I have a daughter from my previous marriage. She is now 23. She just got married a few months ago and is expecting her first child (boy) this Sept.
The great news is that she contacted me! Her mother took her when we divorced and it was a nasty one. We were out of contact for years. I did write to her and sent her things, but not much in return. I "met" her when she was around 18 and she was very shy around me. It was an awkward meeting. Gwin was with me.
I met her again a few weeks later, but after that, we lost contact. Again, an awkard meeting.
So we have not been in contact for a good five years. She called me the other night and left a message on my phone. I called her yesterday and had a great coversation with her, and last night another phone call!
She got my cell number through my mother in Florida whom she did stay in contact with. The rest of my family got to see her more often than I ever did!
Well, she wants to get to know me and wants me to be "in her life" now! That is great news!
I'm just sad that I did not get to raise her or spend more quality time with her, but from what I understand, she has kept all my letters I sent her over the years. Apparently God has been watching out for both of us all these years!
And now we can start a new life!
I told her that I wasn't even a "daddy" to her yet already becoming a grand-dad!
Not much to say, except, "Fantastic!" My wife's parents divorced when she was 6, her mother died when she was 19 of alcoholism, but her father (now recovering alcoholic) came back into her life at 22. One of her grandparents died, her sister called and said she had gotten their father's phone number at the funeral, her sister called their father and were meeting up, so my wife drove back home just hours after we met. Even though it was only a few years they had left, they were great years. I predict a very positive experience for you and a new beginning to a part of your life.
Now...let's work on heavy duty prayers for that car of yours.
That is great news. Being divorced with daughters I know how it is not seeing them for years. I won't go into any details, but it was a very bitter divorce. She got the gold mine, and I got the shaft. I hope you can introduce your daughter to social nudity, but I imagine you're more concerned with seeing and getting to know her again and find out what she's done with her life. I hope and pray it goes well.
My FIL had his daughter from his first marriage contact him out of the blue, too. She wanted him to give her away at her wedding. He did.
CJ had never met her nor been officially told about her. Her sister knew her but didn't talk about that half sister.
I remember we went to the wedding reception that started in the middle of a USC-ND game. Think USC was way ahead at the half. Managed to find a TV set at the reception and saw it go completely the other way.
That's wonderful news indeed Boyd. This is a cause for celebration. The Lord is certainly marvelous, isn't He! This is truly a bountiful blessing He has bestowed upon you. I am joyful for you. Let us know how it all goes okay. May Christ keep richly blessing you, as I am sure they will.
Great news Boyd! We look forward to hearing how this new relationship progresses. It is my prayers that your new relationship with your daughter is a long lasting one that will erase the pains of the past.
God has given you the chance to have a new begining with your daughter. Set aside the past and go forward with what lies before you. I am sure you both will be blessed. Love, In Christ, Wally
