WANTED: Great Find on The Web

11 years ago

Just had to share a true wonderful story. I recently posted a question on the Succulent forum trying to find a certain plant. I got an answer from a GW'er in Canada. The user name struck me as rather curious. So I sent off an email and anxiously waited for a reply. Trying hard not to hope, yet couldnt help from doing so. Tonight I got my answer. The person that answered me ( from the millions that pass through here) was my brother. Way too long ago we lost track of each other, for various reasons, no idea how to find him again. Yet here of all places!! I thank God first. And the GW second. This is beyond amazing. Yet wonderful, and very real.

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Comments (11)

graanieb
11 years ago
Wow!! Amazing! Best find ever!! Thank God and GW for being there!! Happy for you and your brother- how long the absence? Enjoy making up for the lost time.

So good to see happy news.

Bea
karyn1
11 years ago
What an amazing story!
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momgardens1
11 years ago
Wow, how great is that!! Thank you for sharing

;)
dem_pa
11 years ago
Thank God and the Garden Web. I'm happy for both of you.
MoonFire
11 years ago
That is awesome beyond awesome lol...thank God for using Garden Web...it's a wonderful tool to begin with and this makes it more special :)...and another thing that's good to see is that you and your brother have gardening in common!!!
greengirl2009
11 years ago
How touching.... so happy for you both! Thanks for allowing was to share your joy.
beautifulreddahlias
11 years ago
Thanks for sharing your wonderful story!!! It made my eyes water a little! Family is such an important part of life, I'm very glad you are able to reconnect with your brother again!!
pinusresinosa
11 years ago
That's amazing!! So happy for you!

I also wanted you to know that I know what you're feeling. I have an older sister whom I had never gotten met (my biological mother adopted her to another family when she was a baby before I was born). I had grown up knowing that she existed, but that was it. I never thought I'd meet her.

Late one night I was heavily pregnant and couldn't sleep a couple of years back, so I was fooling around on google. I found a facebook post from a girl looking for our shared biological father and mother. I was floored. When I saw her photo, I was so overwhelmed. So, I quickly made a facebook account and contacted her. Since then, we talk regularly. It's amazing how similar we are, even though we had completely different childhoods.

Again, I am so happy for you. The joy when you find someone like that out of chance is just... well, there are no words.
cryptid
11 years ago
Kewlest! - Can't really add anything that hasn't already been expressed, but I still gotta chime in `cause this is just sooo totally positive! Fantastic! :)
debbiep_gw
11 years ago
That is great!
summersunlight
11 years ago
I saw your post to Jeff and I was a little confused about what was going on. Glad that it turns out that this site allowed a family reunion. You should be proud of your brother - he contributes some fantastic info and great photos of succulents here!