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4481. wonkers2 - 12/6/2008 4:45:21 AM Wow! That's great news, Wiz. Beautiful daughter, granddaughter and son-in-law. I can imagine a little of how you feel after, at my advanced age, the way I felt upon seeing my first grandchild at age two months over Thanksgiving. I assume you will get together with them as soon as practical. 4482. wonkers2 - 12/6/2008 4:47:01 AM Aside from the above. From the looks of the letter she clearly is on the ball and has her act together. Her beautiful handwriting belies her claim not to have inherited your artistic talent. 4483. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 12/6/2008 7:24:54 AM The male in that picture is her twin brother, Tim--not my son-in-law, wonk. Kim is very bright and very sweet, but she has not had it easy. Her brother isn't interested in any kind of relationship with me and I have no idea if that will change.
Kim came (alone) for a visit last Memorial Day and then she came with her husband and daughter for the July 4th weekend. Both visits were astonishing in many ways. We each had a million questions. She originally sent the letter to the gallery, because she didn't know how my wife would react--but my wife was (and is) fine with it. 4484. arkymalarky - 12/6/2008 8:25:40 AM Thank you for sharing such a fascinating personal story with us, Wiz. I hope this is the start of a rewarding new dimension to your life.
4485. arkymalarky - 12/6/2008 8:28:14 AM A band Bro plays in, The Leatherwoods, is supposed to be featured on HGTV Sunday night at 7. 4486. alistairconnor - 12/6/2008 8:43:37 AM As bolts from the blue go, Wiz, that's a pretty damn good one. Congratulations (?!) 4487. wabbit - 12/6/2008 4:52:12 PM WoW, amazing is right! It must be a relief to her not only to finally have found and met you, but to be accepted by you and your wife. I have a cousin who was adopted and finally found her birth mother when she was in her early thirties. Not only her birth mother, but a half sister! She was so happy to finally know her roots and they all get along very well.
Congratulations on your newly extended family! 4488. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 12/6/2008 5:22:49 PM Thanks Alistair and yes, arky, Kim and I have become amazingly close in the last eight months. This was my first email to her.
"Lee," btw, is her birth mother and is two or three years older than me. I dated her when I was sixteen/seventeen. I knew nothing of her pregnancy; she was sent to Florida to have (what they thought was to be) a baby. That's another interesting story.
My maternal grandmother is a twin and I have a male cousin (from my grandmother's twin sister's side of the family) who also has a twin sister.
4489. judithathome - 12/6/2008 5:23:19 PM Wiz, what a fantastic thing! She is beautiful and her daughter is adorable!
I'm so happy for you! 4490. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 12/6/2008 5:30:27 PM Thanks wabb. She was indeed relieved. After giving birth to her daughter, she hired a detective to find out who the birth mother. It took Kim eight years to get my name out of her. Then, all she had to go on was my name and that I was an artist. Hence the letter to my gallery 4491. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 12/6/2008 5:31:15 PM Thanks Judith. 4492. judithathome - 12/6/2008 5:33:55 PM I just posted a pic of my great-granddaughter in Arts and Culture...Wonks' grandbaby is there, too! 4493. judithathome - 12/6/2008 5:34:42 PM Wiz, your story would make an excellent movie.... 4494. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 12/6/2008 5:38:40 PM 
I took this one of Kinley on the July visit.
4495. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 12/6/2008 5:40:17 PM Opps, I had realized the image was so big--sorry! 4496. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 12/6/2008 5:43:04 PM hadn't
4497. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 12/6/2008 5:44:49 PM Lovely Judith! And your granddaughter too! ;?) 4498. alistairconnor - 12/6/2008 6:55:57 PM No need to apologise Wiz -- the picture is worth it. 4499. wonkers2 - 12/6/2008 10:26:46 PM Beautiful granddaughter! 4500. magoseph - 12/6/2008 10:41:46 PM I couldn't open your first two links, Wiz--they froze my computer, so I didn't get to read the letter. Anyway, the subsequent posts and the pictures gave me an idea of what happened. What a sensational turn of events in your life! I’m happy for your all.
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