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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 09:20 PM
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I found out today I will become a Grandmother, sort of.
About 15 years ago when I lived in Austin I shared a house with 2 other people.

We found a teenage girl who has been kicked out of her house because she was gay, she was 14 years old and living on the streets.

Anyway we took her in and she lived with us for her high school years and college at UT.

She is having a baby with her partner, they are very happy.

So it looks like I will be a Grandmother now, wow I never thought I would say this.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 09:22 PM
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1. Awwwwww.
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 09:34 PM
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4. Just call me Grandma.
Lets see if I can spoil this kid.
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ThomCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 09:24 PM
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2. Congratulations!
This is just one more reason why you're an amazing person. It's a good thing that you did. And I'm very glad that you're keeping her, and now her partner and child, in your family. :hug:
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 09:33 PM
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3. She was the second child we raise, the kids kept us busy.
She turned out very well, we are very proud of her.

Her birth family still will not have anything to do with her, I will never understand that.

She wants to have two children so I will be a Grandmother twice.

She will be here on Thanksgiving with her partner and the father of the baby.


Next year at this time I will be a Grandmother.
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ThomCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 09:36 PM
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5. Please
post some pictures at some point. I'm sure I am not the only one who wants a chance to say "Aaaawwww..." and smile like a fool at sweet family pictures. :7

I've been disowned by everyone except my mom, and we barely talk. I'm not likely to ever visit her again and she'll certainly never travel to visit me. So stories like yours really tear at my heart in a very good way.
:loveya:
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 09:40 PM
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7. Are your parents Ultra-Orthodox?
Edited on Wed Nov-14-07 09:41 PM by sasquatch
:shrug:
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ThomCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 09:42 PM
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8. No. Not at all.
One's nominally Catholic, and the other is nominally Jewish, and I know far more about both religions than either of them. Go figure.

They're just old fashioned bigots. :(
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 09:43 PM
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9. I am not close to my birth family either.
My father is living with us now due to his recent heart problems, we are getting to know each other now.

It is never to late, I never thought I would be talking with my father.

I made my own family, I don't miss my birth family at all.

When I have some baby pictures I will post them, but that will be at least 6 months from now.
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 09:38 PM
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6. Tell her to forget those bastards that're her birth family, your her family
Edited on Wed Nov-14-07 09:39 PM by sasquatch
Also what does she do for a living now that she's out of college?
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 09:49 PM
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10. She had given up trying on her birth family.
She is now almost 34 now and is a lawyer, her partner is also.

They are set for a family now, and the father is a great guy.

He is gay also and their best friend.

They are all excited about the baby.
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 10:08 PM
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11. Sounds like the adventures of Rick and Steve
Edited on Wed Nov-14-07 10:08 PM by sasquatch
:rofl:
I'm the only straight person I bet that watches that show.
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 10:13 PM
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12. Is the show on LOGO.
If it is I will check it out.

I am really happy about the baby, I have been borrowing two small kids who live down the street.

I will be a fun Grandma.
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 10:20 PM
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13. It is on LOGO
Edited on Wed Nov-14-07 10:26 PM by sasquatch
I love the lesbian shows.
I know, I know:spank:
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Shine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 10:26 PM
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14. sweet story.
sounds like your relationship has brought you many blessings. :hug: :hi: Congrats! :toast:
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 10:33 PM
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15. Thank you Shine.
She was a great kid.

I could never understand how someone could kick their kid out of the house to live on the streets.
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Shine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 10:45 PM
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16. yeah, that's pretty shitty
my son just turned 14 yesterday, in fact, and I can't imagine sending a kid that young out into the world.

She was lucky you were so open-hearted and generous. :hug:
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 10:59 PM
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18. We had to deal with her birth parents more then once.
They kicked her out but tried to block us from keeping her, but we had a better lawyer.

They tried to put her in a church run boarding school, to cure her from being gay.

She ran away from the school, we found her living in a old car.

They tried to get her until she turned 18, the bastards.
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Shine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 11:33 PM
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19. Poor kid....geez....years of therapy later....
glad she's pulled her life together and is happy now.
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 11:43 PM
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21. We told her she was safe, her family would never get her back.
She became a lawyer because of this, to help kids.

I am very, very proud of her, she will make a great Mom.
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Shine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 11:45 PM
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22. Like I said earlier, you have both been blessed by your relationship
:hug:
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Dystopian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 10:53 PM
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17. You are a beautiful soul....
I love this story....Oh wonderful you!
:loveya:


peace~
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Cabcere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 11:35 PM
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20. Congratulations - that's awesome!
:D :hug: I'll never understand how people could be so cruel as to kick their own child out onto the streets for being gay, but then I suppose there are a lot of things I'll never understand. :shrug: And she is very lucky to have encountered you. :hug: I wish you, her, her partner and their child all the happiness in the world! :grouphug:
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lildreamer316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 03:29 AM
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23. You are the best!
Edited on Thu Nov-15-07 03:29 AM by lildreamer316
Thank you for continuing to remind me there are wonderful, caring people out in this world.
I'll be remembering this story for a long, long time.
Congrats!
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