Tuesday, February 26, 2008

two families as one


two families
Originally uploaded by allumer.

This is my new favorite photo ever! Here I'm surrounded by my two siblings, my 16 year old little sister & my 31 year old 'little' brother... for the first time!

See Haylie & I share the same mom, and Max & I share the same dad. I was raised by my mom & she had Haylie when I was 16. But Max & I didn't actually even meet until I was 21! That same day I met my real dad briefly as well, but that's the last time I've had any contact at all with him (long story).

The good news is I've been very fortunate to cultivate a great relationship with my brother, especially now that he's been living in Santa Cruz for the past ~6 years! He's amazing and, as most of you know, now married to the lovely Samara & expecting (any day now)! so exciting!

Anyway, somehow I hadn't yet joined these two worlds... my sister & my brother, both so dear to me. So yesterday, Haylie got to meet Max for the first time, and I was surrounded by my siblings! (Which is almost weird for me to say considering it's only been maybe 10 years of having such... not the normal type of 'siblings' that most are raised with, ya know?)

We had a lovely brunch at their house & went down to Max's store, Om Gallery afterwards. I'm so excited that any minute I'm going to be an Auntie for the first time!! I'll keep you posted. :)

My photos are here, and Haylie's are posted here (from her fabulous camera - she's quite the photographer)!


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