nothing. Then I started seeing the Facebook stories about people finding long lost relatives. So I signed up and sure as heck I found her.

And I'm glad I did because she instantly knocked me out. She has almost as wide of a sense of humor as me!
 
Someday we'll meet in person and I look forward to that!

These are my brothers and sisters.

Everybody in my life means the world to me, but my brothers and sisters give me another thing that I will always need and always appreciate: a super connection to where I came from.

They all mean the world to me and I would do anything for them, any time,
anywhere.

Don't mess with 'em cause I'll open a can of Whup Ass quick. Ask Randy, he can tell ya some stories :)

Love you guys!

P.S.
The pictures: First, the one with me & Angie is the only one I know of
us together and as silly as I look, she would't probably
appreciate her image in the picture, so I replaced what was there with one of my favorite pictures of her. Crystal and I haven't met yet, so of course there's no picture
of us. I can't find a picture of Connie & I together for anything! So this is what
you get.

**UPDATE** Crystal and I met in Vegas October 8, 2012 and rather than feeling like strangers, we felt like we had always known eachother. I was tired as hell (I'll explain that story else where another time) but I had the greatest time with her. She even almost won a car like Clark Griswold in Vegas Vacation. Almost meaning she played the machine.

So here's a picture of her and I AND an undoctored picture of Angie & Todd & I!