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I am so excited and very nervous. My son will be here in less than two weeks. In case you have not read my post my son and I have had a rocky start, from finding him on facebook and him being angry, he finally accepted us. Then our first reunion three states away which was really an emotional rollercoaster. I thought I had lost him for good. Now, six months later we chat through email or text almost daily. He is not working and can not find work where he is at so in less than two weeks he is coming here to look for a job and possibly move here in a month. He is going to stay with us for a couple of months until he gets on his feet. My feelings are all over the place....I am so excited that my family will be together but nervous that he will not like us at all. A little back ground history, my husband is his father. We've been married 22 years. We have a 17 year old son and 10 year old daughter. It is uncanny how my 24 year old son looks just like his 17 year old brother. They have the same likes in food(crazy cause it is almost identical). Very similar likes in movies, some likes with my husband in music, and some of the foods that make him sick also make my husband sick. He has bonded with my husband and I but I am also concerned how he will get along with the younger ones. His childhood was not what I wanted for him but will he be resentful that he did not have the childhood we could have provided(not that we are wealthy or even comfortable, just living paycheck to paycheck but it may look like it's that way). I'm hoping I don't find out his childhood was REALLY bad cause that would just break my heart(he is a boy of few words). So anxiously waiting for his flight to come in 12 days from now. I'm going to try and just be normal and not fret over him. And not let myself have too high of expectations because I know he is just a 24 year old boy. But I am excited!
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How is it going? I hope it has been magical. I believe you both deserve that. So many emotions and jumbled feelings that are outside of any relationship experience either have had. Feels a little like you are making your own way through each day and there is nothing to prepare you for it.
My story has been a beautiful, beautiful one. I truly hope yours has turned out that way as well.
march31976 I just posted on your thread. It has been really really good with just one little bump in the road, my son fell for my best friend. I am still currently dealing with it and I don't like it or approve of it. My son and I are extremely close, can almost talk about anything, until this. I did not forbid them to see each other but they asked and said they will go with what I wished. I told them I did not want them to be together. So she told him she could not be with him(can you believe she actually considered it). He has reassured me that he will also honor my wishes and I am the reason he is here. But my emotional scars always fear that he will leave.
So this is my therapy. Writing about it on adoption.com. Because there is no one in my life that understands how I feel. Hope your story continues to be a beautiful one but be careful of the bumps. I love hearing everyone's stories!